candle wax

thankyou cream, my kittie has been into alot of mischief lately, she even dug up my veggie patch, last night she got up on my dresser and knocked the candle off, now it's set into the fibres of the carpet and you can see it, so i may pop to the store and have a look for some spray that you mentioned, i hate to see a good carpet get ruined like that....

Yes, I agree! It would be a shame to see your brand new carpet ruined. I hope that you can find a good solution for it. I hope that the brown paper bag and warm iron works out for you.. I am sorry for what has happened..

so i could use kitchen roll and iron over it and it will remove the wax? would that work? that sounds like a good way of removing it, the candle is lavender so it's like a pale lilac colour, the carpet is pure wool, so i would have to be very careful not to burn it, i will give it a try and see if some of it comes off, i am not good with these household hints, that room is the only room i have carpet in, the rest i have wooden floors, thankyou for your advice jonesy, it sounds like a great solution....i will let you know how i get on...

No, the paper towel stuff is not sturdy enough. It flakes off. Oh, I forgot, put a kitchen towel over the paper, or you'll burn the paper instead of getting the wax up.

ok, i tried the brown paper and it worked, but i need to get that stain out now, i am going to buy some vanish liquid and see if it comes, out, it's a tiny stain but i know it's there....it will bug me till it's gone...thankyou...

wow it seems that jonesys idea is the solution, i will find some brown paper, i am sure i have some somewhere, thanks p1ke, i'll give it a go....naughty lottie is into everything these days, she is a sweetie but so naughty....

I was too lol... Because that's what I did on a dress and a carpet that got stained on by candle wax when I was in HS... though I used a recycled brown manila paper on it. It works and I didn't have to worry about the stain cuz the candle wasn't a colored one...

I hope you'll be able to get the stain off your carpet, tatty... hugs...

Ah! I see two others beat me to it. I'll be keeping an eye out here to see if there are any other proven methods or if you try it and it works. You never know! I might need to use my own advice someday! LOL

Good luck, Tatty!

oh wow, so many ways how to do this, takes notes and writes these down...i will give it a try and see if i can get it all up...i was gutted when i saw that candle hit the floor, it was like slow motion but i couldn't quite catch it before it landed... lottie, she is so curious, and so naughty sometimes...i must keep the bedroom door closed from now on....thanks mental, i will take notes and give these a try...

I can imagine the look on your face as you saw this happen! I can also see this happening in slow-motion through your eyes!

Our furry friends are so loving and sweet, but they can sure get into mischief! I read an article about dogs (especially puppies) and this can apply to cats as well. When our attention is not entirely on them, they can misbehave just as young children would do if our backs were turned.

I have many candles around the house but only light those on tables if I'm right there near them. I have one of those things that heats up the wax so you can smell the scent of the candle but not have a flame. That works great but, if you like a lot of candles for the ambiance, you'll just have to keep the kitty under control (yeah, easy to say, right? lol).

MOST of my candles are up on wall sconces, out of the reach of both kitties and dogs. I've had my share of disasters over the years from all kinds of furry friends AND the two-legged kinds... those walking disasters we call kids.

I had Kool-Aid spilled on my new carpet once, a long time ago when my youngest son (the hyperactive one) was about 5 years old. My carpet was a very pale gold color and the Kool-Aid was cherry... red, naturally! I tried EVERYTHING to get that stain out but nothing worked. I had to learn to live with it since it was not in a spot that I could cover with furniture.

Eventually, I bought new carpet, one with several different colors all blended together so, no matter what spilled on it, it wouldn't show too badly. Here in our new house, we have hardwood floors with only area rugs so, if there's a disaster in the future, I can replace the rug at minimal expense.

Oh! I just remembered something. IF you can't get the wax out entirely, and if you have or can get a small patch of carpet, you can have a carpet installer cut out the stain and patch it up with a new piece of carpet. From my own experience, I've learned to let experts handle "patching" because they can do it without any seams showing. I tried, but you could always see where the patch was because I could NEVER get it to match perfectly with the rest of the carpet. This is a last resort kind of thing.

Interesting idea for the gum. I heard one should put ice cubes on top of it to freeze it and then break it off. I'm not sure I want the extra mess of the egg white, but have not tried the ice method yet either. There is a solution I think it's called 'goo out' or something like that. It works wonders where other things didn't work and it doesn't leave a residue on the carpet either. It does get the gum out no problem. But it's been a while that I needed to use it. I have to look up the name again.

I always had good luck with chewing gum by rubbing peanut butter into it then using a degreaser product. Also good is a product called Aquilaun, made by Stanley Home Products, maybe Fuller Brush now,(one company bought the other).

I've heard of both the ice and peanut butter methods but have never tried them.

Gerty, you sure did bring back memories for me! I used to work for Fuller Brush. I'm most definitely NOT a salesperson... I couldn't sell a glass of ice water in a desert!

But, Fuller Brush products sold themselves, fortunately for me. I had such fun with them (excellent products, too). I soon became a district manager then had to quit altogether because I had a baby at home and was spending over 80 hours a week at that job. But, what great memories you've brought back!

thankyou oreo, yet another handy tip, i will keep this in mind for the next time...IF there is a next time, the brown paper and the warm iron seems to have worked, all i have to do now is remove the stain with some vanish liquid, it's only a tiny stain but i know it's there....naughty lottie, she gets into everything....

well i did manage to get it up, but there's a stain now, so tomorrow i will pop into asda and get some vanish spray, that should do it, i almost had a heart attack when i saw that candle fall off the dresser...lol...i knew it would dry fast, but theres a tiny little purple stain that i need to get rid of now...i will never get a cream woolen carpet ever again...lol...and lottie can stay out of my room...lol...

thankyou, i did get the wax up but the stain is there, it's like a little purple blob, it's not that big but i know it's there so it's bugging me, i will pick up some vanish carpet cleaner tomorrow and try that...thankyou...

i tried the paper bag method and it worked, the carpet feels a little bit rough in that area but i will put some hot water on it tomorrow and try and get the rest up...it's left a little stain so i will also get some carpet cleaner and give it a good scrub...thankyou...

thankyou, it's fine now, i got the wax off, but theres a small purple stain so i will get some carpet cleaner and fix that tomorrow....thanks for the help...

thankyou elic, i managed to get the wax off, but i have a stain, i will fix that tomorrow, i have been musing over it all day...lol...too much for the brain to absorb, but i will sort it out...thanks....