Cleaning wax off a candle lantern ?

[Paullyfuzz]

The glass part that is. Any ideas ?

Paul

 

[Retired Member southey]

Would you be able to soak it in hot water? or wrap a hot wet cloth around it, or perhapse a hairdryer to soften then pick it off?

 

[JonathanD]

Or use a stanley knife blade and slice it clean off.

 

[Shewie]

Boiling water straight out of the kettle should do it, I used to have to clean my UCO copy a lot doing this.

 

[mitch66]

hi, wd40 on a rag or parafin works for me.

 

[1234]

another stanley blade user here
any traces of wax left, a dry nylon scouring pad

 

[SimonM]

I use really hot water, too hot to put my hand in, for the glass part of my UCO lantern. Drop it in, leave a few moments, take out and dry with kitchen roll...works for me!

Simon

 

[Biker]

Napalm. If that's too hard to find then I suggest the boiled liver of a baby doplhin.

Just my tuppence worth.

Hey BTW did that CD arrive Paul?

 

[Paullyfuzz]

Would agree with the boiling water, however once you take the glass away from the boiling water a thin grimy layer of wax still remains.

 

[lab72]

heat it up with a lighter or hair dryer and wipe with kitchen towel .

 

[Wayland]

Scrape most of it off and put it into your wax pot for recycling.

Then hot water with a drop of washing up liquid should shift the rest.

 

[Toddy]

When out I find that it's usually cold enough at night that the wax sets hard and can just be broken off cleanly.
When I get home I do what Wayland suggests and use the fairy

cheers,
Toddy