Ack! Wax on my kitchen counter!

[Blessed]

I'm trying to decide on the best way to get the residue off. I've scraped most of it up with a spatula. Certainly someone else has done this before me and is willing to share what they've learned. We can just keep to ourselves how it got there in the first place.

[marym]

You could use a credit card to scrape up the wax. Thats about the only thing they are good for You can use hot water on a cloth. Just let the hot cloth sit on the wax for a min. or so and scrape up.

[Kimberlina]

What kind of material is the counter made of?

The perennial trick for removing wax from many surfaces is to scrape off what you can, then put a paper bag over it and heat it with a BARELY warm iron. Of course, if your counter is laminate of some sort, you might want to skip the iron and use something like a microwaved hot pack over the paper bag. Just make sure whatever it is, you don't mind the possibility of getting a little wax on it. (The idea here is that the bag absorbs the wax. Keep heating and moving the bag until you see no more residue.)

[Blessed]

Thanks for the tip, Kim. I'd already scraped as much up as possible, but there's still a thin, sticky residue. I have no idea what this counter top is made of. It is sime tough stuff! It's definately heat resistant and you have to be pretty abusive to stain it. Even stains come right up with a little baking soda. I was thinking of trying a low iron with a paper towel. I suppose brown paper would be just as good, and cost less. Either that or something abrasive (like baking soda). I like the idea of ironing my counter better though!

[marym]

I have used a product called goo-gone. It takes sticky advesive off of thing, It might work.

[staceyy]

I haven't tried this but I would think it would work. Try melting it with your hair blowdryer.