| I did a wash with crayon in my pocket I rewashed in hot and it came out of everything but two white shirts. One is my husband's favorite golf shirt. Please help! There is just one or two tiny spots on each one but right where they are obvious. PatW | |
| Answers: | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 01/15/2001 |
| I have a suggestion that sometimes works. Place a paper towel on your ironing board. Lay the part of the shirt with the crayon over the paper towel. Place another paper towel on top of the crayon spot, and a sheet of waxed paper on top of the paper towel. Iron using medium (no steam) setting. The waxed paper protects your iron, and the heat will liquefy the crayon and transfer it to the paper towel. This works most of the time - not always, though. | |
| By atallred | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 01/15/2001 |
| The iron tip (suggested by atallred) may remove the wax but it may not remove the color. After using a hot iron to remove any residual wax, take a cotton swab dipped in bleach and dab at any stain left. As soon as the stain is gone wash the white shirts. This tip is for white items only. When I was a young girl we use to melt crayons to draw on T-shirts. Then use an iron to remove the excess wax. This was an easy way to "paint" designs on T-shirts. This is why I doubt that the iron tip will work. Mrs Kathy Cohen Northfield, VT | |
| By kcohenvt | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 01/15/2001 |
| This happened to me once and someone told me to spray WD40 on the spot, let it set then wash it out. It worked for me, I hope it works for you. Since then I use WD 40 a lot, it takes crayon off walls great as well. | |
| By nona | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 01/16/2001 |
| The same thing happened to me with my children's summer clothes. I washed them a few extra times with stain remover, but it didn't work. Then I used WD-40. It worked very well. The stains weren't totally gone the first time, but did come out after a few more washings, which was a good thing because the WD-40 smells! Don't worry, there's hope for your clothes!! | |
| By emmalemma | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 01/16/2001 |
| Crayon and Lipstick are both oil based and I have had the best luck using Ronson's Lighter Fluid. You have to break down the oil with a solvent and then use soap or detergent to break down the solvent. Works for me. | |
| By aldrevlo | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 09/16/2002 |
| Crayola has a GREAT site on how to remove almost any of their products from almost any item. IE clothing, fabric, wood, brick etc.! GOOD LUCK:-> | |
| By jsillhart | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 12/05/2004 |
| Hi Jack, Go to Crayola's site. Choose the type of crayon you have melted on your clothing, then go to step 2 and choose laundered items. http://www.crayola.com/canwehelp/staintips/action_tip.cfm They have a lot of good tips for getting rid of it. | |
| By Susan Sanders-Kinzel | |
| Tide's new cold water formula | 03/30/2005 |
| If a crayon ever makes it through to the dryer, just wash your clothes again in Tide's new cold water formula. It worked for me--crayon was yellow & from Applebee's. The spots are gone, can't tell where they were. | |
| By Tonya Vest | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 04/30/2005 |
| I usually don't get to sing praises - but this one deserves it! I ruined a whole load of laundry when my 5 year old left a purple crayon in his jacket pocket. I had checked all the pants as I usually do, but the jacket escaped my attention. Well, the jacket, and my favorite pair of jeans were history, along with the minor stains on 5 other pairs of jeans and other items. I tried the solution shown here - and to my amazement, IT WORKED! I used Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser - on the clothes, sure - it was tedious, I had to treat every stain, then soaked all the clothes in HOT water for an hour, then washed in OXY CLEAN and Tide. I was very pleased with the results! Bravo to the person who originally suggested it! Thanks to all! | |
| By JOANN (Guest Post) | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 07/26/2005 |
| This just happened to me yesterday. I tried a product my mom suggested. It's called Lickity Split, made by Kirby (the vacuum people). I was amazed at how well it worked. It was a red crayon and you can't even see any spots. I pretreated all of the spots and let it set for about 30 min. Then washed the clothes in hot water on the heavy duty wash cycle. It has a strong citrus smell, but once the clothes were washed you couldn't smell it. | |
| By Michele (Guest Post) | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 11/20/2005 |
| Thank you to Tonya! Your solution worked wonders on a big load of my boys' clothes that had RED crayon all over it. Washing the load over again in Tide's new coldwater formula got almost all of the crayon out and was much easier and less time-consuming than any of the other solutions I saw, especially the one on Crayola's site. It would've taken hours and who has that kind of time with 3 little ones??? | |
| By mjhumphrey97 (Guest Post) | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 02/04/2006 |
| Tide Coldwater works like a charm. I put an entire load of "green clothes" in the wash on the heavy duty cycle with warm water. ALL of the crayon came out! | |
| By Mandy (Guest Post) | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 02/07/2006 |
| My Daughter left a Black Crayon in her pant's, and I thought that my cloths and dryer were ruined. Then I used a Little WD-40 , Oranger TKO and Tide Cold water detergent and I was suprised that it worked. I had to wash the cloths in HOT water 3 times but all the stains came out. | |
| By Debbie (Guest Post) | |
| Crayon off Clothing? | 03/17/2006 |
| Thank you for your suggestions. I tried the 20 Mule Team Borax, soaking my crayon filled clothes in hot water with laundry detergent and the borax for 45 min. then let the washing machine do the work. I had to do it 2 times but the clothes look perfect and the 20 Mule team borax worked great! | |
| By colleen (Guest Post) |
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