photo by FABIOLA MEDEIROS'
You have just had the perfect evening with friends over and happy conversations by glowing candlelight. Your guests have departed and you are cleaning up before retiring. The dishes - into the kitchen, the candles -ooops a wax spill on your lovely new carpet. What to do , what to do????
Take a brown paper bag - either a lunch bag or a piece of a grocery bag that's big enough to cover the wax. Place the paper bag over the melted wax and use a hot iron (steam off) to rub over the paper bag. The wax will come off automatically and be absorbed into the bag. This method is A LOT easier than the ice cube way.
We do event planning and have had many spills by nervous wedding participants on church carpets. The brown bags and iron are packed and ready. We use an old iron for this and a separate one for clothing touch-ups.
Many stagers use candles for open houses - others never. But, you probably burn them at home - so this tip may come in handy, eventually.
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Oh go ahead and spill some - you really need to try this at home first - right?
I used a paper towel too. Worked to remove red wax!
I wonder if this works on sheets! I spilled some last night on my satin sheets-
No seriously - this is a good tip- I will remember this
Terry - those BBC ladies are a hoot - they don't spare the comments either..
Horsies are enjoying the 20 above fly free weather.
Marci ??????..................... no, I'm not even going to comment.
P.S. Actually I use hot water for wax on sheets!!!
No lite candles for me in staged or unstaged homes. But at home, another story. I had forgotten this until you revived it for me.
I've used this method with table cloths as well... but with newspaper. I've never had an issue with ink transfer.
It really is a quick and easy way to remove wax from any fabric - carpets to table cloths!