Ladies-
I washed laundry with 2 crayons in my son's jean pocket. I did not realize it until I took the clothes out of the dryer!! Ugh! Brand new dark solid t-shirts, jeans and a few undergarments with dried up orange & green crayon stains all over. I have soaked theses pieces with a stain remover & detergent and re-washed them, but to no avail!! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks everyone for your response & recommendations! I used the Awesome product from the dollar store along with a stain remover I also bought from there (they did not have the Goo Gone or else I would have purchased it). I had about 13pcs of apparel that were stained and all but 2 t-shirts still has the stains. I will try the Goo Gone on these 2. If you have the patients to let the garments soak & repeat the process at least twice the stains will come out. But again thanks to all for your POSITIVE replies.
Crayons are made of the same kind of wax as candles. Try ironing it out. Put newspaper or paper towels between the layers of fabric and between the fabric and the iron. Put it on the hotest setting the clothing can handle. The newspaper/paper towels will soak up the wax. It may take a couple of times but it should work. Good luck!!
To me the easiest solution is get a hot iron and wax paper. You place the wax paper over the crayon stain then place the iron on top of that and it then comes off. This worked when my cousin's son decided he didn't want his chewing gum any longer and it got embedded in the carpet-worked like a charm!
Also did you try some goo gone as well-don't know if this would work as well as the wax paper deal.
I feel your pain! My son put some Crayola washable crayons in his pockets and I didn't realize until after they'd been washed and dried in a load of brand new light colors (khaki pants/shorts, dress shirts, jackets, socks, tights, etc). It took several washes to get the green and brown crayon stains out of the majority of the clothes, and I only ended up losing one piece from the entire load.
You can start by putting an old washcloth or rag over each crayon stain, then ironing the rag on top of the crayon so that some of the wax transfers to the rag from the clothing.
The next thing I did was pretreat all the remaining spots. I then soaked them for four days in a Rubbermaid container filled with hot water (which, of course, cooled in a matter of hours, but the important thing is the soaking), an entire bottle of the cheapy laundry detergent sold at Dollar Tree, and several scoops of the cheapy version of OxiClean, also sold at Dollar Tree. I covered the container and let it sit for a full four days. When I emptied the water out of the tub, I was amazed at how much the crayon had colored the water. I then pretreated any remaining spots again before running them in the wash. This cleaned the majority of the clothing.
I repeated the above with the few pieces that were left, and the second treatment was all that was needed for the rest of the clothing (with the exception of the one item I lost out of the load).
I know the trip to Dollar Tree to get the detergents, and the money spent on the Rubbermaid container was well worth it. It was a lot cheaper than buying all those clothes all over again.
Hope it helps you!
There is a product called "Sard Wonder Soap" that would work. The only problem with this is it's not sold in stores here in the U.S. I believe you can search it on the internet and you may be able to find a distributor here that well sell it online. It's an Australian product and mainly sold in the Oceanic region as well as Europe.
KB
Goo gone...you can get it at walmart, publix. Have used it works well.
D.M.,
Spray the areas that have the crayon stains with an aerosol petroleum based stain remover, like Spray n Wash. Wash the items in the warmest (or Hottest) water temperature that the clothing can withstand, on the heavy soil or longest cylce on your washer. Sometimes I've used Ivory Snow, but lately I've just used my regular laundry detergent. This works for chapstick, too.
I've had to do this (crayon or chapstick)at least once or twice a year for the past 17 years.
Good Luck!
Milly
Yes, try awesome cleaner (found at $1 store) or Krud Kutter (found in most Wal-Marts, Home Depot, Lowes, etc.), (Krud will remove paint, but it will have to be scrubbed.) I have used both and got rid of ink stains and lots of other stains.
Good luck!!
N.
take an old pillow case or sheet you don't care about, place it over the crayon area and press with a warm iron the crayon will melt onto the pillowcase or sheet...this also works if you drip candle wax on the carpet!
I presume all the garments are not white sometimes when I have a stain that won't go away I will presoak the clothes with regular detergent,clorox 2 or what ever brand you prefered to help your detergent and on the stains I put some liquid dishwasher detergent and it helps a lot with the stains Good luck
since they came out of the dryer the stains wont come out
