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Candle exploded wax on stone fireplace
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Please help, I have a stone fireplace and a candle in jar on it I has exploded, the majority of the candle wax has dried and come up leaving no trace ,however it has left behind in places a greasy residue which has stained the fireplce does anyone know how to get this off?
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Try a pad of kitchen roll and a very hot Iron. Place tissue over mark and apply heat, be careful of fingers! Wax should melt and soak into tissue.
Good luck!The world is over 4 billion years old and yet you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie0 -
How about a blow torch, perhaps one of these one's that chefs use ? If it's stone it won't harm it and should burn away the wax.0
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You could try a hair dryer. If it's stone will it take scrubbing?
~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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Thanks for the replies,tried the iron trick the colour has come up but not the grease mark, also rubbed with soapy water to no avail, starting to panic, any more suggestions?????//0
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Try neat washing up liquid for the oil mark. ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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Wht stone is the fireplace?The world is over 4 billion years old and yet you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie0
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Don't know, it is very pale in colour and untreated ie pourous hubby thinks it may be sand stone????0
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Try some talcum powder under tissue with the iron. Not 100% sure you will get it all out as it sounds like it is in deep.
Good luck.The world is over 4 billion years old and yet you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie0 -
a similar thing happened to us, we stupidly left a candle on the fireplace and lit the fire and it melted, leaving a greasy mark as you describle in the stone - we didn't do anything and it disappeared of its own accord after a couple of months (with the fire lit most days) - the heat from the fire gradually made it evaporate0
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