How to Remove Crayon From Your Walls

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Remove Crayon From Your Walls

It's happened again! Your child got loose with a crayon and drew his or her latest masterpiece on the wall. Even though it is beautiful, your wall is not the place for it. So what do you do? Follow these steps to remove crayons from your walls.

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Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

WD-40 or other lubricant
Clean Cloth or Paper towels
Dish washing Detergent
Water

Removing Crayon from Your Walls

Step 1

Use the clean cloth and wipe the wall down to remove any excess particles, dust or cobwebs.
Step 2

Spray WD-40 on the wall, thoroughly covering all of the crayon marks.
Step 3

Wipe slowly with the clean cloth. Rubbing the marks in a circular motion will work best.
Step 4

If this does not work the first time, repeat. The second time use a little more elbow grease but be careful not to remove the paint.
Step 5

If this method does not work or only partially removes the crayon, try a mixture of dish washing detergent and water. Rub the area with a sponge in a circular motion until the crayon comes off completely.

Tips & Warnings

Consider covering a portion of your walls with construction paper or poster board or even painting with chalkboard paint. Then tell your child that this is where they can color. That way they have their own personal wall space.
WD-40 also removes crayon from carpet, wallpaper, wood furniture, plastic, shoes, toys, glass, TV screens, screen doors and chalkboards. There are 2000+ uses for WD-40. See the web address is Additional Resources.
The real key to removing crayon marks is to remove the wax from the walls. You may try heating the walls with a hair dryer first and wiping with a clean cloth or scraping with a spatula to remove as much wax as possible.
In the future, by crayons that are erasable. They have much less wax and wipe off easily.
Be careful when using cleaning agents like eraser sponges. These sponges have been known to strip the paint off of walls.
As precautionary measure, you may want to clean the walls after using WD-40. WD-40 is a lubricant with chemicals in it.
Make certain that your children are not around when using WD-40 because they could be harmed by the chemicals.
Painting over the crayon is not a good idea as most paints are wax resistant.