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Candle Wax on Wood Furniture

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Date: 03/11/2007 Topics: Cleaning > Furniture | Readers Request > Cleaning  
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How can I get candle wax off of wood furniture?

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Post By iguanaman (Guest Post) (06/10/2008)
I have a couple of all glass hurricane lamps and sometimes when I blow out the candles the wax splashes onto the inside of the lamp. To remove it i take out the candle and stuff the inside of the glass lamp with clean old rags or old towels. (important not to have any oil or flammable liquids on the rags). Then I put them in the microwave for about a minute and a half. The wax adheres to the rags and leaves the inside of the lamps clean.

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Post By jeremy (Guest Post) (05/26/2008)
blow drier with a plastic card worked great for me.

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Post By elisa (Guest Post) (04/30/2008)
I spilled red candle wax all over a wood table! I ironed over a paper towel and it come out! I had to repeat this a few times but it works!

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Post by smoochie (111) | (09/09/2007)
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I have had good luck with this 'trick' removing candle wax from carpet and wooden furniture.

Take plain brown wrapping paper like the kind used for wrapping packages for shipping. Can be bought at Walmart, mail packaging services, Target, etc.

Place several layers of paper over wax.
Take a low iron and slowly iron over the paper where the wax is.
You will see that the wax is absorbed into the paper.
Keep moving the paper around as it gets saturated with the melted wax, replacing the paper when needed, until the wax is gone from the carpet or wood.

It worked for me and I hope you have good luck too! :)

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Post By (Guest Post) (08/23/2007)
My stain was a red/purple candle dye on a light oak table and I tried several things that didn't work before this did:
Take clear rubbing alcohol, use it to wet a Mr. clean magic eraser instead of water. Rub the spot thoroughly...it took a few minutes to get up, and at first I didn't think it would work but I got the entire stain up perfectly.

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Post By DIEM (Guest Post) (03/12/2007)
Melt it carefully. In the old days, they let the furniture sit outside in the sun. That would probably do the trick.

Diem
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Post by lewis_admin (1210) | (12/22/2004)
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I blew a red candle out and the wax went on the wood table beneath it. I was able to remove the wax by gently scraping it off, but the wood is now stained red. Any ideas on how to get rid of the red stain?

Peter

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Eraser

I spilled light colored wax from a candle on an unfinished pine cabinet. After picking the wax off, I got the stain out using a white staedtler "mars plastic" eraser and rubbing really hard. Seems to have worked! (01/26/2005)

By Jen

Warm Iron

I spilt a large green candle on a handmade wood coffee table. Unfortunately, I tried to scrape off the wax when it was still warm and scratched the table a bit. Once dry I tried the eraser idea with a pink eraser (on the end of a pencil), but it didn't work. I then tried a warm iron on a paper towel and it worked like a charm. Thanx for the ideas! (06/05/2005)

By Carey

RE: Removing Candle Stain on Wood

Peter, The exact thing happened to me the candle wax popped off easily in one piece but there's a big red stain. Did you have any luck getting it out? (07/24/2005)

By Denise

Iron

I spilt a red candle on a wooden chest and I tried a few of the other tips I heard; toothpaste just made it alot lighter (everything including the wood). I then tried the warm iron over a paper towel and this got it out a lot better, although not totally. (08/30/2005)

By jeni

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