Melted Crayon on Clothes

somewhere in the back of my mind I remember reading to put an old piece of cloth over it and with a warm iron, go over it. You can probably Google it to double because I don't want to be telling you the wrong thing. BUT there is a way.. keep looking

I was going to suggest exactly what Zella had. It works! This method also gets dried candle wax out of carpeting! GOOD LUCK!

I don't have any advice but wanted to thank you for the post cause I'm all over the answers!
I always thought red was the worst color crayon or marker to get all over everything cause it looks like blood, but we had a load of clothes come out with something brown all over them. My two-year-old helps with the laundry so I was so scared that he'd put a dirty diaper in the hamper! I finally found part of the crayon wrapper in the dryer. But a load of Dad's nice work clothes were unwearable! Now I know what to do if it happens again!

If you know anyone who buys Melaleuca products, ask them if you can have some of their Sol U Mel. It takes crayon out....heck it takes TAR out!!! Use it at full concentration

I just had this happen to me. I used Goof Off to work on items that didn't have much crayon color on them. It's time consuming to work on each and every spot. I wasn't able to get the color completely out, but it did lessen the intensity of the red color. Also, make sure you got all the crayon out of the dryer. I thought I got it all, then ran a load of old towels to be sure. The next load was whites which came out with red crayon all over them!! A small piece of crayon was wedged in the grate of the dryer. In the drying process, it worked itself out enough to hit each and every piece of clothing that touched it. I have also seen the Carbona bottles in the laundry aisle. They are specific to each problem...ink, crayon, grease, etc. I didn't try it, but it would be worth a try. Good luck!!

Hi H.,

A colleague had this happen to her with her daughters' Christmas dresses...

She used the cleaner Lestoil. Put it on all the crayon spots. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. DON'T dry in dryer, it can "set" the stain. You may have to repeat the process. You could let the Lestoil set overnight on the spots and then wash if they are really bad.

I like the advice about checking the dryer to make sure all pieces are out. Good luck!

K. Z.

I always heard that cheese cloth and a hot iron would remove the wax. You put the cheese cloth on top of the stain and keep ironing over it until it doesn't feel slick anymore. Then your best spot remover would remove the left over color.

Heat an iron to a high/cotton setting. Get an old towel and place the towel on the crayon. SET (don't pull back & forth) THE IRON ON THE TOWEL. Push down and hold for several seconds. The crayon should melt and be on the TOWEL and not the jeans. I've done this on carpet before. It does work. HOWEVER, you may end up w/ color on the jeans from the crayon dye. If this is the case, might think about some patches or fabric painting those areas.

Yes!!! You'll need 2 plain brown paper bags (no printing on it) and a hot, dry iron. Sandwich the waxed fabric between the brown paper. Take the hot iron and place it on top of the paper and press. The wax will melt and the paper will absorb the wax. Needless to say you need to be careful - but it works!

Since crayons are made of wax, maybe try the same thing as you would do with candle wax on the carpet? Put a paper bag over the spot and iron. It sucks the wax up into the paper. I don't know if it would get the color out but it's worth a try...