How do I get candlewax off of a painted wall?

Question

My mom managed to knock over a tart burner in my apartment which spilled dark blue melted candlewax onto my eggshell colored wall. I was able to get the raised wax off the wall but, I don't know how to get the rest of the wax off without taking off the paint or just painting over it. Any suggestions??

Answer 1

Have you tried Oops? That got candle wax out of my carpet :-)

Answer 2

If your paint is semi gloss, try this: Place a piece of paper towel or cheese cloth against the stain. Hold an iron, medium heat against that. The wax will melt and soak into the cloth. If the wall is less of a gloss than semi-gloss, such as eggshell or flat, the dye will have soaked into the paint. You will need to touch up the spot. As it is an 'eggshell' color, chances are a dark blue will bleed through. Try using latex 'Kilz' on the stain before touching up. It is an excellent stain blocker.

Answer 3

Try rubbing the wax residue with an ice cube in a plastic bag for a few minutes. This hardens the wax so it should chip off in bigger pieces without making a mess if you carefully scrape it with the tip of a plastic spoon or something similar. The same trick works on carpet, fabric, and other surfaces too! Good luck.

Answer 4

Try putting a piece of filter-paper for coffee-machines on the wall and placing a hot iron on top of the paper. The paper should be able to extract the wax from the wallpaper, although I think you might have to paint the wall again, since the wax has such a dark colour.
Best of luck!

Answer 5

. Wax will melt when heated. So why don't you try using a hair dryer set on the highest setting to slowly melt the wax off. make sure you have plenty of paper towels handy to soak up the melting wax. the only other solution that I can think of is to place newspaper on the wax and then place a hot iron (make sure you have a damp towel between the newspaper and the towel) on to the area you need the wax removed the newspaper should soak up the wax and the damp towel will prevent the paper from burning or sticking to your iron. I have done both of these to remove wax from furniture and my rug.

Answer 6

Try a warm iron- not too hot or it will burn the wall paint. The warmth will melt the wax enough for you to wipe it off!

Voila! Works great on carpet and fabric...and yes I am a hetero male. LOL, even us guys know how to fix a home screwup- especially if we are the ones that made it!

Answer 7

you might try Goo Gone. It has worked miracle just when I thought nothing else would work. and I think there may be another product that is specifically for that, but I don't know what it's called. you might check linens-n-things, bed bath and beyond or maybe even home depot.
good luck!

Answer 8

put an ice cube over the wax and when it hardens just pick it off

Answer 9

hotrag (boiling hot) rag absorbs wax, heat melts wax

Answer 10

I would use sandpaper, but you will probably have to paint it over again as you might sand down to the coat underneath.