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How to remover wax
t11 - 20/3/14 at 06:54 PM

Hi all, I'am making a splitter for my car and made a mould from ply wood, I've used the correct wax but have a few lumps so how can I remove the wax to start again.......thanks


locost 7 k - 20/3/14 at 06:57 PM

Maybe a silly idea but a heat gun and a rag might work?


steve m - 20/3/14 at 06:58 PM

from memory i used white spirit, but try a tester first !!

steve


nero1701 - 20/3/14 at 07:06 PM

i once dated a girl(many years ago) and we spilled hot wax on her parents sofa..

boiling water worked


joneh - 20/3/14 at 09:11 PM

I once scraped the polish and wax off a wardrobe prior to painting by dragging a Stanley knife blade over it.


owelly - 20/3/14 at 09:44 PM

Lay brown paper over the wax and iron it. It should leave a nice smooth finish. It works on parents sofas too.


twybrow - 21/3/14 at 10:57 AM

Acetone... It dissolves mould wax and is used throughout the industry to strip wax from a mould/plug.

Are the lumps that you can feel in the mould or in the wax? If they are in the mould, just remove the wax locally for the repair, rather than from the whole mould.


Not Anumber - 21/3/14 at 01:35 PM

syringing, well it works for ear wax


kj - 21/3/14 at 04:22 PM

This works well

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