Vacuum cleaner burns on carpet happen as a result of the vacuum brush or other mechanisms being too close to the carpet.
Vacuum melted the carpet.
It may seem like now is the time to panic and that your carpet is in need of a patch.
Go gently the aim is to remove the chocolate not give the carpet a haircut.
Best for low pile.
As the cube melts run a stiff nylon brush over the area to straighten carpet fibers.
If the crayon melt is not solid enough freeze it with an ice cube first.
Use the burnt piece that was just cut from the carpet as a stencil for the new piece you will cut out of the carpet scrap or piece cut from an unseen area.
Pick up the tiny scrapings using the sticky side of some masking tape or duct tape.
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Try to not cut down the padding of the carpet.
Rub gently to melt and remove some of the wax and then reposition the bag to soak up more wax.
Vacuum the area well.
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Place a brown paper bag or card stock over the wax stain and keep a towel nearby to protect the rest of the carpet.
Vacuum this new hole on your carpet to remove all the dirt from it.
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Vacuum the newly made hole and surrounding ares to remove any debris left behind from cutting the carpet.
Use just enough to wet them without soaking through to the floor.
Do not choose a vacuum without wheels unless the nose of it the part that comes in contact with the flooring is padded.
Heat an iron to a medium setting with no steam and press the iron to the paper bag directly over the wax.
Once you ve scraped off as much as you can vacuum up the residue.
Straighten carpet fibers with a nylon brush your fingers or even the edge of a spoon bowl.
Take an x acto type knife for cutting down the large melted part from the carpet.
Step 1 if the chocolate has already dried you ll need to remove as much of it as possible from the carpet fibers by gently scraping it up with a butter knife.
If you do vacuum choose a cleaner with rubber wheels.
Just like with any other burn mark you now probably have a dark spot or streak and an unpleasant odor in your carpeting.
The kitchen project required taking up the old ceramic tile and redoing the sub floor.
Scrape at the melted crayon with a butter knife being careful not to be so rough as to damage the fibers of your carpet.
They will be gentler on the flooring than hard plastic wheels that can scratch the surface if the vacuum slides sideways and it will.