How to clean wax off a brick hearth?

My wife spilt wax on our hearth, don't ask

Propane torch and burn it off? At least heat it up and then clean it with a rag?

 

We used to get oil out of slate by adding denatured alcohol and lighting it on fire. Worked every time. Wax is tougher, but trying a torch worked great on my deck when knocked over candles spilled wax on them. Waterproofed the deck too! And, you couldn't see the wax. Wanted to melt wax all over the deck and torch it in after that. It lasted for years.

 

Put a paper grocery bag over wax and run a hot iron over it.

 

If you try to wipe it up after heating, it'll just smear.
I'd try the alcohol/burning it method.
Could leave it there for "character".
If it's a blob, most should pop off when cool.

 

It's more like a smear. She wiped most of it up while it was still hot.

 

Hit with co2 to freeze it solid and get off as much as possible, then use iron with paper towel on top of wax to try and pull up as much as possible from pores of surface. Problem with disolving it is that it goes both ways into pores of surface and on to cleaning material.