I have a candle that dripped wax on a carpet so what is the easiest way to remove it from my carpet?
scrape with a putty knife. get 95% of it off. then boiling water and a rag.
Have the same problem right now...take ICE CUBES, get wax as cold as possible, take dull knife (butter knife) and scrape...most of the wax will chip off. Any residual that you cannot get off, take warm iron over paper towel covering wax..the wax will melt into the towl and be removed. Good luck, I have to do this tomorrow.
put a rag on the carpet and use an iron to heat the wax but not hot enough to wreck the carpet.
get a clean white cloth and an iron. test the iron on the carpet in a hidden area to insure the setting will not melt the carpet. once you have established the maximum setting your iron can be at without melting your carpet then place the cloth over the wax and apply the iron to it. the wax will melt and should be drawn toward the source of heat and be absorbed into the cloth. if you have a lot of wax make sure you have extra cloths so you can quickly remove them as they get saturated with melted wax. before heating with iron, try to remove any large globs of wax that you can with out scrubbing or rubbing the fibers. keep repeating the melting and absorbing process until the wax is gone. be patient. you will be tempted to start rubbing or scrubbing when you see there is only a small amount of wax left. this will ruin your carpet by wearing the fibers, stretching the fibers and unfurling them, leaving a noticeable cowlick or worn are in the carpet. Do not use any kind of 'miracle' cleaner from the super market. they will only leave a residue behind that will act as a dirt magnet and you will have a nasty patch on your carpet in a month that will never go away. any remaining wax will eventually break down, and be vacuumed up with the rest of the dirt that gets into the fibers f your carpet. good luck. careful, don't melt your carpet.
