How do i remove wax off my boat

(dreambig) · (dreambig) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 09-05-2006, 3:00 PM

My buddy was pretty hammered this weekend on our houseboat trip and knocked a full hot bug repellant candle on the side of my boat. Whats the best way to remove the wax.

(tanner) · (tanner) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 09-05-2006, 3:04 PM

Fingernails or a razor blade if all else fails. Have you tried the high pressure hose at the car wash yet?

(grant_west) · (grant_west) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 09-05-2006, 3:08 PM

Im sure some one has a home brew way of getting it off. Try taking a Ice cube and freezing the wax and then breaking it off in peices, Sorry thats the best I can come up with

(tory1340) · (tory1340) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 09-05-2006, 3:08 PM

Re-warm it with a heat gun/hairdryer, then it should wipe right off. Or razor blade as Tanner suggested...

(super_air) · (super_air) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 09-05-2006, 3:12 PM

First you kick said buddy to the curb and add him to your roach list then secondly you can take a plastic putty knife and get under it and scrape it right off!

(acurtis_ttu) · (acurtis_ttu) **Join Date: May 2004** 09-05-2006, 3:20 PM

as for using a pressure washer, if you do it can get messy....all the wax coming off (acutally being blown off) has to go somewhere and it's usually in small specs that will end up on other places on your boat or trailer. I used this method as a last result tryign to remove 3m adhesive from my trasom...the glue was all ov3er my swim platform and lower down my transom.

(mo_scrilla) · (mo_scrilla) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 09-05-2006, 4:33 PM

Try a hair drier and paper towels to sop it up. Also use an iron nad paper towels. That should work.

(Message edited by mo scrilla on September 05, 2006)

(drifter1136) · (drifter1136) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 09-06-2006, 8:04 PM

Is it on the gel coat or on the vinyl. If it on the gel don't use a metal razorblade go to napa and get some plastic razorblade so you don't scratch the gelcoat and make more of a problem.

(dr_inc) · (dr_inc) **Join Date: Mar 2005** 09-06-2006, 8:50 PM

just use a hair dryer.. it will work

(lzyboy) · (lzyboy) **Join Date: Jun 2001** 09-07-2006, 7:06 AM

Hair Dryer and a credit card or plastic putty knife... By the way G - how was your trip - sorry we never saw ya - we had a rageN good time...

Lzy

patratmkk 09-07-2006, 9:02 AM

Hot (boiling) water.