This video is a great demonstration but WARNING to those of you trying this for the first time: set your iron on LOW !!! other wise you will risk melting your carpet fibers! do not leave the iron in one spot for more than 2 SECONDS at a time, just keep the iron moving to prevent burns. I have done many carpet repairs due to this error.
Joann Thomason I should have read this beforehand..I now have paper bag fused with my carpet in about a baseball sized patch...where the wax was barely noticeable before (smaller than a dime-sized area). Now, I don't know how to get the paper bag off..looks 1000 times worse.
Dude i know i shouldnt laugh and im sorry but that shit is funny as hell just picturing your reaction when u turned a tiny spot of wax into a burn lol, reminds me of when i was like 5 or 6 and playin wit matches burned a kleenex and burned my carpet i tried to hide it from parents theb tried to lie sayn it was mud haha
sounds like your fibers melted and fused to the bag. Unfortunate but a common outcome for those who try to FIY. I wish this video included how to test carpet fiber to determine acrylic, nylon, or blend. it makes a huge difference. Acrylics can not handle much heat before melting, nylons are a bit more resistant and would advise to use a hairdryer for this process. I believe this video is demonstrated with typical nylon blend carpets more resistant to heat.
Good advice but I think it depends on the type of carpet. Man made fibres will obviously be more heat-sensitive. I used the method on a wool blend berber type carpet, iron on full heat, no steam, and it worked like a charm!
This is amazing!!!!! I poured so much burning wax onto my carpet and this took it ALL out. It took quite a few paper bags but this got it done!!! I was in such a bad mood and now finally I feel better :)
Sweet! This really worked on my carpet. I used a pretty thick brown paper grocery bag and it worked like a charm. I was worried about Amy Laukhuf's comment. I think the trick is to move fast and make sure the carpet constantly gets some relief from the iron.
This was unbelievable!! It worked extremely well; there's NO TRACE of the maroon candle wax that spilled on my ivory carpet. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!!!
Too Funny! I also heard the beeping and could have sworn it was one of mine, but after searching the whole house there wasn't anything beeping. So it was totally this video that was the culprit. Good stuff!
Thank you Mr. Simeone! I had a large quantity of wax spilt on my carpet and this method worked perfectly. I used common since to not overheat the carpet on that last step and DID NOT melt or burn my carpet. To all the people who did, be more cautious.
Thank you thank you thank you! Managed to get a HUGE candle wax stain out at 3am before my parents even found out (thank god for the internet!). FYI Found I didn't need the Bionex or equivalent, I did do this method literally 5 mins after the stain was made though so that may have made a difference.
Thanks! This technique is the perfect way to get candle wax off the rug. I even had OLD candlewax on a rug that I had been ignoring -- like 20 year-old candle wax -- and it removed that, too!
This worked like a champ for me with two really bad wax spots. 3 bucks for some brown paper lawn bags and I was good. The only thing that I would change is to adjust the heat setting gradually until the wax starts to melt. Thanks!
This video saved my living room carpet and worked wonderfully. The brown paper is key to absorbing the candle wax. It picked up all the wax and you cannot even tell where the disaster occurred! Thank you so very much!!
12am I was going to bed and accidentally knocked over my candle that had a lot of melted wax. So next morning I found this RUclips and tried it and I was amazingly surprised. It works perfectly... just as you showed us. Thank You so much, you kept me out of trouble.. Wow! I still can not believe how great this worked. Thanks again and again and again.
Worked perfectly, thanks for the great video! (I used two torn up paper bags, Hamilton Beach iron on high, never let the iron touch the carpet directly, and kept moving the iron around a little.)
Thanks for the help Nick. I ended up using a paper towel instead of a brown paper bag. It worked well all the same. Pretty easy, but for future reference you should assume your audience isn't experienced and tell them to use medium heat or lower.
Amazing!!! This saved us a huge bill! It worked like a charm on our carpet in which we had split dark red wax all over, splatters everywhere. Thx for posting!!
