How to clean candle wax out of carpets

Lighting candles is a great way to make your home feel cosy or romantic, but when the wax drips onto the carpet, it can be a nightmare to clean. Coloured wax in particular can be difficult to get out and can leave a stain. But don’t panic! With a few simple steps you can make any wax spills disappear. So here’s how to get candle wax out of carpet.

Freeze the wax

Before anything else, grab a bag of ice from the freezer and hold it on the wax spill. This is going to freeze the wax so you can move onto the next stage: scraping.

It’s a good idea to wrap the bag of ice in a towel or cloth so that it doesn’t get the wax wet.

Scrape with a butter knife

Once the wax is frozen and hard, use a butter knife or another flat object to gently scrape the wax. The scraping should dislodge the wax from the carpet, but not damage the carpet fibres.

If the wax hasn’t sunk too deep into the carpet, you find that scraping actually gets rid of all of the wax. But if not, there’s another step you can try.

Use a wet towel and an iron

Ironing your carpet is a great hack to draw wax out of your carpet. But before you jump in and iron your carpet directly, you need to place a wet towel over the wax. The wet towel is going to protect your carpet from the iron, and absorb any wax.

The way it works is, the iron heats up the wax, so it melts and eventually evaporates (you’ll need to hold the iron in the same place for up to 30 seconds). The wet towel then soaks up the evaporated wax. When you notice the towel start to become covered with wax, that’s when you know it’s working.

If the towel dries up you’ll need to wet it again, and if it becomes completely covered in wax, you’ll need to swap it for a clean one. You can continue this process until there’s no more wax being absorbed by the towel.

Vacuum

Once you’re satisfied you’ve got as much wax as possible out of the carpet, it’s time to vacuum. Vacuuming is going to pick up any bits of dried wax that have been scraped or that are still attached to the surface of the carpet.

This stage is also important to get your carpet looking back to normal again. Use an upholstery brush attachment and it will sweep the fibres back into place. No one will ever know about your wax spill!

Hire a carpet cleaning company

If you have tried all of the above, it might be time to hire a professional carpet cleaning company. Carpet cleaners in crowborough are not too expensive and can no doubt do a much better job than using DIY methods. Although, you should be quick as time is of the essence. Removing wax needs to be done quickly before it damages the fibres of your carpets.

Conclusion

Hopefully this has helped you figure out how to get candle wax out of carpet. By following these steps you should be able to make wax spills disappear in no time. But if the wax is particularly persistent, it can be worth calling a professional carpet cleaning company.

With hot water extraction carpet cleaning, they can draw wax out of carpet much more quickly and efficiently, and you won’t need to worry about a thing.