Cleaning candle wax

SpiderX · 20 Jun 2007 at 17:49

ok, well my cousin somehow got candle wax all over his laptop screen lol.
He then tried to rub it off, but it just made it worst.
So the question is how do you remove candle wax from a laptop screen.

phi1 · 20 Jun 2007 at 17:51

wait for it to dry and use a old credit card carfully

Drazic · 20 Jun 2007 at 17:58

Gently warm it up with a hair dryer and then use the credit card.

Pick at it

Hot damp cloth

Will need to give it a good clean

r6_levi · 20 Jun 2007 at 18:35

i really do hope that it IS candle wax :rolleyes:

SpiderX · 20 Jun 2007 at 18:41

rofl, it is, i had a look at it, and it looked bad. just lucky it isnt mine

phi1 · 20 Jun 2007 at 18:44

how did he manage to get wax on it?

fish99 · 20 Jun 2007 at 19:30

Sounds like a real disaster :eek:

I'd be very careful of scratching the screen with a credit card, but I can't really think of anything else. Maybe dip a scrunched up tissue in hot water, squeeze in till the excess moisture is gone then place it on the wax for a minute with the screen flat. The heat might melt it just enough to free it in one whole blob. Don't rub the screen with the tissue though, that will also scratch it. Lint free cloth to get rid of what's left, maybe again with some hot water. Obviously don't use excessive heat.

SpiderX · 20 Jun 2007 at 20:02

@phil14
well he said he didnt have a lighter, so lit a candle from the stove went back to his room and was playing warcraft 3, went light up his cig. and somehow splashed the wax over his screen.

Drazic · 20 Jun 2007 at 20:37

I guess he ment lighting fag off canndel there

d.chatten · 21 Jun 2007 at 07:43

I know for shure that WD40 will remove wax crayon and it my work for candle wax, for instance when my kids have drew on the walls with wax crayons i have used nothing but WD40 and a cloth and it comes of with very little effort.

I would first try with a hair dryer and a lint free cloth to remove the thick of the wax, after that i would use WD40 with a lint free cloth and finally i would use a lint free cloth soaked in luke warm water and a little bit of washing up liquid, wring the cloth out untill it's slightly damp and rub the screen over.