The other day, I washed a load of laundry. As I was pulling it out of the dryer, my heart sank as I realized somehow a crayon made it through the wash. Okay….I admit this isn’t the first time. I try to check all pockets, but I do sometimes miss something. Seriously, though, a crayon is nothing. I once washed my husbands wallet. How do you miss something like that?!?
Back to the crayon. Most of the load was untouched. Only five things ended up with melted crayon, but two of them were my hubby’s dress pants – not a cheap replacement. In frustration, I threw the crayon stained clothes in a laundry basket and decided to get back to it later.
After my irritation had ebbed, I Googled some solutions. Most of the answers were in the form of hot irons and WD40. I tried the iron and I can tell you it DID NOT work! If anything it worked to further set the stain. I didn’t try the WD40 because one forum told tales of lots of patience and elbow grease. It sounded way too difficult to me. Well, my friend Google came through. On one forum, a lady sang the praises of something called "LA’s Totally Awesome”.
My elbow-grease-fearing heart decided it was worth a try.
This is what I did:
- I put the crayon melted clothes in the washer
- I poured half the bottle of LA’s Totally Awesome in the soap dispenser
- I set the washer to the hottest, longest cycle and pressed start
When the washer was finished, the clothes were crayon free!
The best part is, LA’s Totally Awesome is super cheap! I found it at Family Dollar for only $1 per bottle. They even had a gallon size refill bottle for 3 bucks! I think Dollar Tree also carries it. I am now keeping a ready supply in my laundry room. Have you had any laundry room mishaps?
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If only I had known about this when I washed a whole pocket full of crayons with all of Mason's brand new school jeans... So good to know.
ReplyDeleteUgh. I just trashed and replaced my favorite white peasant skirt (from J. Jill - not cheap) after it went through the dryer with a pocketfull of crayons. I'd tried various things over the course of a year (had long ago thrown out everything else) and nothing worked, so I finally gave up. I'll be heading out to the dollar store to have some on hand for future mishaps, because you KNOW they'll happen. :/
ReplyDeleteI am trying this now :/ blue crayon all over a white bleached load. All was abercrombie, hollister, under armour & nike (furiously crying).....LUCKILY, I <3 totally awesome w/ the help of magic eraser for cleaning grease, soap scum ect. I have a front load HE washer so I put 1 cap wisk & 1/2 bottle awesome in dispenser. Then in drum I put 1/2 bottle awesome & 1 cup baking soda. Set to whitest whites & extra rinse. Fingers crossed & will update.
ReplyDeletenunnysbabygirl.... Did it work?
DeleteWow this totally worked. I thought for sure I had ruined an entire load of my daughter's clothes with an orange crayon. Almost all of it came it out!
DeleteI have red and blue crayons that were washed and DRIED and they are all over the entire load of laundry!!! I am going to try this and pray that it works!
DeleteIt was on a nylon coat, and its not off, has been through the wash three times now, and its still there.
DeleteAddendum to my last entry:
DeleteIt was on a nylon coat, and I have used an entire bottle of Awesome. I have directly sprayed the coat and let it set. I have washed it three times on very hot water.
The crayon is NOT coming out of this pink nylon coat for ANYTHING.
How strange! I haven't actually tried it on nylon. Hmmmmm....definitely something worth researching. I'll let you know if I find any good solutions. Thanks for your input!
DeleteTotally works. I had to scrub the light colored clothes and wash them again but worth the extra elbow grease
ReplyDeleteI am about to run out to the Dollar General and pray they have this!! I just had an entire load of laundry washed and dried with an orange crayon >.< I will let you know how this works out!!!
ReplyDeleteJoan S. NY
My husband did laundry yesterday and he forgot to check my daughter's pockets. Yup, bright red crayon all over her school uniforms when he pulled them from the dryer. This has never happened to us before and to say he was a bit panicked is an understatement.
