How do you get candle wax off a shag carpet?

angel 22 asked:


I left a candle burning and the glass got to hot and it broke. The wax melted and ran onto my new shag carpet. Does anyone know how to get candle wax off carpet with out totally destroing it? I don’t want to cut it.

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12 Responses to 'How do you get candle wax off a shag carpet?'

  1. shnuglefeet - December 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    put a piece of paper over it and iron it it will soak right out

  2. DASH - December 23rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    Put a paper towel above the wax and then place the warm iron on the towel that should work…

  3. rachely1 - December 26th, 2008 at 7:21 am

    Scrape out as much as you can.Take a piece of wax paper and a warm iron, lay the paper over the wax and run the iron over it. This should melt the candle wax and it will stick to the paper.

  4. Ask - December 26th, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    Be careful and this might just get most of it up:
    Take several paper towels and put them over the wax.
    Now rub a very warm but not supper hot clothing iron over the paper towels. This will warm the wax while it is being absorbed into the towel. Repeat with clean paper towels until you are satisfied that you have removed all you can.

  5. NoSunHere - December 29th, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    Ah ha – this I know it works from experience. Cover the wax spot with an old towel and and run a hot iron over the wax spot. Move the towel around frequently so it doesn’t end up on your iron until all the wax has been melted off the carpet and onto your towel!

    I spilled a big dark blue candle ALL OVER my gray carpet and got every bit of it out.

    p.s. Don’t us a paper towel – use a real absorbent cloth towel.

  6. niclovesjeremy - January 2nd, 2009 at 6:34 am

    Put ice on it and freeze the wax, and it should pop off pretty easy.

  7. goose - January 5th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Try ice to make it brittle, then brush out with stiff brush then vacuum up, repeat until it’s all gone!

  8. jarsoflight1 - January 6th, 2009 at 7:23 am

    If it is a soy candle, you can wash it out with soap and water and then use a wet cloth and an iron to clean the rest – hope this helps!

  9. nikomat77 - January 8th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    try the freazing it with ice and chiping it away to remove the big peices then the iron and towel trick if you want to do it yourself. if you want it completely out call a professional carpet cleaner, the truck mounts that they use heat the water to 300+ degrees and will completely remove the wax.

  10. pollywump - January 11th, 2009 at 2:20 am

    They still make shag carpet……..eeewwww.

    Ice it.

  11. Jae - January 12th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    cut it out, there is no other way, or leave it

  12. logand_101 - January 16th, 2009 at 7:11 am

    Get a cube of ice and rub on it, then u should be able to “scrape or pick” the wax off.That is the only way i can think of without ruining or staining your carpet.