Candle Wax Clean-ups

Candle glow is warm, festive and romantic, but candle wax is a pain to get out when it drips onto your carpet.

Holidays tend to put extra wear and tear on your home -- and sometimes candles are the culprits. At this time of year folks use lots of them. Candle glow is warm, festive and romantic, but candle wax is a pain to get out when it drips onto your carpet. When this happens, you have two options: Chill it with an ice cube and scrape it off with the edge of a butter knife or cover the drops with a paper towel or brown paper bag and gently run a warm iron over the spot. Start with a fairly low temperature and keep checking and increasing as you go along. And that's the On The House tip for today.

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