OT: Remove Candle Wax from KoolDeck??

Jim Thompson

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Apr 30, 2012, 2:46:32 PM4/30/12

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Tom Del Rosso

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Apr 30, 2012, 3:05:13 PM4/30/12

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Jim Thompson wrote:
> How do I remove Candle Wax from KoolDeck??
>
> Had an enormous glass candle holder fracture and dump candle wax onto
> the patio KoolDeck.
>
> Any brilliant ideas for how to clean it up?

https://www.google.com/search?q=dissolves+wax

The first link suggests kerosene, goo-gone, mineral spirits, xylene.

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Dave Platt

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Apr 30, 2012, 4:18:17 PM4/30/12

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>> How do I remove Candle Wax from KoolDeck??

>> Any brilliant ideas for how to clean it up?
>
>https://www.google.com/search?q=dissolves+wax
>
>The first link suggests kerosene, goo-gone, mineral spirits, xylene.

Anything which dissolves it, is likely to allow it to flow further
into the pores of the KoolDeck. Might just spread out the problem to
a larger area of the deck surface.

I would first try to remove as much as possible from the surface in a
solid form. One classic old trick is to freeze it, as cold as is
possible... this converts the wax to a hard, brittle form which can
often be broken off of the surface to which it's clinging. For
removing wax from clothing, icewater is often recommended. You could
try solid ice, or icewater, or place a block of dry ice on it and
cover and wait a while, or try pouring liquid nitrogen over it. Too
much (or too sudden) cold might fracture the KoolDeck, though. so be
careful.

Save the use of solvents for removing the last bits that you can't get
out in solid form. You'd want to wet with the solvent, let the wax
soften and dissolve, and then pull out as much as possible... perhaps
rags, perhaps a flameproof vaccuum source, etc... and then repeat.

It's possible that the wax has already soaked into the pores in the
deck enough to permanently stain it or leave it slippery. If that's
the case, there may be no really thorough way to remove it, other than
to chip out the contaminated KookDeck and replace it.

Your pool contractor may know.

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Robert Macy

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Apr 30, 2012, 6:21:16 PM4/30/12

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> I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

from memory, apply ice. the wax gets crumbly and comes off.

partially remember some mention of carbon tetraclhloride, too. But,
that might have been to remove chewing gum from hair.

With this recent heat wave, I'd go for the ice.

ehsjr

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Apr 30, 2012, 7:33:36 PM4/30/12

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Jim Thompson wrote:
> How do I remove Candle Wax from KoolDeck??
>
> Had an enormous glass candle holder fracture and dump candle wax onto the
> patio KoolDeck.
>
> Any brilliant ideas for how to clean it up?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ...Jim Thompson

This is a _maybe_:
Lay a terrycloth rag over the wax, and use a hot clothes
iron on the terrycloth. The idea is it melts the wax which
then flows into the terrycloth. I read about that somewhere,
but I have not done it.

Ed

Jim Thompson

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Apr 30, 2012, 7:45:25 PM4/30/12

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That might work, Ed. I was pondering the same thing, but using paper towels,
so as to change them out rapidly. I do have a heat gun (for shrink tubing)
that spits out respectable heat.

Artemus

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Apr 30, 2012, 9:24:22 PM4/30/12

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> How do I remove Candle Wax from KoolDeck??
>
> Had an enormous glass candle holder fracture and dump candle wax onto the
> patio KoolDeck.
>
> Any brilliant ideas for how to clean it up?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ...Jim Thompson

Kool Deck is semi porous and I'd be concerned that any application
of heat or solvent would drive the wax into the pores. As others have
said - remove as much as you can via mechanical means. Ice may or
may not be needed depending on the melting point of the wax and the
ambient (surface) temp. Next I'd try a pressure washer and a tarp
to catch the blasted off debris. I have pressure washed my Kool
Deck w/o any harm, but YMMV.
Only then would I try heat or solvents.
My 2 cents.
Art

Jasen Betts

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May 1, 2012, 2:26:41 AM5/1/12

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On 2012-04-30, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-Th...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
> How do I remove Candle Wax from KoolDeck??
>
> Had an enormous glass candle holder fracture and dump candle wax onto the
> patio KoolDeck.
>
> Any brilliant ideas for how to clean it up?

Google suggests it's a porous cement surface.

Those "magic" steam mops are supposed to be able to handle wax,
I'm not so sure,

I'd try boiling water and dishwasher powder
wear gloves, glasses etc...

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Robert Macy

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On Apr 30, 11:26 pm, Jasen Betts <ja...@xnet.co.nz> wrote:

> On 2012-04-30, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>
> > How do I remove Candle Wax from KoolDeck??
>
> > Had an enormous glass candle holder fracture and dump candle wax onto the
> > patio KoolDeck.
>
> > Any brilliant ideas for how to clean it up?
>
> Google suggests it's a porous cement surface.
>
> Those "magic" steam mops are supposed to be able to handle wax,
> I'm not so sure,
>
> I'd try boiling water and dishwasher powder
> wear gloves, glasses etc...
>
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heat turns wax into a viscous fluid and it will soak in and run
everywhere.

ice turns wax into a 'crumbly' mess which you can simply vacuum up.