I’m a cleaning expert, here’s how to get the worst Christmas stains out of your carpet including red wine and chocolate
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CELEBRATING Christmas is a joyous experience, but it is often a recipe for mess. Unfortunately, accidents happen, and spillages such as candle wax, wine, and various foods can sometimes be inevitable. To help Brits with any pesky spillages across the home cleaning experts at Online Carpets have revealed how to combat some of the most common Christmas stains from candle wax to chocolate.
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The key to getting wax off is to act quickly. The longer you let the wax set into the fibres of the fabric, the tougher the stain will become to remove. Let the wax cool. It might be tempting to whip out a stain remover spray and clean the wax up while it’s still hot, but it’s actually much easier to remove the wax once it hardens.
You can wait until the wax cools naturally, or grab some ice from the fridge and place it in a zip-lock bag to apply to the spill. If you don’t have any ice in the freezer, pretty much anything frozen will do the trick - whether it’s a bag of frozen peas or a frozen microwave curry!.
Scrape off as much as you can. Once the wax has solidified (you’ll know it’s solid when the colour becomes lighter), scrape off as much of the hardened wax as you can. You can do this using something like a butter knife or bank card. If using a butter knife and you have a berber loop carpet, just be careful not to cause any hooks or pulls with the ribbed part of the knife.
