Quite often housewives should face such types of pollution as the poured candle wax on furniture upholstery. Usually it happens during New Year's holidays, at aromatherapy sessions to use of products from wax. To dig sofa, the chair or cabinet is possible also in the dark room if indoors have suddenly disconnected electricity and you have carelessly inclined candle end. As a rule, to remove wax from furniture it turns out without prejudice to thing, however act with care and it is extremely accurate.
It is required to you
- - Scraper or knife;
- - rags;
- - sponge;
- - means for polish of cabinet furniture;
- - boiled water, warm and cold water;
- - laundry detergent and soap;
- - towel;
- - chalk or starch;
- - iron;
- - the absorbing paper or cotton cloth;
- - ammonia solution;
- - stain remover;
- - ice;
- - brush.
Instruction
1. It is simpler to remove wax from wooden cabinet furniture, than from soft – you need to scrape off only accurately stiffened pollution of kitchen knife by the stupid party or scraper from plastic. It is possible to use also the palette. Act carefully not to damage the varnished or painted decorative surface. After that properly wipe wood with the soft rags impregnated in special means for polish of furniture of this type. If these household chemicals are produced in the form of spray, then at first spray remained after the wax which is scratched out from surface greasy spot, and then dry wipe this place rag.
2. If it is possible to remove with ease the soiled linen surface of sofa or chair (for example, cover), then enclose under back part of the purified fabric the towel folded several times, on face side – several layers of porous fabric or well absorbing paper. Begin to iron wax the iron that it was absorbed during lining time. In process of pollution the cloth or paper should be changed.
3. Pay attention that temperature condition of operation of the iron should be chosen proceeding from properties of this woven panel material. After cleaning of wax wash furniture cover in warm soap solution and carefully rinse at first in warm, then in cold water.
4. Be careful if you iron the iron the color upholstery dug by color candle. After this thermal procedure you, most likely, dye from wax is even stronger to eat in structure of fabric, and it will be much more difficult to remove spot. Test suitable stain remover, without having forgotten to test its action in the imperceptible place of furniture upholstery (for example, on inner side of sofa or chair or the fabric rag which is applied in set to some new products).
5. If you are convinced of firmness of coloring of upholstery fabric, can lower several times the place soiled with wax in the boiling water – wax quickly to melt and will flow down, and you will need only to wash thing in warm water with laundry detergent.
6. To remove wax spots from upholstered furniture, without removing upholstery, it is necessary to allow hot liquid to stiffen and to carefully scrape off wax. Before it it is good to freeze it, putting ice to pollution. Carefully scrape off wax layer.
7. Further it is possible to use the absorbing (absorbing) means – the potato starch or white school chalk pounded in powder and sifted in avoidance by lump. For the best result it is possible to warm up absorbent in pig-iron frying pan, to fill it on fat spot (it inevitably will remain on furniture after removal of the stiffened wax) and to cover with several layers of tissues. I will make press them heavy subject, and it is possible to leave the cleaned furniture on all night long. During this time powder will gradually absorb fat.
8. Remove the dried-up dirty crust of chalk or starch brush and clean the problem site on furniture soap solution, and then clear water. It is the most convenient to use foam sponge at the same time.
9. At last, the permanent assistant to any housewife – household ammonia solution will help to cope with wax on upholstered furniture to you. Act step by step: let's wax stiffen; scrape off it from surface; process pollution by sal ammoniac, and then sponge and clear water.