Candle Wax Removal?

[jennifer5799]

Ok, so during the time we didn't have power, I was keeping candles lit in the bathroom after dark so we could see to go pee without using the flashlights. Anyhoo, my son knocked over 2 of the candles and now there's wax all over the counter/sink. I think it's porcelain (isn't that what most sinks are made of?). We've used a plastic knife and scraped off what we could - any ideas on how to get the remnants off? It's just lots of little bits here and there that will take eons to scrape off by hand!

[tsslilsis]

I'd try a bit of boiled water right off the stove, then maybe give it a little scrap.. I would think it'd come right off? You can also use a nylon dish scrubbie, it won't hurt the sink, others will. I would think that would work really well.

I thought you were going to say it went down the drain. Once my cousin (we're the best of friends) poured hot wax down her drain.. She wasn't thinking at the time. That was a mess.

-~Ketlin

[suds]

I had lots of wax on a dresser one time I used a hair dryer on high then blotted and wiped the melted wax off with paper towels it worked very well .

[Jaycee]

I think I read somewhere about using ice to remove wax...but I don't know. I gave up on my carpets forever ago! I did use an iron once, but the color of the candle never did come out of the carpet.

[velvetfuzzbutt]

Yup, I always use ce and ALL of it comes right off in one piece. I hold an ice cube on the wax and it always seems to work.

[pear2apple]

Yep, ice works great on carpet, and also any object you can stick in the freezer the wax will just pop off then too.

[Forum Administrator]

Ice, huh? Weird.

[luci]

I've always used a brown paper bag and an iron. Put the paper over the area and iron it. The iron melts the wax and the paper absorbs it.