ReplyDeleteAfter a quick trip to the dollar store and a prayer or two he rewashed the uniforms using 1/2 the bottle in the soap dispenser as suggested. He even tossed in a shirt of mine that has been sitting in the laundry room rag bag for the past year because of a stain that we couldn't remove. He really wanted to put this product to the test.
I'm very happy to report that every spec of crayon was removed from the uniforms. This stuff really works!!! It even removed the year old stain from my shirt, it looks brand new.
Any suggestions if crayon ran through dryer to make sure it's not in there anymore to dispense onto an upcoming load?
ReplyDeleteStacyN - try throwing a few rags in on your hottest setting. They will pick up what is left. Repeat if necessary.
DeleteI need to try this right now...I don't have a soap dispenser in my washer...would it be ok to just put it right inside the load of landrey?
ReplyDeleteI think so. My old washer didn't have soap dispensers and I would have definitely done that. Maybe prefill the washer and put it in the water so it's diluted before you put your clothes in.... Let me know how it works!
DeleteDid you use the laundry soap version of this product, or the household cleaning agent??? Going from your picture, I'm assuming the household cleaning agent... But I just want to make sure.
ReplyDeleteI've just seen another comment that works. Half cup of vinegar, Dish washing liquid (dawn) & hot water. Soak.for 10 minutes then wash. May take two wash cycles. Repeat the steps for washing a second time. It worked for me with red crayon dried into my light clothes. No trace of crayons were left
ReplyDeleteThis stuff is AWESOME! I just pulled out a load of clothes from the dryer with melted brown crayon on everything.. Jumped on Google and found this. I ran straight to Family Dollar and bought this came back put it in the washer with the clothes. I just pulled them back out of the washer NO CRAYON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!IT WORKS AND ONLY COST ME $1.00
ReplyDeleteI just pulled a whole load of my son's brand new summer clothes out of the dryer and dark blue crayon was melted on EVERYTHING!!!! There was no way I could spot clean or use the WD-40. There was just way too many clothes. I was in complete tears having a melt down. I read this post and I never buy this product but about a week ago we had a plumber fixing our sink and he left a bottle of that stuff!. I ran down, grabbed it. Filled the tub with as hot of water as I could and put all the clothes in. Used a toothbrush for the biggest spots and swirled the clothes by hand. Almost all of the crayon came out!! The tub was basically black when I took them out and then I put them in the wash. The only problem I seem to have had was with a NYLON pair of basketball shorts. The crayon does not seem to come out of those. We will see once the rinse is done with the OXYCLEAN spot cleaner but 1 pair of shorts in comparison to all my son's new clothes is something I can live with. THANK GOD for this post!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI just pulled a whole load of my son's brand new summer clothes out of the dryer and dark blue crayon was melted on EVERYTHING!!!! There was no way I could spot clean or use the WD-40. There was just way too many clothes. I was in complete tears having a melt down. I read this post and I never buy this product but about a week ago we had a plumber fixing our sink and he left a bottle of that stuff!. I ran down, grabbed it. Filled the tub with as hot of water as I could and put all the clothes in. Used a toothbrush for the biggest spots and swirled the clothes by hand. Almost all of the crayon came out!! The tub was basically black when I took them out and then I put them in the wash. The only problem I seem to have had was with a NYLON pair of basketball shorts. The crayon does not seem to come out of those. We will see once the rinse is done with the OXYCLEAN spot cleaner but 1 pair of shorts in comparison to all my son's new clothes is something I can live with. THANK GOD for this post!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI had washed and dried a load of laundry only to find an empty wrapper that used to have a crayon in it. The crayon is now all over our clothes. I immediately went to get some cleaner as I read so many positive results. I am now on my fourth wash cycle and it still isn't working. I've even tried adding laundry and dish detergent as well as boiling water to make sure the water was hot enough. I got the larger bottle so I could try it out on other things. (bathroom, walls, counter tops)
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