Removing Crayon From Walls

Using Hot Air and Baby Oil

Soften the crayon by blowing hot air on it with a hair dryer, then wipe with a clean cloth with a little baby oil on it. Works great!

By PICO from ST. PAUL, ALBERTA

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RE: Cleaning Crayon off Walls

I use fabric softner sheets. I just scrub the wall or whatever with them and it comes right off! (01/24/2006)

By crys7881

RE: Cleaning Crayon off Walls

I've used the foamy shaving cream on tables and the like to clean up crayon so I'm sure it would work on walls as well. I've also heard it works great for most carpet stains and the like. (01/25/2006)

By Jeggie

RE: Cleaning Crayon off Walls

My daughter has 2 young children and crayons have also been a problem for her. She bought the Mr. Clean Eraser Sponges. It worked great! It's made for things that have pitted surfaces like some vinyl-coated refrigerators or plastered walls. I have used it on my leather couch and it worked wonderfully. (01/26/2006)

By nana6x

RE: Cleaning Crayon off Walls

I used the hair dryer and baby oil and it worked great! I am amazed! (10/18/2006)

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Removing Crayon From Walls

A damp cloth with baking soda will take crayon off your walls. Don't rub hard! Just rub gently and firmly until the stain comes off. By Robin

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Removing Crayon Marks

Crayon marks on walls? This worked wonderfully! A damp rag, dipped in baking soda. Comes off with little effort! By Chell (03/04/2005)

By ThriftyFun

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Use Zippo lighter fluid or any lighter fluid that is on sale.

Put a little lighter fluid on a paper napkin and wipe off the crayon mark.

It takes crayon marks off blackboards, walls (painted as well as wallpapered), computers, wood floors, and toys.

I have found baking soda can scratch surfaces and takes paint off the wall. Irma (b)(/b) (03/18/2005)

By Irma_Lorraine

Crayon marks on walls?

This worked wonderfully! A damp rag, dipped in baking soda. Comes off with little effort (elbow grease that is!). By Diana (05/05/2005)

By ThriftyFun

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Thank you for the baking soda tip it worked great! (11/08/2005)

By amanda

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Baking soda and water kind of worked to remove the crayon marks. But it also took off some of the paint (flat paint). Try toothpaste on a toothbrush-awesome! (01/05/2006)

By Maegan

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Toothpaste and toothbrush work liked magic. Took everything off without damage to my walls. I tried the baking soda with a damp cloth and it didn't work half as well or as fast as the toothpaste did. It also took some paint off my walls when I used the baking soda method. I know what to use next time. (01/15/2006)

By Lynn

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If you catch your child in the act.. you can use a regular SOS pad and water. The toothpaste and the baking soda didn't seem to work. (01/15/2006)

By Rebecca

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

WOW toothpaste and a toothbrush really does work I was very shocked. I thought i would never get it off without having to repaint. Thanks! (02/03/2006)

By Jenny

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Toothpaste did the trick. It worked great. Baking soda didn't work for me. It took off the paint and still didn't remove the crayon. Now I will always use toothpaste when my little one decides she wants to use my walls as paper with her crayons. (03/01/2006)

By Suzanne

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Toothpaste worked like a charm! Thanks so much! (03/15/2006)

By Maria

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Toothpaste and a toothbrush worked very well on varnished pine. Thanks for the tip! (04/10/2006)

By Todd

Removing Crayon From Walls

I used the lighter fluid, as previously suggested, it worked, but I ran out. So I thought about using some oil lamp fluid, and it worked just as well. Our wall paint is somewhat glossy, this may not work well on no-gloss/flat paint which be too porous, (08/15/2006)

By david ross

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To make the toothpaste method work, just put it on with your fingers and rub it it in a little, not all the way though! After that just leave it on for about 5-10 minutes. Last, just use the toothbrush in circular motions and wipe it off. (08/17/2006)

By Hayl

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

"Magic Eraser" My new favorite product - works great on things I never thought I could get clean. Don't rub too hard. (08/17/2006)

By pinkchic

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

I used the toothpaste and tooth brush on low gloss paint and it worked wonderfully. (11/20/2006)

By Mom of 3

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

I just tried the magic eraser pad, the new white ones. Wow, worked like a charm with no elbow grease. i hadn't really figured out what those things could be used for since they're rather fragile, but for crayon marks, Wow! (11/20/2006)

By jeanne

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Hair spray works very well. (07/17/2007)

By sharan

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Removing Crayon From Walls

My 2 yr old put markers and crayons everywhere threw my apartment and I have to get them off any suggestions? Tracy from TN

