01/14/2012 Wax on Wax off
Q. My Friend is desperate to get candle wax out of her
carpet. What can she do to get the wax
out without costing an arm and a leg?
Sue-Fresno Ca.
A. And oh do we have the answer for you!!! It is quite simple…but first we must break
out the heavy black rubber gloves and the shovel (queue evil laugh)! haha, just
kidding.
Here’s the skinny…now what had happened was,
you read the last blog and decided to whip up a batch of Funky Old Mac &
Cheese (shameless plug I know…now queue the evil laugh again). Your guest was so titillated by the taste and
appearance of the dish that they throw their arms open wide, then bum rushed
you, just so that they could show appreciation with copious amounts of
affection. Well in the mix they mistakenly
knocked over your delicately placed ambiance candles onto your freshly
shampooed carpet.
You grab your chest and gasp in
horror. A scream erupts out of your
throat and you find yourself slowly shaking your head and yelling an elongated
“NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!!!!!! You are panic stricken and your heart is racing
like a junky that just robbed a liquor store.
You fight the urge to slap your guest across the face Drag Queen style
because how could they be so careless…You don’t have an expensive carpet which
means that it probably has polyester in it and candle wax is oily….and
everybody knows that it is next to impossible to get oil stains out of
polyester!!
Ok…ok I must admit, that is kind of
melodramatic and I am sure that is not how it really went down but nonetheless,
we still have that pesky wax to get out…
You have a few options. You could just replace the whole carpet but
that is not really cost effective and besides, where are you ever gonna find
carpet to match your pea soup colored couches?
You could just cut that piece of carpet out and hope no one
notices. Oh, how about buying a large
house plant to cover the stain, sure it may not be in the most convenient of places
but it is certain to be a conversation starter.
Or you could just take the wax right out of
the carpet, but where is the fun in that?
Cuz all you need is a hot iron and some old dust clothes (aka that
t-shirt that you spilled grape soda on…oh
come on! we know that you secretly drink grape soda when no one’s looking).
What!!! You are intrigued? Well all you
have to do is, place the old dust cloth over the wax. You do not want to use anything that you
don’t mind throwing away because unless you hanker to repurpose the dust cloth
as art, you will most defiantly be throwing it away. Put your iron on medium heat and place it on
top of the wax that is covered with the cloth.
You can turn the heat up, but check the carpet because if the iron is
too hot it will melt your carpet and you assuredly will be covering it with
that house plant. As the wax melts, the
cloth soaks up the liquid. You will have
to move the cloth around because as it soaks up the liquefied wax, the spot in
use will get saturated. It could take
several minutes to melt and absorb the wax, but once you are finished, your
carpet will be wax free.
This is Kisha stepping down form the soap so
don’t forget to tell us all about your wax fighting endeavors at amyecho@amyecho.com. Or maybe you just need to know a great place
to buy a house plant.