I unfortunately had to use this method yesterday when a tart warmer overtuned on my brand new carpeting! It really works! I ran out of paper bags but I had lots of tissue paper on hand. Worked just as well.
It worked, thanks. I followed the instructions with a little bit of common sense. I tried the iron on high medium first on a non-visible area using the paper bag always. When I used it on the wax it just mopped it all up really nice. Thanks again
most people i visit with candle wax on the carpet have used this method and now have an iron burn where the wax was. instead of using an iron and brown paper use a hair dryer and white towel. less risk of burning the carpet .
THANK YOU! I just spilled candle wax and it got all on my carpet and my purse. I'll be using this method of remove it from my carpet and the freeze method from removing it from my purse.
I just want to say thank you!! I spilled a full glade votive of candle wax on my classroom floor that is carpeted. OMGoodness!! It worked like a dream. There are no traces of the wax left on my carpet. Thank you for the video!
Worked perfectly! I had a big stain of dark brown wax and after this method there is no trace. I'm amazed really. Thank you. For those who burned their carpet, I'm assuming they didn't use thick enough paper or didn't fold the towel over a couple times.
Hi Nick, great video. A whole candle melted on my carpet...nothing was working. So watched your video and it saved me a ton of time and the wax is gone. Thanks so much :)
Wow, Nick!! You are AWESOME!! This is my first time I used u-tube to learn how to do something myself and your tips WORKED PERFECTLY AND EASILY!! Way cool!!!!!
took me a while to realize it wasn't *my* smoke alarm beeping @ low battery. Kinda weirded me out, since i'd just replaced them yesterday. Thanks for the vid !
This was so helpful I spilt wax on my mums carpet and I was trying all different things and I thought RUclips and then you popedvup and this was a great help
Thanks for the video it went a long way in helping remove the wax from a warmer after I bumped it dumped the contents. Attacking the hot wax with ice cubes first helped also.
I just did this to remove some wax from a wax burner in the carpet, but I just used a cheap terry cloth rag and it worked like a charm. I'm just going to throw the rag away. I figure it costs about $1 - a heck of lot cheaper than getting a carpet replacement. Thank you.
+Susan Miller - and the iron did not get any wax on it and there was never a fire hazard. Just about five seconds of using the iron at high and running it over the spilled wax. easy-peasy.
That's the same carpet I spilled red wax on. I tried to use baking paper but I set temperature on the iron too high that it was melting my carpet. With a comb I tried to remove the melted edges. To make things worse I added talc. I have some brown paper and I will try again but with talc on top, I don't know if it will work.
it is assumed you will use a towel you intend on discarding, however you could try to remove wax from towel by pouring boiling water over the wax area do this outside somewhere you don't care wax gets on, rinse and repeat. let me know if you succeeded.
What sorcery is this! On a more serious note, you just saved my apartment deposit. Seriously I'm two weeks from move out and my friend decides now is a good time to spill my tart warmer on the floor.
This video is a great demonstration but WARNING to those of you trying this for the first time: set your iron on LOW !!! other wise you will risk melting your carpet fibers! do not leave the iron in one spot for more than 2 SECONDS at a time, just keep the iron moving to prevent burns. I have done many carpet repairs due to this error.
Joann Thomason I should have read this beforehand..I now have paper bag fused with my carpet in about a baseball sized patch...where the wax was barely noticeable before (smaller than a dime-sized area). Now, I don't know how to get the paper bag off..looks 1000 times worse.
Dude i know i shouldnt laugh and im sorry but that shit is funny as hell just picturing your reaction when u turned a tiny spot of wax into a burn lol, reminds me of when i was like 5 or 6 and playin wit matches burned a kleenex and burned my carpet i tried to hide it from parents theb tried to lie sayn it was mud haha
sounds like your fibers melted and fused to the bag. Unfortunate but a common outcome for those who try to FIY. I wish this video included how to test carpet fiber to determine acrylic, nylon, or blend. it makes a huge difference. Acrylics can not handle much heat before melting, nylons are a bit more resistant and would advise to use a hairdryer for this process. I believe this video is demonstrated with typical nylon blend carpets more resistant to heat.
