Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: edward coller on June 23, 2017, 10:31:44 pm
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Called at customer who had spilit candle wax in a jagged line appx 60cm on her 80/20 carpet. She had used iron and brown paper but you could still see a residue and some remainig wax in carpet. Having once had a bit of a mare using iron and brown paper and not finding hairdryer up to melting wax wondered if anyone had a perfect solution, apart from a new carpet! Simon
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citrus gel
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Or Steam gun
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Or Steam gun
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I have had success using the time element of the cleaning pie more, so I apply gel in the morning, cover with plastic, cling film or other vapour barrier, then go and do my days work, 5-6 hours later it extracts out with a light water rinse really easily.
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Thanks for those answers guys really helpful
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white spirit will be a far better solvent for this than the citrus products ... try them side by side . Heat , like a steamer or hot handtool with an inline could be used to soften it ( or even remove it fully ) ... but white spirit aggitated into the wax will turn it to an extractable mush in seconds . repeat til gone This should be a 10 min job really .
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Get an old Black and Decker black steamer and a white cloth. Add steam and it goes on to the cloth................
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Yep - low odour white spirit!