The bad news is that there's no magical quick and easy way to remove candle wax from anything. The good news is that with patience, elbow grease and a little knowledge, you can remove wax from just about everything.
From Painted Walls: Place several sheets of paper towels over the wax you want to lift off the wall. Warm your iron to the lowest setting and, working in short intervals, run the iron over the paper towels. The wax should transfer to the paper towels.
From Brick: First of all, don't rub it in - that will only succeed in spreading it around. Instead, freeze the wax and then scrape it away with an old butter knife or similar tool. After scraping away all you can, you may need to go back with a little Goo Gone to remove the rest. Afterwards, wash the brick with warm, soapy water.
From Wood: Use a blow dryer to soften the wax and then wipe it away with a soft cloth. Resist the temptation to chip away at the wax. This can damage the wood or finish.
From Carpet: Place a paper bag over the wax. Put your iron on a low heat setting and run it over the bag on the waxy spot. The wax will be absorbed by the paper.
From Fabric: Take a 2-step approach. First, put the fabric in the freezer for about thirty minutes. Then, remove the fabric and scrape off the cold wax. Lastly, use the warm iron and paper bag method to remove the wax stain from the fabric. Finish it off by applying a little straight laundry detergent directly to the stain and washing as directed.
From Hair: If the wax is on the tips of hair, place them in hot water to melt the wax. If closer to the root, or on short hair, massage olive oil into the hair to help loosen the wax.
From Sink/Bathtub: Use a credit card or other plastic scraper to remove the wax. Use boiling water to loosen the wax, if necessary.
From Small items: The easiest way to remove candle wax from small items, like candle holder, is to place them in the freezer. Once they item is cold, remove it from the freezer and tap off the cold wax.
From TV/Computer Screen: Your best bet here is to use the ice cube method to harden the wax and try to pop it off in one piece. If it's especially stubborn, try Goo Gone or mineral spirits.
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How are you supposed to freeze brick if it's already installed as a wall?
maybe just rubbing ice over it will work?
If you want to remove wax spilled on a stove, use brillo pad. works every time.
To remove wax from a brick wall I used a handheld heater and old t-shirts. I think the heater is used in some kind of construction, it is alot like an iron but larger. The old t-shirts I washed without fabric softer twice to make them more absorbant. With a wooden spatula remove all the wax you can before you start. Then it is heat a section of wall with the t-shirt over the wax. It will take you all day. Go out to eat dinner because you deserve it after that.
For carpet. I placed ice in a plastic bag on it for about 30 minutes. Then I was able to crack the wax and got little chucks up without pulling on the fibers. Then I used the iron as above and paper towels.
I had a large pillar candle that melted down the brick wall and onto the carpet and didn't notice it was doing that until the party was over.
The best way to remove wax from candleholders is to put them in the sink and pour boiling water over them. It just melts off.
My cousin ended up with red candle wax (from an over-enthusiastic candle blower-outer) all over a silk dress last weekend. I think she's still attempting to get it out with ice.
how does a.t. always know what i'm wondering about and then post about it? HOW!?
Also, to prevent having to freeze a candle holder to remove the wax, try spraying a little water or cooking spray underneath the candle and then when done the wax should pop right out of a quick tap upside down. Works best for votive holders.
I rescued a fabulous orange tablecloth that had been tossed because of large pools of candle wax embedded in the fabric.
After freezing it and cracking off all I could, I stretched the affected area tightly over a large bowl, and poured boiling water onto it repeatedly until all the wax had melted off the fabric.
The tablecloth is all cotton, which I believe helped. I'm not sure a synthetic fiber would have withstood the uber hot water I used.
AT is on the ball today! That's three posts dealing specifically with things I've thought about in the past 24 hours!
For fabric, I've always had really good luck with a gentle eye make-up remover. I once dripped wax on a pair of jeans and didn't know what to do. I realized that make-up remover is designed to dissolve wax-based make-up, so I gave it a try. Worked like magic.
all suggestions sound nicer than ripping it off skin for the sake of beauty...
PLEASE NOTE: If your carpet has any nylon material in it, DO NOT USE THE IRON METHOD. A friend suggested doing this when I had a large candle pool and drip down a bookshelf onto carpet. So I did the iron/paper method and the wax came up alright but it also melted the nylon material in the carpet and I was left with a LARGE MELTED SPOT on carpet in a RENTAL.
My saving grace was that I was already a tenent for 10+ years and the carpet was NOT NEW when I moved in.
So I asked the landlord if we could go in 1/2's on replacing the carpet-reminding him that it was not new when I moved in and he told me not to worry-that he would replace it at his cost! How I miss him. (He passed away about 5 years ago). :o(
The EaZy BreeZy way..... WORKS GREAT!!
On any hard smooth surface such as glass- etc, puncture the wax, by poking holes in it (numerous holes all over). This removes the wax by fracturing it, lots of holes, makes lots of fractures, thus, makes it easier to come off, (usually in big pieces/chunks! :) There may be some residue left over after all of the wax is removed, in that case, I just wash the candle holder in hot water with Dawn dish soap and it comes right off... completely clean!
Tools you can use: a butter knife or a pencil, really, anything that will penetrate through to the bottom of the hardened wax pool. Use a kabob skewer - (if the wax is down a ways from the opening of the holder/object) skewers work great! Just be careful not to go too fast or with too much force, you don't want to break your item.... only the wax!! ;)
A hair blower actually works. Using a dull knife and scraping the candle wax also works.