candlegrease and candle wax

seabright

Also, you can put ice into a bag and put that's er the wax to make it really hard and brittle, then it's easier to pick off with your nails or maybe a short bladed knife, like a kitchen knife.

Freeze & pick what you can first, then iron the ret.

Valli

NOT greaseproof - use brown paper (the sort you use for wrapping parcels), dull side down OR a few thicknesses of kitchen towel (2 or 3) - the idea is to melt the wax so that the paper absorbs it. Or newspaper would work I expect.

And work from the outside in, so that it doesn't spread.

McKneff

I agree, don't use greaseproof, it wont absorb, hence the title.

Both methods should work, either melt it or virtually freeze it.

calicocat

That's really odd as grease proof has worked for me? But now you mention it it doesn't sound right does it. Odd.

marmiterulesok

I've used grease-proof paper when I had a similar accident and it worked fine.

Valli

well, there's greaseproof paper which absorbs grease and some which doesn't.

as an aside I use baking parchment instead of greaseproof

DawnW

I would do the freezing thing first, then try with the iron, as someone suggested above. It looks as though the paper type doesn't matter much - but take care with newspaper if the carpet is pale coloured, in case of ink stains , and keep the heat setting really low.

kwmlondon

you may want to put a layer of tin foil between the iron and whatever paper you are using to stop getting any wax on the iron.

pigpen

hairdryer works instead of the iron if you don't own an iron..

hannah899

thank you everyone. I only had an iron and kitchen roll. It worked it looks much better Thank you every one. I always stress out then I think The best thing is to come on old style money saving and I know that some one is going to give me great advice. A big thank you to everyone