Remove Melted Wax From Carpet

Take immediate action to clean up the wax spill.

Remove melted wax from carpet.

Ice can be used to harden wax to remove it from carpet. Remove the ice and using a butter knife or the bowl of a plastic spoon gently scrape the wax from the carpet. Fill a plastic bag with ice. Remove the plastic bag and begin to scrape the wax off the carpet using a dull knife.

Once the wax is melted it will stick to the bag or towel. Run the warm iron over the cloth until the wax melts. Place enough ice cubes in a ziploc bag to completely cover the wax stain. Lay the plastic bag directly onto the area of your carpet with the wax stain.

To make wax easier to remove you can cool it down with an ice cube. Heat an iron to a medium setting with no steam and press the iron to the paper bag directly over the wax. Place a brown paper bag or card stock over the wax stain and keep a towel nearby to protect the rest of the carpet. Rub gently to melt and remove some of the wax and then reposition the bag to soak up more wax.

Repeat until the wax is gone you may have to hold the iron in place for up to 30 seconds. Let the wax freeze for a few minutes. You may think the mess is permanent and impossible to clean up but you can remove the body wax from the carpet. Seal the bag and put it over the wax for several minutes.

Bag of ice or an ice pack iron a hair dryer can work in a pinch paper towel terry cloth towel or brown paper bag. If you cannot react immediately you can still clean up the mess after the wax solidifies. As the melted body wax hardens it sticks to the carpet nap. We ll take the paper bag long ways put it right over our candle wax turn the iron on high and then we ll simply put it on to the paper bag and drag it across that way it ll absorb all that.

Dampen a white cotton towel fold it in half and place it over the wax. Press an iron set on high over the towel for 10 seconds. To remove wax from carpet you ll need the following on hand.