Wax and gum family: freeze, scrape, melt
How to get candle wax on a rug out
Freeze, scrape, iron through paper, then solvent.
Do this first
Ice
Fresh stain
- Ice
- Scrape
- Brown paper and warm iron
- Solvent on dye
- Blot
Dried or old
- Repeat
- Fabric care
- Synthetic rugs: low iron, test.
- Time
- 30 min
- How to tell
- Look: raised wax; Feel: hard; Smell: candle
Where this fix comes from
- American Cleaning Institute, Stain Removal Chart
- Household folk practice, checked against the guides above
We check every fix against these published guides. We do not run a test lab of our own.
Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.