Removing wax from wood

Mariel

I had 3 candles burning on a glass plate thingy and they overflowed onto my unvarnished wooden table. Actually I think one ofthe candles exploded a bit (whoops, I was out of the room, slapped wrist for me). Any ideas on how to remove it? I have tried scraping it with a knife but I'm scraping more wood than wax.

MRSMCAWBER

Oh hello
its not just me then :-)
i have a big silver twisted wire xmas tree...sounds odd but looks great... it has tea light candle holders and at xmas...some dipstick blew them out and got wax everywhere...raw pine...
I ended up getting my hairdryer and gently warming it up and then using brown paper to blot it off...still have a couple of marks...but not as bad...could be worth a try...
regards jill
oh and if there is any on your carpet...they got it there too :-!! i use sheets of brown paper and iron over it with the iron as cool as possible..it takes it out - just try on a bit of carpet thats hidden away first...hate for you to melt it!!
good luck

angelavdavis

Slightly warm iron, lots of kitchen roll. Double/treble up the sheets on top of the wax and gently run the iron over it, replacing the sheet of kitchen roll as necessary. The iron should melt it and the kitchen roll should soak it up.

I suspect because your table isn't treated you might be left with a mark similar to a grease stain and might need to give it a scrub with some bleach and a green scratcher, following the grain to completely remove the marks though (it will remove the patina of the wood so be careful).

MRSMCAWBER

Be careful with the green scratcher/scourer....it may end up staining your wood green...i have done this before too LOL

angelavdavis

Good point, I know what you mean! - might be better to go for a plastic one that is less likely to stain!

Mariel

That's brilliant, thank you, I wasn't sure about the iron thing as I've only ever heard that used on carpet. I was told about some wax polish stuff that is really easy to use and I was going to give that a go so maybe that would help to hide the greasy mark.