Help! Candle in tumble dryer!

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Just opened the door of my tumble dryer to find that a red candle had somehow got mixed up in the load. Is using hot cloths the best way to tackle the wax on the inside of the drum? Would appreciate any bright ideas please!

is it a solid drum? or has it got holes in it?

if it's solid i would just run it just for a short time to soften it and then scrape it all off

'And it seems to me, you lived your life, like a candle in the tumble dryer.....'

Maybe try putting a layer of kitchen towel, then a teatowel, then using an iron to melt the wax. Will be bloody awkward, but the kitchen towel will soak the melted wax up.

lol @ cybbo.

Erk! No idea... but I'm desparate to kn ow...

Someone call Kim Woodburn!

Thank you all very much for responding so quickly! There are holes, which is quite worrying! Washing (lovely cream cotton duvet cover) is miraculously unscathed. However have just fished out half a candle so a lot of wax to deal with. Think I'll have a go running it for a bit with an old damp towel in and then scrape using ironing option as as back up. (Dons anorak and gloves,shuffles off to b. freezing garage...)

oops, that is a minor fuck up I would say. helpful i know, sorry! Good luck!

You can use a hairdryer to melt it off the drum and then scrub with hot soapy water. Do not leave it on it's own for a bit - it may catch fire if it's gone down the pipes.

Sorry I should say switch it off first then clear out the wax.

wmmc - fire would never have occurred to me! Scary thought!

Is it a condenser or the other one? Not that I am sure it makes much difference but my condenser does have bits that come off so yours might too?

It's not a condenser if it's got holes in the drum. :)

aaah, you learn something new everyday! thanks wmmc!

It would be very worrying it that was the best thing you learned today

Well I also learnt that worming/defleaing the puppy will cost me shed loads (not good), and that the new lights we have put in our sitting room are falling out the ceiling - as it goes finding out the difference between condensers and non is pretty exciting and will save me copious amounts of money when replacing the tumble dryer in the future!

Feed the dog garlicky chicken instead - fleas cannot abide garlic.

will that work on the darned cat too?

I swear you are the font of all knowledge! whoopie

Emerged too late to get back on here last night! If anyone's still interested I went for scrape-and-Hoover then hot cloths/kitchen paper while whistling Elton... It is a condenser so holes are in the upright surface at the back. Have used the dryer since with no nasty repercussions. Thanks again for all your help.
Spookily - Waxy bits aside, would rec. Hotpopint condenser. Has large capacity drum which will take a single down duvet, no problems in 10 years (probably tempting fate)