Parents!! - Removing crayon from sheets+duvet?

Draeger · 20 Dec 2013 at 00:20

Cool, cheers for the suggestions folks.

cm1179 · 20 Dec 2013 at 00:24

think about how much time and hard labour would be involved in sorting the problem and come to the conclusion that throwing the sheets and duvet away or giving to a charity is a better option and purchase new.

Stretch · 20 Dec 2013 at 00:42

condoms

AHarvey · 20 Dec 2013 at 01:30

Kitchen roll + iron is actually better for crayons, it works on carpets, bedsheets..even some painted walls on a low heat.

and you think crayon is bad...here we can see a 18 month old and what happens with a Sharpie Perm Marker pen...

Took 3 days to get it all off, and the day after this my wife was taking her to see In The Night Garden Live!

It was all under her nappy too as she had decided to tak that off before colouring. I was having a pee, gone maybe 2 mins max.

murah · 20 Dec 2013 at 01:58

Have you tried fire?

Soundood · 20 Dec 2013 at 06:46

I try to adopt a 'boxing stance', when dealing with these things, I look more manly and it helps to satisfy my male ego,

shaking my fist at it usually works

Hyburnate · 20 Dec 2013 at 06:51

AHarvey said:
Kitchen roll + iron is actually better for crayons, it works on carpets, bedsheets..even some painted walls on a low heat.

and you think crayon is bad...here we can see a 18 month old and what happens with a Sharpie Perm Marker pen...

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq334/bilum/penbaby.jpg[IMG]

:D

Took 3 days to get it all off, and the day after this my wife was taking her to see In The Night Garden Live! :p It was all under her nappy too as she had decided to tak that off before colouring. I was having a pee, gone maybe 2 mins max.[/QUOTE]
LOL :D Oh God, she's going to hate you when she brings someone home when she's older and you embarrass her! Awesome.

[quote="cm1179, post: 25518233"]think about how much time and hard labour would be involved in sorting the problem and come to the conclusion that throwing the sheets and duvet away or giving to a charity is a better option and purchase new.[/QUOTE]

Why would the charity shop want them?

antijoke · 20 Dec 2013 at 07:49

Washing up liquid, that stuff has removed all sorts of stains.

Just put some on the duvet wet it and rub, then wash as normal.

haaammit · 20 Dec 2013 at 10:44

Mustard.

Hot iron will be your best bet I reckon. Good luck!

pitchfork · 20 Dec 2013 at 10:48

Freeze it 0k and hit it with a hammer.

rubberduck · 20 Dec 2013 at 11:31

There are plenty of things that will dissolve wax easily but they are difficult to obtain unless you have access to a basic chemistry lab for organic solvents.

Unfortunately most domestic cleaners will be surfactant/water based and pretty rubbish at removing wax. Only other options are alcohol based, while I don't expect methylated spirits is a particularly good solvent for for wax but it might be worth a try.

AHarvey · 20 Dec 2013 at 20:34

rubberduck said:
There are plenty of things that will dissolve wax easily but they are difficult to obtain unless you have access to a basic chemistry lab for organic solvents.

Unfortunately most domestic cleaners will be surfactant/water based and pretty rubbish at removing wax. Only other options are alcohol based, while I don't expect methylated spirits is a particularly good solvent for for wax but it might be worth a try.

not to mention what you've mentioned might be damaging to the material itself, and odd considering the number of people that have pretty much said "iron and paper"