How to clean old wax off the wall

I'm helping my friend clean up his house after his partner left. As a parting gift they threw a liquid candle at the wall. Now it's been about 6 months and my friend is finally pulling their life together. However I have no idea how to help him with cleaning this. Obviously the wall needs to be repainted but how do we clean the wall to prepare it for painting?

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