cleaning crayon off wall?

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A week or so back someone had posted what clean crayons off from walls. Today, my two year old got a hold of a purple crayon and thought she was Van Gogh on my walls. I can't remember if it was baking soda or baking powder. Any other advice would be great on how to get it removed. I have three of the ankle biters under the age of 6 and am slowly losing my mind!!!

Thanks for all answers!! Mike

-- Mike in Indiana (PARISH48@MSN.COM), December 08, 2001

Answers

I bought a product called Crayon-a-Gone and it works without scrubbing, so it doesn't mark the walls. I don't know what was in it but it smells like oranges.

-- Terri in NS (terri@tallships.ca), December 08, 2001.

If it smells like oranges, it must be Goo Gone, which would work well too on the crayon, test an inconspicuous place first to be sure it's safe and doesn't stain the paint finish.

-- Annie Miller in SE OH (annie@1st.net), December 08, 2001.

If its plain crayon-not one of the "Glitter" crayons and you have light colored walls or paneling you can use plain colgate toothpaste. I used almost a whole tube when we moved out of a rental house and it did a great job.

-- Kelly (Ksaderholm@yahoo.com), December 08, 2001.

We were told that the paint that we were buying for our son's room and the kitchen was "child proof" and very washable, NOT SO! I've scrubbed with various mixtures and have found nothing that works. Lots of crayon works that I'll gladly keep, but not my cooking mistakes like the time I took the cover off the blender when mixing pumpkin and splattered it all over the ceiling! Maybe my builders/painters didn't apply it correctly?

-- Rose Marie Wild (wintersongfarm@yahoo.com), December 08, 2001.

I kinda remember that thread,I think they used a blow drier to heat up the crayon(like wax)and wiped it off.I have never tried it and I am not sure if that is what they did but the hair dryer comes to mind and makes sense.Good luck.

-- Dave.??? (duckthis1@fluffypuppy.net), December 09, 2001.


Try WD-40, it worked on our wall when my three year old did his 'Hometime' impression.

They DO sell water soluble crayons; saved ourselves some long cleaning times when the boy stops coloring paper and moves to walls, countertops, etc. Those clean pretty easily; a baby 'wipey' does very well at this.

Good luck from someone who definitely relates to what you are going through.

-- j.r. guerra (jrguerra@boultinghousesimpson.com), December 10, 2001.


DON'T use WD40 - it's based on a light oil (kerosene? diesel fuel?), and once that's there it's more or less there forever. I can't remember the details, but this has been covered in a previous thread, and there's a cleaning product sold by the crayon manufacturers (what a sweet racket!). Check through the "Older Messages" at the end of the forum, and you MAY be able to find it. Anyone know what the thread was, and which category it's under?

At worst, you could contact crayon manufacturers and ask. I guarantee the question has arisen before, and they'll know the best answer.

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), December 10, 2001.


I bought some "Sun-Pine" brand pine oil cleaner at the Dollar General store a few days ago, and it says on the label, "use full strength for...crayon."

-- Elizabeth in E TX (kimprice@peoplescom.net), December 10, 2001.

Baking soda is your answer.

-- (stephanie.wilkerson@experian.com), December 11, 2001.

WD 40 worked great on my walls.I did have to use a good deal of detergent to get the WD-40 smell off afterwards. My little ones were quite the artists!!!! Blessings, TJ

-- Tracy Jo Neff (tntneff@ifriendly.com), December 11, 2001.


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