How do remove candle wax that has dripped onto the canvas of painting i own ?

This will sound stupid, but if it is special to you then you need to put on a pair of gloves, cotton if you have them. Use Qtips to loosen the wax and remove as much as you can with damaging the paint. Using a hair dryer, heat the Qtip (this is after removing the glob of wax with the cool Q), lightly and softly going over the wax until it comes off and it will, be patient.How do remove candle wax that has dripped onto the canvas of painting i own ?
It's really hard to but you can use your fingernail if you have sharp nails or you can use a fork you don't eat with or a toothpick but I think toothpicks are too weak.How do remove candle wax that has dripped onto the canvas of painting i own ?
place kitchen roll over it and iron it.


the heat will melt the wax and the kitchen roll will soak it up.


might leave a slight mark on the canvas, but should be ok.





or leave it to completely dry and pick it off.
brown paper. (like the bag.) and a hot iron should do the trick. place the paper over wax and run over it with the iron. the paper will soak up the softend wax
DO NOT USE AN HOT IRON, it could very easily burn the paint, alter its colour, cause it to crack, it could also do all of the above to the varnish. Not to mention the damage it could do to the ground, i.e. the canvas, paper, or board etc.





I would try the fridge or ice and carefully try and flake off the wax with a finger nail. Failing that a hair dryer and tissue paper used with great care.





Good luck.
Try ironing on brown paper with low heat, this is how you can get it out of clothes but i'm not sure if it'll damage your painting.
very carefully with a brown paper bag and an iron, good luck
I would lay a piece of cloth over the wax and heat with a hair dryer letting the warm wax soak into the cloth.....
grease proof paper over the top of it then a iron on low heat this will take it of i do it myself ps mind low heat let me no how you get on good luck
run and ice cube over it


carefully scrape it off with a toothpick
Pop it in the fridge or freezer and peel it off.
Take a clean absorbent rag, place it over the area the wax has dripped on and with a warm iron slowly iron over the spot. The iron will heat the wax and it will absorb into the rag!
You can iron off wax with greased proof paper but I don't know if it'll work on a painting!


Good luck
place a sheet of brown paper over it or kitchen towel and use a hairdryer as a iron would be too intense and you risk burning the painting gently dab it till you have all the wax


hope it works for you.
gently heat and wipe off by dabbing with clean tissue
Whatever you do dont use an iron or any solvents. The fingernail is the best. Be patient, do it gradually. The wax will not damage oil paint