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Removing candle wax from clothes and carpet

Knowing how to remove candle wax from clothes and carpet is a skill that often comes in handy. Often at Christmas when candles are used, it is easy to spill candle wax onto clothes or carpet. Also candles are used at birthdays. When the candles are blown out, the wax can easily spill onto both clothes and carpet.

Once the candle wax is on the clothes or carpet, it can seem very difficult to remove. Fortunately it is not too difficult to remove most of the candle wax if the right approach is used.

The process can be split into two main stages:

1. First try scraping off as much of the wax as possible with a blunt knife.



2. Then using a piece of blotting paper over the stain use a warm / hot iron on top of the paper to melt the wax and let the blotting paper soak up the melted wax. Be careful to only set the temperature of the iron to the temperature setting which is suitable for the fabric underneath. If you have not got any blotting paper use can try using thick kitchen paper or brown wrapping paper with the dull surface against the wax.

This should remove most of the wax from the clothes or carpet. However if the item is of particular value, then specialist help should be sought.