How to remove wax from TV screen?!

[Legend83]

Some fool (possibly me) blew out a candle that was quite close to my TV screen.

The next day when cleaning, I noticed little white blobs on the screen - dried wax.

Started to try and pick it off but just ended up smearing the damn screen.

Any tips on how to get rid of this? Particularly as I am thinking about selling it in the interim?

Hair-dryer and cloth?

[freecar]

I would cover the whole screen with kitchen roll, add some washing up liquid then jetwash!!

Only kidding! I would try covering the whole screen in kitchen roll (maybe some tinfoil over the unaffected areas) and then hairdryer the kitchen roll to see if the wax will melt! I have removed it from a carpet using kitchen roll and an iron but you can't iron an lcd can you? If the hairdryer wont melt it, I would try a soldering iron! CAREFULLY, kitchen roll on top and hold the soldering iron right on top of the blob (through the kitchen roll) and as soon as you see wet wax through the roll wipe away to remove the rest. It's risky but preferable to a new TV!

[Legend83]

Thanks mate, will give it a crack!

[FamilyGuy]

I'd be tempted to use the tissue and iron on a really low heat method. At least you have control over the heat of the iron whereas a hair-drier held in the same location builds up high temperatures and a soldering iron is hot enough to melt lead!

[DeputyDawg]

wouldn't use either method to begin with as sounds too risky. Would try a decent alcohol based screen cleaner first.

[TonyRPH]

I definitely wouldn't use any heat.

You could probably get it off with a (very) soft piece of wood (like balsa wood) used in a gentle scraping action.

EDIT: corrected daft spelling mistake.

Edited by TonyRPH on Tuesday 5th October 13:44

[otolith]

What sort of screen is it?

[Legend83]

otolith said:

What sort of screen is it?

Pioneer KRL LCD.

[otolith]

If it were a glass CRT screen, I'd use heat or even just scrape it off with a credit card. On an LCD... good luck!

[OldSkoolRS]

It's a bit cold this time of year, but if you have a conservatory, just placing the TV where the sun hits the screen might soften it. I know a friend who melted some candles in their conservatory on a hot day.

[Road2Ruin]

If it's anything like crayon, gotta love those kids, it was easy. Just a good alcohol based cleaner did it.

[oOTomOo]

A good microfiber cloth will get it off, I always use these for cleaning any glass.

[CRACKIE]

oOTomOo said:

A good microfiber cloth will get it off

Do you have any mates who wear specs ?? They'll have something suitable in their glass cases.

I'm sure the Pioneer front isn't glass; Optical polymers such as acrylic or polycarbonate are the norm I think. Using a soldering iron anywhere near either of these plastics is . Fixed temp soldering irons usually work at >200 degrees C with 250 being typical, Acrylic softens below 100 degrees and is most are liquid above 140!!! The minimum temperature on a variable temp soldering iron is typically 140~150C. Polycarb temperatures are higher but there are 100s of things to try before before soldering irons.

Edited by CRACKIE on Sunday 10th October 14:40

[oOTomOo]

CRACKIE said:

oOTomOo said:

A good microfiber cloth will get it off

Do you have any mates who wear specs ?? They'll have something suitable in their glass cases.

And they'll be livid when you give it back covered in wax...

[Legend83]

I have specs!

Will give it a crack.

[SplatSpeed]

you need ; boiling hot water and a cloth

get cloth wet with boiling hot water

wring out cloth

clean surface will melt wax and get into the cloth

don't complain it is to hot, the hotter the better and you need to wring it out well, no excess water.