classiccaprice
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I managed to clean up most of it, but I'm having issues getting the red candle wax out of the grout in the floor and the seam of the Frigidaire between two metal panels (top and side). Any advice on how to get it up?
Help! I just spilled candle wax all over my 1950 Frigidaire Range and Tile floor!
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iheartmaytag
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I don't know about grout, but this works for fabric so it may work on the same principal.
Place a brown paper bag over the spilled area and apply a warm iron. The Iron should melt the wax and the paper will wick it up. You could also try with another asorbant type of medium.
Same with the metal panels, warm it up and let something wick it out.
Good luck.
Place a brown paper bag over the spilled area and apply a warm iron. The Iron should melt the wax and the paper will wick it up. You could also try with another asorbant type of medium.
Same with the metal panels, warm it up and let something wick it out.
Good luck.
I have something that kind of looks like a magic marker that's designed to remove candle wax from carpet, etc. I think I found it at Bed Bath & Beyond or someplace like that. Don't know if it will work with ceramic tile but I don't see why not.
pturo
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I would say boiling hot water and sop it up with a terrycloth rag that has texture enough to get in the crevices, replace the cloth often during this. An old turkish towel should work fine, use white so you can see what you are getting up.
There are two basic ways of removing wax.
You can either freeze it, then scrape it off, or use some sort of solvent such as Goo Gone.
Ironing wax between sheets of brown paper is an old housewives trick that can cause more problems. Often the heat of the iron causes the wax to melt into the fabric, leaving an oily stain which then must be removed. Heat can also cause certian dyes in coloured waxes to also stain fabrics.
For grout, I'd try resting some ice cubes or anything frozen to see if it can be scrapped away, then use a solvent to clean up any reside. You probably will have to scrub the area with a good detergent and water solution to remove any solvent residue.
Same would go for the appliance, just make sure you do not scrape away paint, and that any solvent used will not harm same.
L.
You can either freeze it, then scrape it off, or use some sort of solvent such as Goo Gone.
Ironing wax between sheets of brown paper is an old housewives trick that can cause more problems. Often the heat of the iron causes the wax to melt into the fabric, leaving an oily stain which then must be removed. Heat can also cause certian dyes in coloured waxes to also stain fabrics.
For grout, I'd try resting some ice cubes or anything frozen to see if it can be scrapped away, then use a solvent to clean up any reside. You probably will have to scrub the area with a good detergent and water solution to remove any solvent residue.
Same would go for the appliance, just make sure you do not scrape away paint, and that any solvent used will not harm same.
L.
ronhic
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Similar but different problem
Ok...our roof leaks. Water comes down the vent tube for the stove extractor fan, accumulates on the top of the fan unit and then runs between the unit and the bottowm of the cupboard above...finally spilling onto the glass 'slide' and then onto the hotplates...that is if we havn't got plan 'A' in place
So, what we do if this happens is we get paper towel and let the water wick it up from where the join is between the unit and the cabinet...you would be amazed at how much liquid can come out...
So, what I would be tempted to do is absorbant paper towel and a low iron. Wedge some in the crevice and heat gently with the iron protecting the side of the appliance with say a towel.
Another idea would be to over a fine nail file with a double layer of old but thin cotton...say a handkerchief...and very gently scrape through the crevice (you could try this somewhere inconspicuous first)
Ok...our roof leaks. Water comes down the vent tube for the stove extractor fan, accumulates on the top of the fan unit and then runs between the unit and the bottowm of the cupboard above...finally spilling onto the glass 'slide' and then onto the hotplates...that is if we havn't got plan 'A' in place
So, what we do if this happens is we get paper towel and let the water wick it up from where the join is between the unit and the cabinet...you would be amazed at how much liquid can come out...
So, what I would be tempted to do is absorbant paper towel and a low iron. Wedge some in the crevice and heat gently with the iron protecting the side of the appliance with say a towel.
Another idea would be to over a fine nail file with a double layer of old but thin cotton...say a handkerchief...and very gently scrape through the crevice (you could try this somewhere inconspicuous first)
ronhic
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oops
I meant to say for the range only...not the floor
I meant to say for the range only...not the floor
perc-o-prince
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Don't know how it will work on the grout or metal, but we found out firsthand last week that the paper bag/iron trick works great on rugs! Ya gotta change to a clean section of the bag regularly, however. The ice was a waste of time, and should probably be saved for removing bubble gum. I don't think regular ice will get wax cold enough to be brittle. Maybe holding a can of air (like for blowing out the computer keyboard) upside-down and spraying it on the wax might make it cold enough?
I would think the red in the wax would probably stain the grout even after you get the wax out. Maybe it could be bleached in some fashion?
Chuck
I would think the red in the wax would probably stain the grout even after you get the wax out. Maybe it could be bleached in some fashion?
Chuck
