• Cleaning
    • Bathroom
    • General
    • Green Cleaning
      • Baking Soda
      • Hydrogen Peroxide
      • Norwex
      • Other
      • Rubbing Alcohol
      • Shaklee
      • Vinegar
    • Kids
    • Kitchen
    • Laundry
    • Spring Cleaning
    • Fall Cleaning
    • Love to Clean
    • Video tutorials
    • Shop my Favorite Cleaners
  • Organizing
    • Bathroom
    • Closets
    • General
    • Kitchen
    • Series
      • 14 Day Challenge
      • For under $15
      • In Less than 30 min
      • Organize it!
      • Organizing Resolutions
      • Organizing Revolution
  • Decorating
    • DIY
    • House Projects
    • Our new home
    • Our old home
    • Outdoors
    • Tutorials
    • Shop the Look of our House
  • Other
    • Crafts
    • Family
      • Trafficking
    • Gift ideas
    • Giveaways
    • Holidays
      • Christmas
      • Halloween
      • St. Patrick’s Day
      • Thanksgiving
      • Valentine’s Day
    • Kids
    • Printables
    • Sponsored posts
    • Recipes
      • Breakfast
      • Cakes
      • Crockpot
      • Desserts
      • Dinner
      • Drinks
      • Gluten Free
      • Kids
      • Vegan
    • Themed Parties
    • Video tutorials

Ask Anna

Answers to your cleaning, organizing questions & more!

  • home
  • About Anna
  • Privacy
  • Press
  • As Seen In
  • Contact
  • The Blog

How to get Wax off Glass

Last week I gave you a tip for how to get wax off fabric but today I’m going to give you an easy tip for how to get wax off glass. We had a lot of candles lit at my Celebrity Couples party, so as you’ve seen there was a lot of wax to clean up! 🙂 The friend I borrowed the lanterns from said someone had borrowed them, and returned them covered in wax. She said it had been a nightmare to clean them off, so at the end of the night when 3 of her lanterns looked like this, I was dreading cleaning them.

How to get wax off glass - Ask Anna

Luckily, as I mentioned last week, my husband is also sometimes good for random cleaning tips. He keeps joking that he’s going to start a competing website called “Ask Matt”. 🙂 After testing his method on two of the lanterns I decided he had a good idea and I grabbed my camera.

Here’s what you’ll need:

  • A stock pot for boiling water
  • Water
  • Paper towels (these are the ones I use)
  • Norwex EnviroCloth

Step 1

Set the lantern in the large pot and fill it with water. The reason you put the lantern in first is so that you know exactly how much water you’ll need, if you add the lantern later the water might overflow.

How to remove wax from glass - Ask Anna

Step 2

Put the pot, with the lantern in it, on the stove and light the burner. Allow the water to get hot.

How to remove wax from glass - Ask Anna

Step 3

As the water heats up the wax that’s in the water will start to melt off. You can see in the picture there’s a clear line where the wax was in the water.

How to remove wax from glass - Ask Anna

Step 4

Remove the lantern and place it in the sink.

How to get wax off glass - Ask Anna

Use the remaining boiling water to pour over the wax that’s still on the glass. As you pour the water the wax will melt right off.

How to remove wax from glass - Ask Anna

Step 5

The glass will be waxy from the water with the melted wax in it, so use a paper towel to wipe any excess little pieces off the glass.

How to remove wax from glass - Ask Anna

After you’ve gone over the glass with a paper towel, use an EnviroCloth to get the rest of the “greasiness” off the glass and the metal portions of the lantern.

Use an Enviro cloth to get greasiness off the glass - Ask Anna

After these quick easy steps for how to get wax off glass, your lanterns will look like new again! It only took me about 15 minutes to clean all three lanterns, and that includes the time it took to get the water boiling. And the best part is that I can return them to my friend, even cleaner than they were before!

How to get wax off glass - Ask Anna

Here are some other posts I’ve written on how to get wax off of…

  • Wood floors
  • Fabric (works on carpet too)

How to get wax off glass - Ask Anna

This post contains some affiliate links, for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.

Save

Cleaning// General// Green Cleaning// Norwex

About Anna

"Hi, I'm Anna! Wife, mother, child of God, and the founder of Ask Anna. I have always enjoyed cleaning, organizing, decorating and helping people, so I've put that all together on the pages of this blog. I truly hope my tips help you in your home and make sure to contact me if you have a question!"

« How to Prepare for the Week Ahead
What makes a home a Meaningful Home? »

Comments

  1. Christine says

    June 14, 2020 at 5:32 pm

    The boiling water to remove candle wax from my glass lanterns completely worked! I was sure I was going to have to throw them away. They are like new and it took very little effort. Thank you so much!!

    • Anna says

      June 27, 2020 at 9:29 pm

      Awesome!!! Thank you so much for coming back to share, I’m so happy you were able to save them. 🙂

Some of my Most Popular Posts

  • How to Clean Between Oven Glass
  • How to Clean Window Tracks
  • How to Clean Water-stained Shower Glass Doors
  • How to Organize Paper Clutter in less than 30 min
  • My Favorite Moscow Mule
  • How to Clean Glass Shower Doors
  • How to Paint a Straight Line
  • How to Update an Ugly Bathtub
  • How to Clean Cloudy Glass Vases

Search Ask Anna

Meal Planning Tips & Free Printables

Free Printables

Print 35+ Printables for your Home!

Meet Anna

Hi, my name is Anna, welcome to my blog! I have always loved to help people, and my desire to help my friends and family clean, organize and decorate their homes, is what started this site. Read More…

Don’t Miss a Thing!

Visit my other blog

Copyright © 2023 · Savory theme by Restored 316

Copyright © 2023 · Savory Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in · Disclaimers · Privacy Policy