Wax coating on burl

[Jay S Schlossberg]

Recently got a beautiful spalted maple burl bowl blank wax sealed with a bit of live edge that I would like to try to keep and not turn away. Is there any way to remove the wax coating so I can finish the piece with a finish?
Thanks

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Try a heat gun.

 

[Jay S Schlossberg]

good idea. will try. Thanks

 

[Greg Davidson]

Iron on top of paper towel is easier

 

[Richard Coers]

A heat gun will melt the wax and let it soak deeper into the wood

 

[Mike Zip Hamilton]

I don't know what boiling would do to cherry, but l think you could get the wax out of the live edge. Boil the blank. Keep it submerged while it cools. Remove the hardened wax from the surface and then extract your blank.

 

[Earl Recker]

Doesn't denatured alcohol dissolve wax? Maybe try wiping it off with an alcohol soaked rag.

 

[Jay S Schlossberg]

Just read that a lipophilic liquid like vegetable oil could dissolve the wax but not sure how it would look on the wood when I go to finish the piece with Danish Oil.

 

[DON FRANK]

Boiling is probably your best idea however before that I would put it in the freezer for a day and then chip off the excess wax. It becomes brittle when frozen and is easier to remove. Once you get most of the excess off boil it. like Mike said.

 

[Earl Recker]

In chemistry like dissolves like. Oil and wax are both long carbon chains. The lighter the oil the quicker it will dissolve the wax. Using vegetable oil would probably be a slow process.

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

Paint thinner dissolves wax. However I never have any near the finish turn of a bowl, it all gets turned off. The wax does not penitrate the wood nor does it go deep into cracks.