Good advice but I think it depends on the type of carpet. Man made fibres will obviously be more heat-sensitive. I used the method on a wool blend berber type carpet, iron on full heat, no steam, and it worked like a charm!
@@terrickes wait.. you have carpet in your kitchen? baffling. lol
This is amazing!!!!! I poured so much burning wax onto my carpet and this took it ALL out. It took quite a few paper bags but this got it done!!! I was in such a bad mood and now finally I feel better :)
Sweet! This really worked on my carpet. I used a pretty thick brown paper grocery bag and it worked like a charm. I was worried about Amy Laukhuf's comment. I think the trick is to move fast and make sure the carpet constantly gets some relief from the iron.
i just tried this , and it works great!...some key advice... make sure your iron doesn't touch your actual carpet at any time, for it singe it...
One of the most helpful RUclips videos ever. Worked amazingly well. Thanks amigo. Two thumbs up* (PS: I used printer paper and it worked fine)
This was unbelievable!! It worked extremely well; there's NO TRACE of the maroon candle wax that spilled on my ivory carpet. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!!!
So cool!
Too Funny! I also heard the beeping and could have sworn it was one of mine, but after searching the whole house there wasn't anything beeping. So it was totally this video that was the culprit. Good stuff!
Thank you Mr. Simeone! I had a large quantity of wax spilt on my carpet and this method worked perfectly. I used common since to not overheat the carpet on that last step and DID NOT melt or burn my carpet. To all the people who did, be more cautious.
Thank you very helpful, my mother drove her power chair into the table and the whole floor was covered in wax. Worked like a charm
I was worried about getting out deposit back in our apartment because of blue candle wax on the carpet. No more worries! Thank you so much!
Thank you thank you thank you! Managed to get a HUGE candle wax stain out at 3am before my parents even found out (thank god for the internet!).
FYI Found I didn't need the Bionex or equivalent, I did do this method literally 5 mins after the stain was made though so that may have made a difference.
Thanks! This technique is the perfect way to get candle wax off the rug. I even had OLD candlewax on a rug that I had been ignoring -- like 20 year-old candle wax -- and it removed that, too!
Thank you sir! You just saved me a $250 Deposit!
same
Same here
YOU SAVED MY LIFE, MY ROOMATES WERE SO PISSED OFF LOL!!!
This worked like a champ for me with two really bad wax spots. 3 bucks for some brown paper lawn bags and I was good. The only thing that I would change is to adjust the heat setting gradually until the wax starts to melt. Thanks!
Hallelujah! Now I'll get back my security deposit lol
Lana McCrackan me too!!!
Me too
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Renting is a bad investment Lana
This video saved my living room carpet and worked
wonderfully. The brown paper is key to absorbing the candle wax. It picked up all the wax and you cannot even tell where the disaster occurred! Thank you so very much!!
This method worked like magic. You just saved me the security deposit on my apartment. Thanks!
You guys are awesome. Thanks for all the support.
12am I was going to bed and accidentally knocked over my candle that had a lot of melted wax. So next morning I found this RUclips and tried it and I was amazingly surprised. It works perfectly... just as you showed us. Thank You so much, you kept me out of trouble.. Wow! I still can not believe how great this worked. Thanks again and again and again.
THIS WORKS! Wow, I copied the ironing and then wash with dish soap and it is completely gone! Amazing! THANK YOU!!
Worked perfectly, thanks for the great video! (I used two torn up paper bags, Hamilton Beach iron on high, never let the iron touch the carpet directly, and kept moving the iron around a little.)
I already knew to use an iron and paper. But I didn't know the exact technique. Worked like a charm. Bing, bang, boom!!
Thank you for posting this!
Worked like a charm! In less than one minute an ugly spot is now gone. Thanks.
Thanks for the help Nick. I ended up using a paper towel instead of a brown paper bag. It worked well all the same. Pretty easy, but for future reference you should assume your audience isn't experienced and tell them to use medium heat or lower.
