My house is REALLY old and my walls are wood (2X4's together to make one wall). The wood was not treated but it is painted. My two year old colored EVERYWHERE and I'm finding the more I try to scrub the crayon off, I've wiping off the paint and just spreading the crayon. I've tried pine sol and other similar cleaners, dish soaps, the "magic" eraser sponge, goof off and goo gone. I even tried WD-40 but it just soaked into the wall. I tried painting over it but it just bled threw. What else can I do without having to primar and re-paint?
2006-08-10 03:16:19 · 10 answers · asked by Adoption P 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Crayola IS a washable crayon.
Not coming off has nothing to do with the crayon, it has to do with my walls!
Can I just primar over the paint that's on the walls and then repaint or will I need to paint thinner the walls, then primar and paint again?
2006-08-10 03:26:43 · update #1
I think the biggest problem is that the crayon actually soaked into the walls. We had to put 5 coats of paint on to get the color we were supposed to get (because the paint soaked into the walls too).
LOL TK!!! Yeah, the crayons are up pretty high these days. But I have found that the "bathtub soap crayons" wash off rather well. But I love the chalk idea!!!
2006-08-10 03:30:31 · update #2
You should be able to use something like a kilz primer or binz primer, I don;t know why the magic eraser didn't work it should have. Once you paint over that spot it is hard to try and clean it off. I think your only option now is to use a primer that not only primes the wall but should be a sealent also, this way it seals in the crayon and the primer part will allow you to paint over. I hope this helps you.
2006-08-10 03:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by michele b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crayons are made of colored wax. You've tried everything I can think of except sand paper or heat. I'd recommend trying heat first--using an iron and plain white paper towels apply heat through the towels to melt and soak up the stains. It may not totally remove it, but it should make it less visible and therefore easier to cover completely when it's time to repaint. When you decide you want/need to repaint, sand the worst areas enough to remove as much of the crayon marks as you can, then follow up with a good quality primer and paint.
After all that, I'd keep the crayons out of reach for quite a while--try colored chalk instead--much easier to remove!
2006-08-10 10:27:17 · answer #2 · answered by tkltafoya 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was also going to say magic eraser or goo gone but it seems that you have already tried this.
The next step is you said you have tried to paint over bad mistake as you already have seen.
Try this us a metal scrapper on the area that you have not painted if you have painted it then just press a little harder. Don't make a hole in the wall.and see if you can scrape most of it off and then spray some mineral spirits on it and wipe you will take off some paint but ypu are willing to paint anyway.
2006-08-10 10:36:56 · answer #3 · answered by jeephandle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic Eraser sponge worked for me. You'll have to primer and repaint and next time only buy "washable/erasable" crayons.
2006-08-10 10:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by Mariah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a cloth like an old Tshirt and iron on top of the crayon. Repeat until it is gone.
2006-08-10 22:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by jeffrey k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you try the paint/primer thing use killz it will cover anything i do mean anything..My friend bought an old farm house and had some rather interesting drawings to say the least..they used killz and then painted over it and it worked wonders.. Otherwise try Ooops it took spray paint off of my car windows, when it was vandelized. ( my car was yellow and the spray paint was john deer green..lol..)
2006-08-10 12:02:31 · answer #6 · answered by Rain32 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try using furniture polish, which should dissolve the wax in the crayon. Denatured alcohol will also dissolve the wax and remove the color.
2006-08-10 11:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Becky H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you may have to take off all the paint and primer then re-paint. Everything I would have suggested you've already tried.
2006-08-10 10:22:48 · answer #8 · answered by classic_tigger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was gonna say the magic eraser but you already tried that!! Here's what I'm gonna do for my babies (twins): just repaint!! I know it's a pain but their creativity and happiness is so much more important!
2006-08-10 10:23:25 · answer #9 · answered by somebody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chica paint it dark something dark yellow dark back purple scratch yellow i don tknow or t ry goofoff agin
all i have for you good l;uckhold on i have more about painting you said you dinit want to sounds like you have to i sorry uless you want crown walls
2006-08-10 10:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