Accidentally made cement

[gardenmusic]

Oh wise women of Mumsnet, I have made a right hash of this!
Tall hurricane lamp - long, but I can reach the bottom.
It is straight, tube shaped until you get to the bottom, where it goes in sharply and out again to make a wide foot. Like a crevice going right around.
I put sand in the bottom, put a tallish wide candle in, and tastefully adorned the inside with seashells ( You may snort) then placed it in the conservatory.
My conservatory is south facing, and the never lit candle melted into the sand.
I now have a sand cement wedged all around the crevice.
I have managed to remove the cement from above this crevice, but cannot get in to the crevice to remove it.
It is a horrible colour, so don't want to leave and just add more sand.
The glass is thin, and I love the lamp, so am cautious.
Warm water did not work.
Any ideas gratefully received!

Sorry, I'm not going to be able to advise, but please may we have a pic? That made me smile

Hopefully someone more useful will be along to help

Warm it to re melt the wax

I think you’re going to either warm it enough so wax melts or freeze it so you can chip the wax out. I would be inclined to leave it in the same place and wait for the next heatwave.

RockyRogue1001, I don't mind you smiling. I do not have the kind of phone that takes pictures (in fact I usually deny having a mobile at all - quite another story)

Helenloveslee4eva, Els1e, After chipping away ineffectually with a cocktail stick I think awaiting the next heatwave may be the best option. Tried slightly warmer water and swirled, and a bit came out - left a nice oily streak up the side, but I can deal with that.
I am a bit scared to freeze it, it has sentimental value and scared of breaking it.
I really think I must put it back and await the sludge.
I am using warm water to take out the oily streaks, but it's not very effective. Is there anything that would lift the smears?
Many thanks for your help.

Could you put it in a low oven to melt the wax?

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, could you post some pictures?

Hairdryer to melt the wax?

ChiaraRimini, Thank you, but as it is quite thin glass I would be wary of doing that.

Soaking with biological laundry liquid is good for removing grease, but I'm not sure if it would damage your lamp further

Pootles34, Thank you,
It won't reach the bottom, but I think that might work on the smears if I hold a tissue right there to catch the wax. Think I am going wrong by trying to wipe it.

HopeSpringsInfernal
Ah, good idea. Don't think it will damage glass. Off to soak it.

SlugGloves , I can't post pics, but it's a tall glass hurricaine lamp with a crevice running round the bottom. The crevice is the problem.

Can you stand it in a bowl of warm water or wrap a warm cloth around the outside to try and melt the wax @gardenmusic

You need a lipophilic solvent.

You could either:

a) poor a small amount of cooking oil (olive oil, sunflower oil) into the vessel to just cover the wax. Leave it for a while. Wipe it away with corner of a cloth or cotton bud and the dissolved wax will come too. You might have to repeat a couple of times.

b) or, dip cotton buds into turpentine and use those to clean.

Once done, then use warm soapy water to get run of the solvent (the oil or the turps, whichever you chose).

You are brilliant! I have tried a mix of your advice.
I have just put hot water and laundry liquid (as hot as I would hand wash my wine glasses) up to the rim and scrubbed. Almost all is out, and the inside smears are gone.
I will line the sink with umpteen teatowels this afternoon, and do the same with the outside.
I will take the cotton wool buds to the crevice with olive oil first.
It's starting to look good! Thank you

I have a clean, shiny hurricane lamp!
Thank you.
I think the problem was that I was too nervous to use hot enough water.
Thing is, I knew that candles go soggy out there. I just wanted to do it, and got cement as a reward.
Will have to rethink my conservatory christmas decorations. The dinner candles all listed to the right last time.

I’m really glad it worked. Well done for persevering!