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How to Remove Candle Wax from Carpets and Furniture

Candle Wax: How to Remove It From Carpet and Furniture.

Few things are as relaxing as dining by candlelight.

Thankfully, few things are easier to remove than the drippings that often result from such candle-light dinners on our carpet and furniture.

1. To remove candle drippings from the carpet you'll need:

ice cubes
a plastic bag
a spatula or spoon
an iron
a few brown paper bags
dry cleaning fluid
hand dish-washing liquid

Put the ice cubes in the plastic bag.

Place atop the spot until it hardens to the touch.

Gently scrape away the excess with a spatula or spoon.

Repeat on each spot on your carpet.

Set the iron on low heat.

Over the residue, place a brown paper bag without any writing or designs. (Any ink may transfer to the carpet, which would be even worse than dealing with leftovers and curdled reminders of lingering dinners past.)

Press the iron on the bag for no more than a couple of seconds.

Be sure to keep the iron heat on low so carpet fibers don't get scorched.

Look under the bag to determine that the process is working.

You should find a candle-colored smear of success.

Keep repeating and replacing bags as necessary until there's no more transfer to your bag.

Keep repeating and replacing the bags as necessary until there's no more transfer to your bag.

Blot any remaining blights with dry-cleaning fluid.

Sparingly, to prevent damage to carpet backing.

Blot with a solution of one-quarter teaspoon dish-washing liquid and one cup of warm water.

This will remove any traces of cleaning fluids.

Rinse and blot dry.

For an A to Z guide to removing other common carpet stains,visit Stain-Guide.com.

2. To remove candle drippings from furniture, you'll need:

Ice cubes.

Butter knife or plastic knife.

A soft cloth.

Cream furniture wax.

Freeze the blight with an ice cube to harden it. Then scrape off the hardened wax with a butter knife.

Dry the furniture piece with a soft, clean cloth. Finish with an application of furniture cream to return it to its former luster.

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Tara Aronson is a native Californian. Having grown up in San Diego, she studied journalism and Spanish to pursue a career in newspaper writing. Tara, whose three children - Chris, Lyndsay, and Payne - are the light of her life, now lives and writes in Los Angeles. She also regularly appears on television news programs throughout the U.S.

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