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 posted on 28/1/07 at 10:02 PM |
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Wax removal
Evening all,
Just had a slight mishap with a candle in the front room. Managed to knock one over and spill wax all over the carpet. Currently attacking it with V
hot water and a brillo pad. Anyone know of a better/quicker way of cleaning it? As it's starting to burn my fingers! 
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RazMan
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| posted on 28/1/07 at 10:03 PM |
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Try an iron with blotting paper
Cheers,
Raz
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nitram38
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| posted on 28/1/07 at 10:03 PM |
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Kitchen roll on the wax and a hot iron on top of that!
Don't ask how I know but I do !
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James
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| posted on 28/1/07 at 10:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nitram38
Kitchen roll on the wax and a hot iron on top of that!
Don't ask how I know but I do !
I was gonna say that too! 
Great minds and all that!
Not so hot you melt the carpet though! An iron can do that!
Cheers,
James
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Fozzie
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| posted on 28/1/07 at 10:54 PM |
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Try going over the area of wax with an ice cube. It goes brittle then you may be able to 'pick' it off.
Failing that the kitchen paper and iron usually does the trick, but, as James says, mind you dont burn the carpet 
Good luck
Fozzie 
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Aboardman
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| posted on 28/1/07 at 11:31 PM |
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that old chestnut, sounds like someone does not like the carpet and is going to claim on the insurance for damage, and just wants to make sure you
cannot get wax out.
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Findlay234
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| posted on 28/1/07 at 11:52 PM |
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kitchen roll and iron will usually still leave a grease mark (dependant on wax)
you can try stain devils candle wax remover. ive heard it works well but dont hold me to it. stain devil no'8 i believe. specifically designed
to remove wax and tar.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 29/1/07 at 08:00 AM |
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theres always xylene that'll dissolve the wax, and your carpet
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trogdor
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| posted on 29/1/07 at 09:58 AM |
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be careful with the iron if you have a high polyester carpet, my gf dropped a hot iron on the floor and picked it up after a second, since its a
rented flat it has a high polyester carpet, well the good news is that we can hide the mark with a rug, its a perfect shape of the iron! oh well
don't need to worry about our deposit now!
[Edited on 29/1/07 by trogdor]
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02GF74
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| posted on 29/1/07 at 10:34 AM |
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not sure but paraffin or petrol may dissolve wax, then washing up liquid/water to clean.
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foskid
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| posted on 29/1/07 at 11:23 AM |
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what I have used in the past successfully is brown wrapping paper and a hot iron
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bartonp
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| posted on 29/1/07 at 03:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
not sure but paraffin or petrol may dissolve wax, then washing up liquid/water to clean.
Never, never, never ever use petrol as a solvent in an uncontrolled domestic environment...
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/5234552.stm
(I'm sceptical about the 'eggcupful' bit but you get the idea)
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