I had to use about 20 paper bags for this, but it got all of the red candle wax off my carpet. Thanks so much for the tip!
Nick, you saved our carpet - thank you from Switzerland
OMGosh! Spilled red candle wax on my ivory carpet..followed your instructions no trace of the candle THANK YOU!
I just want to say thank you. I just tried this this morning and it works like magic!
Greetings from Germany..
Amazing!!! This saved us a huge bill! It worked like a charm on our carpet in which we had split dark red wax all over, splatters everywhere. Thx for posting!!
great tip! and for those of you that melted your carpet, he told you to be careful and that it could happen! not his fault dummies...
I unfortunately had to use this method yesterday when a tart warmer overtuned on my brand new carpeting! It really works! I ran out of paper bags but I had lots of tissue paper on hand. Worked just as well.
It worked, thanks. I followed the instructions with a little bit of common sense. I tried the iron on high medium first on a non-visible area using the paper bag always. When I used it on the wax it just mopped it all up really nice. Thanks again
I spilled a lot on my carpet and this actually worked. It took a while due to the high volume of candle wax, but what a great tip. Thank you!
You just saved me the deposit on my apartment!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! BTW I also used a thin towel and it worked!! :0)
Man I've been wondering forever how to do this... Worked like a charm! Thanks!
most people i visit with candle wax on the carpet have used this method and now have an iron burn where the wax was. instead of using an iron and brown paper use a hair dryer and white towel. less risk of burning the carpet .
Gavin, I used your method since it sounded a lot safer after reading all the comments about burnt carpets. Your method worked wonders, thumbs up!!!
I tried this technique with 3 napkins layers on top of each other and it worked perfectly! thank you so much for the tutorial!!!!!
THANK YOU! I just spilled candle wax and it got all on my carpet and my purse. I'll be using this method of remove it from my carpet and the freeze method from removing it from my purse.
you saved my life with this hack. I would've been dead if that wax stain was there.
I just want to say thank you!! I spilled a full glade votive of candle wax on my classroom floor that is carpeted. OMGoodness!! It worked like a dream. There are no traces of the wax left on my carpet. Thank you for the video!
Awesome way to remove candle wax out of the carpet. So much easier then a few I've seen. Thank you so much.
Worked perfectly! I had a big stain of dark brown wax and after this method there is no trace. I'm amazed really. Thank you. For those who burned their carpet, I'm assuming they didn't use thick enough paper or didn't fold the towel over a couple times.
Work beautifully! I did not have carpet cleaner so just used water for the last step.
Hi Nick, great video. A whole candle melted on my carpet...nothing was working. So watched your video and it saved me a ton of time and the wax is gone. Thanks so much :)
Wow, Nick!! You are AWESOME!! This is my first time I used u-tube to learn how to do something myself and your tips WORKED PERFECTLY AND EASILY!! Way cool!!!!!
Thanks - glad you thought it was helpful. You're right about the smoke detector; my bad!!
I tried tour method, and it worked perfectly!!! Thank you!!
never knew there was a solution to this problem, so glad I looked it up on youtube!
Awesome. Just saved my cream carpet. No burns or scorches. Iron wasnt on max because im a measure twice cut once kinda person. Thanks for this vid
WORKED LIKE a CHARM!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Incredible! Thank you! My cat just knocked over my large candle, and I was freaking out!
thanks for teaching me how to burn my carpet nick your a true gentleman !
Hi
Thanks for this advice, it workwed a dream on my new carpet which fell foul of Christmas candles!
yay! I followed the steps in the video and it worked! Thank you Mr. Simeone.
took me a while to realize it wasn't *my* smoke alarm beeping @ low battery. Kinda weirded me out, since i'd just replaced them yesterday.
Thanks for the vid !
I wonder if the next video is how to change the battery in a smoke alarm...
Genius! You saved my husband's life..LOL. It really worked well!
Worked great. I didn't had brown paper handy, so tried paper towel. Worked
Burned the hell outta my carpet . Time to get a new carpet anyway , maybe this was the incentive I needed . Thanks anyway man .
