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Show Wax From Candles Calls for Caution With so many candles placed about the home to give a festive air during the holiday season, candle can-dle wax drippings on rugs, tablecloths, table-cloths, and mantels are almost inevitable. in-evitable. Wax spots on rugs can usually be removed successfully by first scraping scrap-ing off as much wax as possible with a dull knife and then sponging with carbon tetrachloride. When you scrape up the wax, be careful not to injure the yarns. If the candle was colored and a stain remains, try sponging it lightly with a liquid made of two parts of water and one part of denatured (rubbing) alcohol. As a precaution against fading, test this mixture first on an inconspicuous incon-spicuous part of the rug. Wax that has run down from can-dleholders can-dleholders onto your best linen tablecloth can be removed by the same method of first scraping being be-ing very careful nof to injure the fiber or thread and then sponging with carbon tetrachloride. If the stain is colored, use the solution j suggested for a colored spot on a rug, after you've used carbon tetrachloride. tetra-chloride. Again you are urged to test an inconspicuous spot for possible pos-sible fading from use of the solution. |