Remove Melted Wax From Carpet

The heat will draw the wax out of the carpet and into the towel.

Remove melted wax from carpet.

Seal the bag and put it over the wax for several minutes. Take immediate action to clean up the wax spill. 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. Remove the plastic bag and begin to scrape the wax off the carpet using a dull knife.

Place a brown paper bag or card stock over the wax stain and keep a towel nearby to protect the rest of the carpet. You may think the mess is permanent and impossible to clean up but you can remove the body wax from the carpet. Dampen a white cotton towel fold it in half and place it over the wax. Once the wax is melted it will stick to the bag or towel.

Run the warm iron over the cloth until the wax melts. To make wax easier to remove you can cool it down with an ice cube. Remove the ice and using a butter knife or the bowl of a plastic spoon gently scrape the wax from the carpet. Let the wax freeze for a few minutes.

A hair dryer set to the hottest setting can also be used to remove wax from carpet. Heat an iron to a medium setting with no steam and press the iron to the paper bag directly over the wax. Lay the plastic bag directly onto the area of your carpet with the wax stain. Repeat until the wax is gone you may have to hold the iron in place for up to 30 seconds.

Turn the iron onto a warm not hot setting with the steam turned off. To remove wax from carpet you ll need the following on hand. Press an iron set on high over the towel for 10 seconds. Rub gently to melt and remove some of the wax and then reposition the bag to soak up more wax.

Place enough ice cubes in a ziploc bag to completely cover the wax stain. Fill a plastic bag with ice. If you cannot react immediately you can still clean up the mess after the wax solidifies.