Dude you're a life saver!!!! Kudos
Thanks, worked like charm! Good I checked here first before giving my carpet a haircut :)
Be attentive, don't let iron rest in one spot, just hover.....worked super well for me
love it it worked my daughter got it all over our beis carpet and I saved lots of money thx man
This was so helpful I spilt wax on my mums carpet and I was trying all different things and I thought RUclips and then you popedvup and this was a great help
Thanks for the video it went a long way in helping remove the wax from a warmer after I bumped it dumped the contents. Attacking the hot wax with ice cubes first helped also.
Ahh some of the comments made me really worried but it worked like a charm! Thank you for this trick!
Awesome video I just dropped wax on my carpet and your method cleared it thank you.
So glad I found this video,now I can get the wax out of my carpet,thankye sir.
Thanks for the video; just got rid of a nasty wax carpet stain thanks to it.
Thank you, worked perfectly well!
Worked like a charm, although I didn't have a clothing iron so I used a water kettle at boiling temp, worked great though
I just did this to remove some wax from a wax burner in the carpet, but I just used a cheap terry cloth rag and it worked like a charm. I'm just going to throw the rag away. I figure it costs about $1 - a heck of lot cheaper than getting a carpet replacement. Thank you.
+Susan Miller - and the iron did not get any wax on it and there was never a fire hazard. Just about five seconds of using the iron at high and running it over the spilled wax. easy-peasy.
Your method worked perfectly. Thank you 💕
How do you know what type of carpet you have? What is acryllic type carpet like?
That's the same carpet I spilled red wax on. I tried to use baking paper but I set temperature on the iron too high that it was melting my carpet. With a comb I tried to remove the melted edges. To make things worse I added talc. I have some brown paper and I will try again but with talc on top, I don't know if it will work.
Works perfectly! But as a side note the paper bags need to be plain. The wax is gone but now the ink from the bags have stained my carpet.
Great one! Next up...how to change battery on your smoke alarm,lol.
Lol yes
Excellent tips! Just helped me get a bunch of wax out! ~ Thanks!!!
Once you get the wax into the dry towel, how do you get it off the dry towel?
Liz Clegg you should probably use an old towel that you are able to get rid of!
it is assumed you will use a towel you intend on discarding, however you could try to remove wax from towel by pouring boiling water over the wax area do this outside somewhere you don't care wax gets on, rinse and repeat. let me know if you succeeded.
Thank you so much. I have to clean up the mess from my Scentsy wax holder!
What is Bionex? What is the equivalent to it? I couldn't quite hear what he said it was. Thanks!
This was brilliant, worked perfectly and fast too, thanks so much!
What sorcery is this!
On a more serious note, you just saved my apartment deposit. Seriously I'm two weeks from move out and my friend decides now is a good time to spill my tart warmer on the floor.
My dogs and I thought the smoke detector in our house was doing that but it was just the video. Haha! You saved my carpet though, thanks!
All I have to say is AMAZING!!!!
This really worked on the wax! Thank you very much!
Excellent, thank you for sharing, will take care of my candle wax stain when I get home.
Great tip. You should change the battery in that smoke alarm.
Thanks Nick. Very helpful.
Wondering if this would work with a seat cushion.
I just did it. It works! Thanks.
thats great but i cant find paperbags anywhere so what would b a good substitute?
HEY NICK! DO YOU HAVE A 'HELPFUL' VIDEO OF HOW TO GET A MAHOOSIVE FLIPPING IRON BURN OUT YOUR CARPET?!?!?!?!
I have no words to describe how thankful im !!!! =)
that's amazing, thank you!!! I got some candle wax on my carpets and it is red, I thought I could never remove it. :)
I did as mentioned, but must have been too hot because it melted my carpet, I'm probably going to be evicted now :(
Thank you very much sir. This saved my carpet and my deposit. :)
You are awesome !! It worked perfectly.
What spray do you use in the end? can't figure it..