How do I remove wax splattered all over my laptop?

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How do I remove wax splattered all over my laptop?

Can anyone suggest how I can remove wax that was splattered all over my laptop?

I scrapped off some, then used hot water to remove some more, but there is still residue left on the aluminum. It's also on the screen so I'm not sure what chemicals would be safe to use to remove the remaining residue. Goo Gone [www.amazon.com] perhaps?

PowerBook 12 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

PowerBook 12 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

PowerBook 12 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

PowerBook 12 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

PowerBook 12 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 23, 2006 9:36 AM

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Rob Broadbent Author

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Dec 23, 2006 12:26 PM in response to Rob Broadbent

bump

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necronym

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Dec 23, 2006 3:23 PM in response to Rob Broadbent

I wouldn't scrape it off, you may damage the casing of your MBP.

You need something which will liquify the wax and absorb the wax at the same time, without overheating your MBP.

You could try putting kitchen / paper towels over the wax and heating through the paper towel with a hair dryer on a lowish heat. The paper should absorb the wax from the casing, but do be careful with the amount of heat you apply to the wax.

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Dec 23, 2006 6:11 PM in response to Rob Broadbent

OK. I'll bite. How did wax get on your laptop? 🙂

doug

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Rob Broadbent Author

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Jan 5, 2007 3:50 PM in response to Doug Lerner2

I carefully scrapped of the excess wax with a credit card. I used white gas on the aluminum lid to remove the residule wax.

I used a hot cloth to remove the residule wax from the matt LCD screen.

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jroz

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Jan 5, 2007 9:37 PM in response to Doug Lerner2

Ditto. What were you doing???

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