Photo 1 shows how to remove the large chunks of wax from the surface.
Getting body wax off carpet.
To learn more from our contractor co author like how to freeze the wax to remove it keep reading the article.
Turns out getting the wax out of carpet is a lot easier than you might of thought.
Scrape off the wax.
Once the wax is solid lift it from the carpet using the butter knife.
Diy body hair removal can be a hassle but it becomes even more of a bother when body wax finds its way into the carpet.
Allow the wax to freeze for about 10 minutes making sure that the wax isn t getting wet from your ice pack.
Moisture will only make the stain tougher to remove.
You can even remove wax from fabric too following the same method of icing the wax and then scraping it off.
Once the wax is frozen use a butter knife to scrape as much of the wax as you can off of the carpet.
Rub gently to melt and remove some of the wax and then reposition the bag to soak up more wax.
To remove the fuzz lay.
Scrape off as much of the wax as you can with a dull knife or other hard flat edge source.
Scraping the knife against the carpet will probably leave the area a little fuzzy.
Body wax comes in solid form and needs to be melted before application.
If you have a deep pile carpet ant the wax has melted deep into the fibres you may need to go on to the next method.
Learn how to get wax out of carpet.
This is a short video that show the best way to get wax out of carpet.
You should get rid of most of the wax at this stage.
Make sure the iron is on the lowest setting possible and that the steam function is turned off.
Allow the wax to freeze.
As the melted body wax hardens it sticks to the carpet nap.
Sometimes accidents happen and the body wax spills during the trip from the kitchen to the bathroom.
Make sure the wax stain is not getting wet from leaks or condensation as moisture will make the stain harder to get out.
You will need a hot iron 5 minutes of time paper preferably brown paper and a shot o.
Fill a waterproof plastic bag with ice and lay it on top of the wax stain.
Keep checking the wax until it is solid.
Continue ironing until all of the wax is soaked up and clean the area with a carpet solvent.
The following steps will leave your carpet cleaner than a surgeon s fingernails.
Removing it improperly can tear up your carpet or leave a nasty stain behind.
You may think the mess is permanent and impossible to clean up but you can remove the body wax from the carpet.