How to clean wax from carpet

Without wax (paraffin) candles perhaps not do any one family. It is not only an indispensable attribute of the majority of the Christmas holidays and romantic evenings, but sometimes the only way of lighting during power outages. Scented products fill the room with different esters. However, with the molten calcine should be careful not to drip the hot liquid on the carpet. Wax eats into the structure of the pile, and by careless cleaning can ruin a good thing.

You will need

- ice and a plastic bag;
comb with frequent teeth;
knife;
- Hairdryer
- iron
- porous cloth or paper;
- ammonia, methylated spirits, turpentine or gasoline;
Vata;
- the carpet cleaner;
vacuum cleaner.

Instruction

Wait for the molten liquid hardens completely. To remove wax from carpet, you first need to clean it "dry". Any contamination is best eliminated immediately, otherwise it will be harder to handle. For quick solidification of the wax enough to apply to spot a plastic bag filled with ice cubes.

Mix melted wax on the carpet. To pollution cracked and crumbled, you can stretch a tainted product on the diagonal in one direction and then the other. Then strongly RUB the stain wax, as when washed by hand. Then comb the pile of the carpet comb with frequent teeth and remove the remains of wax with a knife (careful not to damage the finish!). For greater effect, you can first warm up stubborn wax particles with hot air from a hair dryer, then again to try to scrape them.

The next step is removing grease stains from carpet, which will remain after the shot solidified wax. This is usually done using a hot iron. Cover the contamination with a piece of porous net cloth or paper on top and iron until the wax residue is completely melted and absorbed. Gradually move the fabric (paper) surface, and the extent of contamination and replace it with clean. The wax will start to melt already at 54-60 degrees, so don't get too nakalimot iron.

To remove grease stain from carpet, using ammonia or denatured alcohol, or turpentine (of course, if you are not afraid of the odor) of gasoline. When cleaning products with these funds, it is important to check their effect somewhere in inconspicuous place of the front part of the carpet. Wipe the stain with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol (turpentine, gasoline), and then clean with a special detergent gel or powder for carpets. You can use the vacuum cleaner.

Useful advice

Keep in mind that any heat treatments the product can be done only if it is soiled colorless wax. If you dripped the carpet color candle, remove the stain under the removed layer of solidified wax, you can use an appropriate stain remover industrial production. To avoid unpleasant surprises (especially on the carpet is light tones), you can go to a good dry cleaner.

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