[shine services]

Hi,
Im doing a job 2moro and im told by the customer that the carpet is covered in candle wax? has any1 got any advice on the best way to get it out? amy past experiences with this problem?

[deep-cleaningukltd]

Warm iron and brown paper.

[Ben Lugg]

When I had candle wax to remove last month, I did a search and read on a previous post here on CIU about using a hairdryer and vacuum method. 
This was really successful for the red wax I had to remove, but the stain left behind from the red dye was more difficult to deal with.  Some success with red RX iron and damp towel. 
With the hairdryer hold slightly away from the wax and be careful not to overheat the carpet as the fibres could be damaged.  At the same time using the nozzle on the vacuum to suck up the wax as it slowly becomes pliable.  Like magic the wax will be sucked up into the vacuum.  However, there will be small residue of wax coating the inside of the vacuum tube but this is minimal and won't affect the equipment. 
Good luck with it, but make sure your customer knows that you may not be able to remove 100% of the wax dye. 
Regards,
Ben

[Steve. Taylor]

WARM IRON BROWN PAPER FOR ME 2

[michael wadsworth]

WARM IRON BROWN PAPER FOR ME 2

Yes warm iron brown paper, also citrus gel for surface wax. I recently took 3 large deep blobs of red wax from my own 80% wool carpet with a £15.00 steam wand and towelling, totally eradicated wax and no sign of dye residue nor pile distortion. If I used this method on a client's carpet, I would, of course test in an inconspicuous area to check for pile distortion. Mike

[gwrightson]

shine ,
havnt you even been to see the job ?

at least it would give you some idea what you got to deal with .

Geoff

[Michael Smallwood]

The methods above are good and should be tried first.

An extreme option if the carpet is as tough as old boots and the wax is stubborn, (and you have a disclaimer), is as follows. Bring a kettle next to the wax to have boiling water and at least a twin vac to extract. It gives you a 2 -4 second time window once the water has been applied.

Only try this if you are confident. You can get some old carpet and practise at home.

Mike

[Jim_77]

I find a stanley knife works really well, then a plant pot

[dave123]

Jim
   I always use a damp terry cloth and iron , but i might even try Jims method if i don't like the custy 

[shine services]

Thanks for all the ideas. The job is fair drive away and only got the call 2day so thats y i ddnt go see it first. I have just poured a candle over an old peice of carpet and used the brown paper bag and iron method. This took all the wax out and ddnt leave any dye stains. I will post 2moro and give the results of my job. thanks again

[jacko]

Damp Terry Towel - fold in half, place over wax. Apply hot iron 10 secs, leave towel in place until steam stops rising. Be careful.

Did one today funny enough.

[Joe H]

The candlewax got there when it was hot and runny, so that will be the way to get it out.

Scrape excess away like Jim says.
If you can get high heat at your hand tool you can melt it and suck it away.
putting a damp terry cloth and press with a hot iron until steam comes up as Jacko says is a good way to.

if you really want to be good to the clients who have a hard floor hallway, and you muck it up coming in and out of the house, you can buy a steam mop of tv shopping channels for about £30. This will not only mop up the hall in less then a minute (giving you a glowing reference from the client) but also act as the means for getting rid of wax. Just hold on the wax for 30 seconds and its away.

[Derek_Walker]

White spirit works extremely well on candle wax. Normal test procedures apply.

[JandS]

Where's the steam mops Joe???   

John

[Joe H]

This one has been on Ideal World today and may well be repeated during the day, but you can order off the web.
Holds 500ml and they reckon that is good for 45 minutes of steam.
We have a similar thing for cleaning kitchen and shower room floor.

http://www.idealworld.tv/CategoryGridView.aspx?omitxmldecl=yes&fh_refview=home&fh_reffacet=categories&fh_refpath=facet_1&fh_location=//idealworld/en_GB/categories@lt;{idealworld_1001}&fh_eds=%C3%9F.aspx

I hope the link works for you, I have tried it from my post and it doesnt!
You can try http://www.idealworld.tv/homepage.aspx and type in the search box   steam mop.

[shine services]

Hi, every1,
                   just back from doing the job with the candle. used terry towl and iron method then cleaned carpet as usual. amazing results and customer wos very happy. thanks for the advice

[Glynn]

A Drimaster uph tool and a HOT Truckmount.

[JandS]

Joe

Thanks for that, good job someone watches crap TV programmes.   

John

[JandS]

2 Customer reviews and one of them not very good.
Claims she's used it 3 times and the slip on microfibre
cloth has disintegrated already.
£9 to replace.

John

[Joe H]

Its just like the forums John, you get reviews from people who have never tried the product but say negative things about it.
One not very good review, but one very good review.
Search on ebay for steam mop - you get plenty of choice.