Mould Wax Removal

[marshmat]

In the interests of saving a whole lot of scraping.....

I have a fibreglass mould that needs to be cleaned up. It was just pulled from the plug, and a lot of the paraffin-based release wax that was used on the plug decided to stay on the mould. Since the mould is for autoclave use at 130 Celsius, and still needs fine sanding, the paraffin's gotta go.

The surface coat is an Adtech aluminum-thickened epoxy, virtually inert in almost all solvents. I'm looking for something that can help to get rid of
the paraffin-based wax. Preferably not as brutally toxic as the xylene that's already been suggested, and rejected, by my team.

So what solvents work for removing release wax?

[ondarvr]

Most of the mold release companies have strippers just for this purpose, check with them.

[marshmat]

Originally Posted by ondarvr

Most of the mold release companies have strippers just for this purpose, check with them.

I've checked, yes.... trouble is that then we'd have to be shipping in stuff from the US, and clearing toxic chemicals through Customs is a real pain.... far too much trouble and time when we only need a few litres.
I'm holding out hope that someone will suggest a solvent that I can get locally; xylene has been suggested and I can get it, but it's insanely toxic. Any other solvents that work?

[fiberglass jack]

have u tried to use wax, sometimes if you rub a good layer of the same wax on the mould it will soften up the old dried wax and come off with a buff might take a few goes, also TR makes a wax remover as far as i know compasites canada sells it www.compositescanada.com ask for mark there in missisauga and will ship