getting crayon marks off walls? Help!

pennyuk

Oooh, hadn't seen the new responses - thanks!

Right, toothpaste, nail polish and hairspray testing next then. Wish me luck!

:-)

Penny

Nicki

Sticky stuff remover from Lakeland works- this has happened to me a few times.

jcr16

My daughter done the very same thing, and i removed it but wiping the area with milk on a cloth. it worked a treat. don't worry it doesn't smell a couple days later either. we also used milk when my daugther used black wax crayon on the wall paper border and again it worked.

i got this tip from the kim and aggie how clean is your house book. and it has never failed me once.

good luck

Essex-girl_2

Toothpaste worked for me also.

Couldnt beleive it, it removed biropen that was on my coffee table nothing else touched it.

busymumof3

Toothpaste is also a Kim and Aggie tip - it is the abrasiveness that works on biro and crayon even on delicate surfaces such as vinyl wallpaper.

Chipps

Toothpaste, or Barkeepers Friend.
My DD had the same problem a couple of weeks ago when her 2yoDD decided to decorate the living room, also with red crayon.

knithappens

My littel monster has drawn all over his bedroom wallpaper with a green crayon, does anyone know how i can remove this. I have lloked throgh past threads as i am sure i have seen this asked before but could not find anything.

Thanks!

mrs-moneypenny

baby wipes are amazing at getting things like that off, i've removed wax crayon successfully with them (on silk vinyl emulsion).
I hope you get it off

soba

We had this with our ankle biter, we tried loads of stuff, including ironing over it with brown paer - which didn't work - in the end we had to paint over the offending area with gloss paint, then paint the whole room with emulsion, drastic I know but that's what we did.

Sujamjen

Is it a wax crayon? If so, plug your iron in and heat it to fairly warm then place a piece of kitchen roll or blotting paper over the scribble and iron slowly. This will melt the wax and the kitchen paper will absorb the wax. It will probably need several goes but it will get rid of most of it. After that depends on what sort of wallpaper you have. A vinyl or painted surface will take 'careful' washing (with the wonderful Stardrops of course). To be honest you are still likely to be left with some marking but you'll be able to paint over it and obliterate it altogether. Any other crayon can be sprayed over with 'Stain Block' and then painted.