That reminds me; an ex girlfriend of mine put a candle in the dishwasher. It was one of those 'church candles' and was about 4" in diameter.
She said that she only intended to leave it in there for a few seconds to remove the dust(!) but then her sister called, and she came back to a dishwasher with a wick in it.
She called me in a panic, and I told her that I would be right over, but to keep the machine on a hot cycle so the wax wouldn't solidify.
She ignored my advice because she was worried it would make it worse, and it cost her £500 (around $800 or so) to get it repaired!
The repair guy had to replace several parts of the machine, and pour concentrated acid down the waste pipes to dislodge the wax.
He told her that she should have kept running hot cycles through it to prevent the wax from solidifying...
