How to purify paraffin from carpet

How to purify paraffin from carpet

The kindled paraffin, especially from color decorative candles, can leave indelible spot which cannot be wiped normal cleansers on carpet. If such trouble has occurred, then act at once, without waiting when dye eats in carpet material, and on sticky paraffin parts of dirt and dust will begin to be pasted.

It is required to you

  • - ice cubes;
  • - polyethylene sack;
  • - table knife;
  • - vacuum cleaner;
  • - paper towels or napkins;
  • - iron;
  • - tetrachloride carbon or dichloroethane;
  • - turpentine or white spirit.

Instruction

1. If on light carpet color paraffin has got, then your task is to make so that it has hardened and has crumbled. For this purpose take several cubes of ice from the fridge, put them in polyethylene sack that the thawing liquid has not wetted carpet. Apply sack with fierce to spot and take it minutes 3-4, having slightly pressed down that cold has got through fibers. When paraffin hardens, scratch spot blunt end of table knife. Then vacuum the crumbled paraffin, having removed nozzle to increase suction force.

2. Even if the light paraffin spot is not visible on carpet, it all the same should be removed as on it dirt will stick. For a start it is possible to freeze paraffin and, having crumbed spot, to vacuum it. Remove residues of paraffin by means of the hot, but not heated iron. Put paper towel or napkin over spot, iron it the iron. Change napkin several times until the spot ceases to be shown on it after ironing.

3. Paraffin can be easily dissolved by turpentine or white spirit. Therefore having crumbed and having vacuumed spot on carpet, wet napkin this chemical composition and well wipe spot. The rest can also be removed by means of the iron.

4. Combining all listed ways, you will be able to get rid even of the most difficult and extensive paraffin spot on your carpet. But if after all traces from it still remained, try to use the napkin, the wetted in tetrachloride carbon or dichloroethane. It is not necessary to heat spot. These reactants use in professional dry-cleaners.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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