Candle wax on the wooden floor. Harmless as it may seem, it still poses some long-term effects on the floor. Thus, it has to be removed right away. Fortunately, the means for removing the candle wax are pretty basic. With the right tips and tools, you should be able to remove it without much fuss. 

The tips on how to remove candle wax from wooden floor range from manual to assisted efforts. Meaning, at one point or another, you’d be needing the assistance of a tool or something. That is dependent entirely on the amount of candle wax spilt on the floor, the length of exposure time, and the quality of the wooden floor surface. 

The tips we’re sharing here went through thorough verification involving professional floor experts. If you read the whole article, you’ll definitely learn more than you expect. That is, because our researched tips are proven to be life-changingly holistic. 

But let us not suspend you any more. Come, learn the tips!

How can I Remove Candle Wax from Wooden Floor?

You can remove candle wax from wooden floor by literally scraping it off. That is if you don’t care about the wooden floor quality at all. 

Is it important to consider the floor contexts? What are the contexts then? 

Yes, of course! If you are really eyeing for an awesome removal result, you should consider these. But even at a basic level of ensuring an undamaged wooden floor, you are still bound to look into these contexts first before simply scraping the candle wax off. 

These contexts are as follows:

• Type of wooden floor finish
• Length of time the candle wax has settled on the surface
• Amount of candle wax on floor surface
• Concentration of wax residue or stain on floor
• Wood surface type: sealed, raw, painted, stained, etc. 

If you keep these factors in mind before, during, and after you remove a candle wax from wooden floor, you’re sure to be nailing a 100% safe and beautiful result!

Since we’ve mentioned tools many times in the article, we’d better list down the best tools for removing candle wax from the wooden floor. 

Note: These same tools can effectively help with how to remove candle wax from carpet. 

Best Tools for Removing Candle Wax from Wooden Floor

Here are the best wax remover tools and materials that are to be secured before removing candle wax from wooden floor:

1. Hair Dryer. Any hair dryer will do as long as it’s operational and in good condition. When using the dryer on the wooden floor, don’t keep it long as it can burn the finish off. 

2. Clean & Dry Cloth. The cloth will be used for dabbing off melted candle wax. It can be large enough to fit your palm. 

3. Ice Pack w/ Ice Cubes. The pack may not necessarily be too large since it will only hold a few cubes of ice. A smaller ice pack also proves more advantageous as it quickly stiffens the candle wax. 

Other tools and materials include:

• Paper Sac/ Bag
• Plastic Materials w/ Thin & Almost Sharp Edge/ Plastic Scraper (imperative to use a plastic material to avoid damaging or scratching the wooden floor)
• Furniture/Wood Polish Solution (Click the link here to view our favorite furniture or wood polish solution)

Surely, you’ve prepared all these items in place. Let’s proceed now to our most-awaited part: the actual tips!

Top Tips on How to Remove Candle Wax from Wooden Floor

The following are the top and effective tips on how to remove candle wax from wooden floor:

Tip #1. Melt the wax. 

• Turn the hair dryer on. 
• Set it on medium heat level. 
• Hold it directly and flatly above the candle wax at a distance of 4 inches. 
• Swing the hair dryer from the left to right to distribute heat and avoid burning the wood surface (in case it’s sensitive).
• Continue doing it until the wax has finally melted (as in liquid form).
• Once melted, turn the hair dryer off and return it to place. Do this in the shortest time possible as the wax would solidify again. 
• Reach out for your clean and dry cloth. 
• Place the cloth on top of the melted candle wax. Allow the cloth’s fiber to absorb the wax for 2-3 seconds.
• Pull out the cloth swiftly. 
• Dab the remaining wax (not wipe) off the wooden floor until it’s fully clean. 

Tip #2. Apply a polishing solution (for aged candle wax)

• Use any plastic material with a thin/sharp edge to remove candle wax from wooden floor. Make sure no wax bulge is left on the surface.
• Once removed, check out the concentration of the stain. If stain is heavily conspicuous, then you are to apply a denser amount of furniture/wood polish. 
• Grab a clean and dry cloth and use it to stroke the surface of the dry polish. Spray the polish directly into the cloth if you’re using a spray-bottled polish. 
• Wipe the cloth (with polish) into the surface with remaining wax stain. Maintain a clockwise motion when wiping. 
• Continue doing it until the surface is fully clean. 
• For a raw wooden floor surface (that is, unfinished), use an oil-based polish. For sealed, painted, and stained wooden floors, use a cream-based polish. 

Tip #3. Stiffen or harden the wax (effective as immediate solution for a recently poured wax)

• Grab a pack of ice cubes (just the right size). 
• Rest it on top of the wax for 12 minutes to stiffen or harden wax. 
• Once wax is hard enough so that it cracks or breaks apart when you pierce it with your nail, begin scraping it using any plastic material. 
• Wipe off the remaining wax stain using a dry cloth. Apply a wood/furniture polish if necessary. 

Tip #4. Heat up the wax with iron (best for highly-aged candle wax). 

• Lay a paper wax on top of the candle wax. 
• Turn the iron on and set to the lowest heat level.
• Lay the iron on top of the paper sac. Wait for 10-12 seconds. 
• Set iron aside to pull the paper sac and check if the wax has stuck to it. 
• If the wax has stuck to the paper sac, slowly detach it from the wooden floor surface. 
• Entirely remove candle wax from wooden floor. 

And, that’s about it. Keep scrolling down to hear our conclusion. 

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Conclusion 

There are three effectives tips on how to remove candle wax: (1) melt the wax using a hair dryer, (2) apply a polishing solution into the wax, (3) harden the wax using an ice pack with ice cubes, and (4) heat up the wax with iron. 

These three simple tips importantly observe crucial contexts in place: the type of wooden floor finish, the length of time the candle wax has settled on the surface, the amount of candle wax on floor surface, the concentration of wax residue or stain on floor, and the wood surface type: sealed, raw, painted, stained, etc. 

Why observe these contexts? 

We observe them for these 2 important reasons:

• This ensures a beautiful result. 
• This keeps the wooden floor (across any given types and conditions) from being damaged. 

With these tips, you should now be confident that you can remove candle wax from wooden floor with great success. 

Best of luck!