crayon in the dryer

mamasara · 05-09-2012, 05:52 AM

Last night, I went to take the laundry out of the dryer and found rainbow-colored marks over all of our clothes. I'm assuming one of the kids had crayons in their pocket and I didn't realize it before washing.

Is there anything I can do? It's a super capacity dryer and I had both a load of clothes in there and all of our diaper laundry.

Auroras mom · 05-09-2012, 05:57 AM

We once lost all of dh's work shirtso a yellow crayon. I could not find anything to get it out.

raining_kisses · 05-09-2012, 06:03 AM

Good Luck is all I can tell you.

cbmk4 · 05-09-2012, 06:10 AM

I have had luck with Lestoil or GooGone to get a little bit of crayon out. One of those products will work to get the crayon off the inside of your dryer so it doesn't spread to your next load of laundry.

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home...s-crayon-may07

Here are some more ideas (towards the bottom the page I linked). Several sites recommend using WD-40 on a paper towel to wipe your dryer drum clean. Both Lestoil and GooGone are petroleum based cleaners, so I think that's why they worked for me to dissolve the crayon.

mamasara · 05-09-2012, 08:08 AM

Just on a whim and a prayer, I soaked part of the load this morning in HOT water with Borax, OxyClean, Felnaptha, some Ecos laundry detergent, and a bit of GreenWorks dish soap. So far, it looks like the crayon may have come out.

I haven't been able to really get into the clothes good and examine since I still have crayon all in the dryer, and no wd40 here. Fingers crossed that they came clean.

Now, I have to tackle the diaper laundry. The really bad part about that is that most of the diapers in there were ones I had borrowed from my SIL and she will be

if I can't get it out. I'm probably just going to have to buy the diapers from her.

05-09-2012, 05:52 AM	#1
mamasara Rose Trellis This is my happy face Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,607	crayon in the dryer Last night, I went to take the laundry out of the dryer and found rainbow-colored marks over all of our clothes. I'm assuming one of the kids had crayons in their pocket and I didn't realize it before washing. Is there anything I can do? It's a super capacity dryer and I had both a load of clothes in there and all of our diaper laundry. __________________ Sara , mama to Little Bear (1.06), Monkey (8.07), and Bug (6.10) , (3.12) crimson 11 delight petrichor ack!myspacebarisn'tworking!

05-09-2012, 05:57 AM	#2
Auroras mom Rose Garden Bringing wacky back Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,544	Re: crayon in the dryer We once lost all of dh's work shirtso a yellow crayon. I could not find anything to get it out. __________________ Tonya, Mom to beautiful Aurora, 2/06 (extremely spirited and sensitive - both of us!) You make beautiful thing You make beautiful things out of dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of us You make things new You are making me new -Gungor

05-09-2012, 06:03 AM	#3
raining_kisses Rose Garden Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ~Danny Kaye Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: where the stars at night are big and bright Posts: 8,533	Re: crayon in the dryer Good Luck is all I can tell you. __________________ Cate (isFp) Daydream Believer DH(InTJ)He charmed me at "hello" Ace (oh so very 3.5) the coolest kid on the block

05-09-2012, 06:10 AM	#4
cbmk4 Rose Garden INTJ Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 5,964	Re: crayon in the dryer I have had luck with Lestoil or GooGone to get a little bit of crayon out. One of those products will work to get the crayon off the inside of your dryer so it doesn't spread to your next load of laundry. http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home...s-crayon-may07 Here are some more ideas (towards the bottom the page I linked). Several sites recommend using WD-40 on a paper towel to wipe your dryer drum clean. Both Lestoil and GooGone are petroleum based cleaners, so I think that's why they worked for me to dissolve the crayon. __________________ Mama to 4 children--dd19, ds16, dd11 and dd8 Married to dh for 22 years and counting Last edited by cbmk4; 05-09-2012 at 06:15 AM.

05-09-2012, 08:08 AM	#5
mamasara Rose Trellis This is my happy face Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,607	Re: crayon in the dryer Just on a whim and a prayer, I soaked part of the load this morning in HOT water with Borax, OxyClean, Felnaptha, some Ecos laundry detergent, and a bit of GreenWorks dish soap. So far, it looks like the crayon may have come out. I haven't been able to really get into the clothes good and examine since I still have crayon all in the dryer, and no wd40 here. Fingers crossed that they came clean. Now, I have to tackle the diaper laundry. The really bad part about that is that most of the diapers in there were ones I had borrowed from my SIL and she will be if I can't get it out. I'm probably just going to have to buy the diapers from her. __________________ Sara , mama to Little Bear (1.06), Monkey (8.07), and Bug (6.10) , (3.12) crimson 11 delight petrichor ack!myspacebarisn'tworking!

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