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RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Mr Clean magic eraser, it's magic, really! (08/03/2007)

By michawnpita

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try rubbing alcohol it works great for any stains-- even sharpie on wood or counters be careful on certain types of paint--it can take off the glossyness (08/04/2007)

By girl

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Mr Clean Magic Eraser will take it off every time. (08/07/2007)

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

I'll add my vote to magic eraser. I love that thing. Tip- Cut it into smaller pieces if you are doing smaller jobs. Getting wet seems to use it up faster, so just use a small piece at a time. I do this with scrubbing pads too. I tend to throw them away after a certain amount of time no matter how big, so halving them stretches them a lot. (08/09/2007)

By Celeste

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Try Mr Clean magic erasers. They don't take off the paint. You may have to use a little muscle to get it off. (08/12/2007)

By bobbie

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My mother has gone on and on about the Magic Eraser for a while, and yes, I've seen the commercial, but not until night before last did I use it. We have very, very old and papery wall paper in one of our rooms and there was crayon on the wall and the back of a door when we moved in! I never wanted to even try to get the crayon off the paper for fear it would just disintigrate. I tried the Magic Eraser on the back of the door... and it just WIPED OFF! so. I tried it on the paper, and again, no muscle, nothing. it just WIPED right off! We are in the process of getting our house ready to go on the market now. I went out and bought 10 boxes! They make them in a mop head too! (08/13/2007)

By missanimalcracker

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

I tried EVERYTHING I don't know what kind of paint is on the walls nothing was working. I followed all the suggestions from others going through the same thing. So following a suggestion from a good friend I got out the clorox bleach, dawn dish washing liquid and a scrub pad the one with yellow soft side and green scrub side. Using the green scrub side I put dawn and sprayed the beautiful art work created by my 9 year old autistic son with straight bleach. wiped and glory be it worked! I had to use a little elbow grease on some of the black and red colors which I didn't mind because it helped me exercise my giggly arms. 2 great results..Try it..bleach, dawn and a scrub pad and a great work out for your arms. (09/07/2007)

By Vivian

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My almost 2yr old daughter marked with crayon all over my walls! I tried everything, and it just didn't work. I put a bowl of water with some Lava hand soap shavings and put it into the microwave until HOT. I dipped a washcloth into the hot water and started scrubbing. THANK GOODNESS this worked! (09/14/2007)

By Ashley

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Removing Crayon From Walls

How do you get crayons off walls?

Kimberly B.

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RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

I used WD 40 and then cleaned the oil from it with hot water and Dawn dish detergent on a towel. My wall looks like new and none of the paint came off. (12/11/2007)

By Moneah

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

I have another odd remedy that is working for my daughters. The toothpaste worked, but not nearly as fast as what my girls are using right this minute to take the crayon and dry erase marker off my walls. A regular pencil eraser, we are using the ones that are rectangular in shape, and it's working just like you'd erase pencil from paper. (01/15/2008)

By T.C.

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I just tried the baking soda, it worked great and it's environmentally friendly. FYI: Mayonnaise works great for getting crayon off windows and other glass. (02/28/2008)

By Melissa

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

I tried toothpaste - I'm almost out of grownup toothpaste, so I used the kid's toothpaste on a semi-gloss wall with a washcloth, and it came up beautifully. (03/18/2008)

By Amanda Mayhem

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Thank you. Magic Eraser rocks. I removed the crayon on my walls with little effort. (04/25/2008)

By Jennifer

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Removing Crayon From Walls

How do I remove crayon from my flat painted walls?

By Donna from Garfield, NJ

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RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

Flat paint is generally not washable unless you or the previous home owner purchased a high quality washable flat. You can try using dish soap and water or TSP to clean the walls, but the chances of it coming off and not damaging the paint are slim. You should prime that part of the wall with Bin primer by Zinsser and then repaint that wall. (11/30/2009)

By Hawker19

RE: Removing Crayon From Walls

When my son drew on my wall with crayon, I cleaned it with vinegar and baking soda. I simply filled a spray bottle with white distilled vinegar and sprayed generously on the stain. Then put some baking soda on the scour side of a sponge and scrub. I have beige walls and the crayon came right off without damaging the paint. (12/01/2009)

By ecogirl91304

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Cleaning Crayon Off Walls

How do I get crayon off of the wall?

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Removing Crayon From Walls

How can I erase crayon on a semi-gloss latex finish? My 2 year old grandson just tried to make "art" on the wall.