Carrying a lighted candle in procession wearing a black suit has predictable results. One of the things that most clerics learn at sime time in the seminary is that wax can be removed by applying a warm iron over brown paper. The wax melts and soaks into the brown paper.
I have neither an iron nor brown paper with me so it is time for some lateral thinking. I do have a small penknife, a cigarette lighter and some of the paper from the candle protector. Heat the blade and apply it to the paper over the wax. Unlike a lot of these bright ideas it works.
2 comments:
Before the Heat Treatment!
Use a piece of ice to harden the wax and make it brittle. Then you can crack off whatever wax has not "soaked" into the fabric.
Yes, I'd avoid the heat treatment too. Not only does the iron cause the wax to soak into the paper, but also to soak into the fabric. I have permanently stained an altar cloth by using the iron method. Just a tip!
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