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Title: candle wax
Post by: Jon Tweddle on January 28, 2007, 11:52:39 am

hello guys and gals

can anyone tell me how to remove white candle wax from a short pile synthetic carpet? there's lots of it (candle wax that is). ???

cheers in advance
jon tweddle

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: The Great One on January 28, 2007, 12:15:48 pm

Hi Jon

I use a warm iron and either a cloth, terry towel or plain white kitchen towel.

Put on the cloth ot towel and then iron through it, as it re-heats back up it will liquify and soak up into the cloth/towel. keep at it until you can get no more transfer.

I them use a solvent to take as much more out as possible.

Then clean in your usual way.

Regards

Martin 8)

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: Jon Tweddle on January 28, 2007, 12:19:11 pm

cheers martin
i'm going to give it a go this afternoon, so will let you know how it went.

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: carpetguy on January 28, 2007, 05:29:50 pm

Hair drier, obviously at a low to medium setting and sr
craper to remove when softened.

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: Mike Roper on January 28, 2007, 05:40:07 pm

If its polyprop dont go near it with an iron , it has a very low melting point. On short pile carpet you should be able to scrape the majority off with a spatula. I've also found Eco-spotter from Solutions to be very good and safe to use on wax.
mike

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: TERRY AB on January 28, 2007, 06:27:37 pm

If you use an Iron it will just seep deeper into the Pile.
Pour Boiling water around it/Over the area and Extract it up.
This will get 100% of it out. You know Wax floats in Water!.
Terry

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: Jon Tweddle on January 28, 2007, 06:35:03 pm

cheers guys

i used an iron with kitchen roll at first, which worked to a point so then i used a terry towel and the iron on a high heat. this seemed to have more of an effect and got all of it out. then i went over it with my hwe and its like brand new!
with me been a newbie i'm not to sure what type of carpet it is, i tried burning a strand of it and it had a synthetic type smell (i think!). The hot iron didn't do it any harm so i'm assuming it isn't pp. how can i tell??

cheers jon tweddle
p.s. i'm back on email

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: Jon Tweddle on January 28, 2007, 06:40:46 pm

cheers terry

can you use that technique on any type of carpet? i used it on my pubs carpet on chewing gum and it worked fine but i know that there very hardy carpets!

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: Jon Tweddle on January 28, 2007, 06:43:14 pm

p.s. terry, does the wax not clog up in your machine? (mine's a numatic portable).

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: cleanability on January 28, 2007, 08:00:51 pm

Iron/boiling water onto a carpet I feel nervous at the thought. I know the iron method is always quoted but I certaunly wouldnt use one on a customers carpet. Its always a hair drier and solvent to finish for me.
I remember many moons ago the heat from my vac exhaust causing colour to come off a carpet.

Chris

Title: Re: candle wax
Post by: The Great One on January 28, 2007, 08:58:14 pm

Hi

Jon, Poly prop will float in water.

Of course with an iron you do not go in on full heat, this I would hope is Common sense (a term that is illegal in H&S law!)

If you have heaps of it, and a lot of us have come across that, then you can scrape as much off as you can safely get without damaging the carpet, then use a WARM iron to re-melt whats left. I personally have not tried the boiling water method so tough to comment on that but boiling water on a carpet, it may set some stains?

Besides as a dry carpet cleaner I don't use water!

The method i have stated i have used, so, had loads of success with it and no problems to date.

Regards

Martin 8)