my children have grafittied my house - help!!!?

Question

my daughter came running out of my room - "Joseph's been drawing!" How on earth do i get wax crayon off both emulsion and wall paper???

Answer 1

OXY CLEAN

Answer 2

Had the same problems with my daughter crayoning all over the brand new wall paper but not only that she used a magic marker too! On cupboards all wow was my wife shocked! But luckily I've had loads of experience restoring things and here's the best of the best I believe to remove those crayon marks or more. First with a warm to hot cloth make damp then lots of washing up liquid for starters. In a slow circular motion just rub till you take off what you can. try repeating this 2-3 times. Now with a new cloth dampen once again and squeeze more than you'd really need of JIFF liquid but make sure you rub this into the cloth well as this will prevent scratching. In that same circular slow motion till you feel you've taken all that you can off. Now here is the last stage but very important! Yet another new cloth but this time you need to use bleach diluted in this situation to about one quarter to the ratio of water. Wring the cloth out well and rub off the final stains and this will work perfect! I've done this so many times and brings anything back to new. Good luck and pz..

Answer 3

Hi Sameashby. I sympathise with you, but what the heck! If You clean it all up today and, like magic your house is restored to pristine condition the same thing will happen again soon. A beautiful show house & young children do not mix. What is most important to You; to have something out of the ideal home exhibition or have lively, health & happy kids? Emulsion paint? A fresh coat of paint won't take too long or break the bank. Wallpaper? The white bread trick works, just rub the affected areas. When the kids have grown up, get Jasper Conran in to re-decorate for You. In the meantime, enjoy having the kids around, it doesn't last long!

Answer 4

Well I know toothpaste gets wax crayons off emulsion. When my daughter was 2 she redecorated my entire hallway in red wax crayon. Tootpaste was my mum's suggestion! You need lots and basically rub it on the wall with a damp cloth and watch the crayon vanish! Don't know if it works on wallpaper but you could try it.
I know you can also get these Magic Erasers, they are meant to be good as well.

Answer 5

I feel your pain!! We have a 2 year old and she only recently stopped drawing on all our walls (and tables, chairs, cabinets, tvs...you get the picture). I bought a box of Mr. Clean Magic Erasers and cleaned the entire apartment with them. They were amazing! Just be sure that if the crayon is dark (red, blue or black) that you don't reuse the eraser to much or else you'll transfer the colors onto the other section of wall. Good luck to you!!

Answer 6

#1. Get some Mr. CLean Magic Erasers. #2. Make him clean it himself. When I was 2 1/2 or 3 I decided that my dresser would make a great place to use my crayons. My mom made ME clean it and I NEVER did it again. It was not as much fun taking it off as it was going on!

Answer 7

Magic Eraser by Mr. Clean - works like a charm!

Answer 8

Try the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I love it.

Answer 9

I would have to agree with a lot of the other responses - Magic Eraser works wonders.

Answer 10

Bread.If you are in the uk try that flash white block on your wallpaper. Other than that give the kids colouring pencils rather than crayons.

Answer 11

apparently bread works on wallpaper, it absorbs the grease (wax) and on emulsion lightly rub it with a cloth and some jiff (cream cleaner)