carpet and wax

[Stewart]

My daughter has candle wax spilled on her white carpet. Can anyone give me advice on how to remove it without staining the carpet. Thank you.

[Mike Riley]

Put blotting paper or absorbant towel on wax, put iron on low setting then iron over towel / blotting paper.

[Mike Riley]

Dont forget to keep changing the paper as required

[Stewart]

Thank you, that will be our second line of attack; firstly we are trying ice packs in plastic bags on the wax and then removing what we can with fingernails, after that we shall try the remainder as you suggest.

[CAS]

Better than Ice is an old trick we used to use in the pub for getting chewing gum off carpets...

Get hold of a cylinder of compressed gas (in the pub it was CO2 for the lager or soft drinks, compressed air from a SCUBA cylinder would also be ideal).

Aim the nozzle at the offending wax and vent the cylinder (violently!!) - ear protection might be an idea!!

Give it enough to really freeze it then batter the wax with the point of a screwdriver while sucking up the bits with a hoover...

CAS