Crayon in the Dryer!

Hi J.,
Try Goop. It's a hand cleaner but also works great on greasy laundry stains. I've gotten green crayon out of my pink pants! It's in the automotive section at Wal-Mart. I think I've seen it at the dollar tree too. Good luck!

Not sure how well it works on clothes but this works on carpet. Take a few paper towels and use them between the clothes and an iron, the wax will soak into the paper towels. Good Luck.

I had this same problem a couple of weeks ago-but it was the load that had school uniforms in it too! Looking online, they gave tons & tons of suggestions & measurements... I just put in "some" (about a regular sized detergent bottle cap, I think it's abt 1/4c) of Shout, Oxyclean powder (I had the off brand), vinegar & a regular amount of detergent. It said to use hot water, which I didn't like so much on my navy & black clothes but it came out okay. I washed it all-regular washer, not HE or anything-on the longest setting w/the hottest water. I checked it all before it went into the dryer. I had a few w/grease spots but no crayon color anymore. I just put Shout on the grease spot clothes & reran them. A couple of play shirts had a lot of crayon on them, so I tried a Magic Eraser on a few of the bigger spots-comes out but it took about 20 mins of scrubbing/item-& threw one totally dstroyed shirt out. But all of the school clothes came clean. For the dryer, some suggested scrubbing w/a Magic Eraser-tried that for a bit & got tired of the elbow grease work so I tried the 2nd suggestion of a bunch of white rags on their own in the dryer. It got the rest of the orange crayon out. If you've got an older, undeluxe dryer, check the back where the seal is-I had orange in there & wasn't sure if it would stain future loads or not so I scrubbed hard w/my Eraser there.
Good luck!!

If the crayon is in your dryer you can try a magic eraser but I had better luck with soft scrub. Then I ran a load of dry towels to finish cleaning out the inside of the dryer.

I just did this to a load of levis. I used dishsoap and shout on all the spots (it took forever) then I soaked the clothes in a solution of oxiclean, borax, shout and laundry detergent. Then I prewashed them and washed them again with a double rinse. Most of the stains came out but I had to retreat some spots I missed.

I also line dried the pants so as not to reset the stains. It is possible to get the stains out but it may take some effort. I also read about the wd40 but I didn't want the smell so if nothing else works you can try that.

Good Luck

Ah, yes, the old crayon-in-the-dryer! They sneak into the wash on purpose just to be mean. And they're always red or orange. I found that all clothing in that load ended up as grungy-play clothes because I couldn't get the wax off. On the other hand, my husband's underwear - which turned pink under the influence of red crayon -was replaced quickly.

If you're worried about "crayon contagion," try washing those clothes separately for a time or two. Toss in a white or light-colored old towel or cleaning cloth (one you can afford to ruin) and see what happens to it both when you wash and when you dry.

And you also know that now, whenever you start a load of laundry, you shake each piece of clothing and turn the pockets out before putting it in the wash. It's a matter of being smarter than those malicious crayon pieces!

ditto on going to crayola's website they tell you how to get it out. GL

This just happened to my best friend. Unfortunately she had the girl's Brand New dresses from family pictures in the load. So we have been working hard to get it out. I would check out the crayola website they have suggestions. I think one of the ideas is WD40. I would try to scrub it in with a wire brush and then wash it. Good Luck. She still had a small yellow stain remain, but it is not tooo bad.

For the clothes:
get a newspaper, papers towels and an iron.
put the paper towels on the crayon, then put the newspaper over the paper towel. Now the iron will go over the newspaper heating up the crayon, and the paper towel will soak up the crayon! You can do this on carpets and pretty much anything as well.

This has happened to us - twice. It's actually really easy to get them out - no scrubbing, ironing or anything!

2cups laundry detergent
1cup oxyclean
1/2 cup borax
1cup shout
1cup vinegar

We threw all the stuff in, filled the washer up and let everything soak for about 20 minutes - you can watch the crayon come off! Wash and rinse as normal (we used the normal temp for the wash). You will probably want to rinse twice - it's a LOT of soap.

Each time, everything came out 100% on the first load, but my husband reran just to make sure.

We used magic eraser on the dryer, then threw in a load of wet towels just in case.

I had a red crayon end up in the wash with all of the handmade baby quilts we've received from Grandma's and Aunts. Devastating! I re-washed the entire load with a product called Kids-n-Pets. Just pour it into the spot you would normally put bleach. I didn't pretreat anything and ALL the crayon came out of everything. I soaked some rags in the same stuff and scrubbed out my drier, also. I just let the soaked rags sit on the inner surfaces for about five minutes, then I'd scrub and rotate the barrel. Got it all out. You can look Kids-n-Pets up on amazon, it has a 5 star review rating. I've found it in most local grocery stores. Tip on using oil based stuff - it could start a fire in your drier. Be careful if you decide to go that route. You have to really make sure it's all rinsed out before you use your machines again. I find the Kids-n-Pets much easier with less worry about a fire!

Great advice from everyone, just a quick plug for the WD40, I read about that suggestion on Crayola's website, and it worked like a charm and much faster than a Magic Eraser, particularly on the dryer. Good luck!