Tired of having candles drip wax on your carpet? Here's how to make any candle dripless and thereby eliminate annoying candle wax messes. You can turn any regular candle into a dripless one that won't make a hardened mess on your carpets or on your fine furniture with just a few cups of warm tap water and plain old table salt. Add a half tablespoon of salt to each two cups of water in a shallow dish or baking pan. Fully submerge the candles and soak them for 24 hours. The next day they'll burn drip-free.