CRAYON IN MY CARPET!!!

[GiggleGirl]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Crayowned!

HAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

[alkemyst]

if you think crayon is bad, my godmother's kids got hold of paint rollers and rolled the floors in her house one morning. She first realized this when she stepped off her stairs and the carpet squished between her toes.

They had to refloor and replace a lot of the furniture.

 

[PHiuR]

your kid is an artist!

 

[Jodell88]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
if you think crayon is bad, my godmother's kids got hold of paint rollers and rolled the floors in her house one morning. She first realized this when she stepped off her stairs and the carpet squished between her toes.

They had to refloor and replace a lot of the furniture.

:laugh:

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: Paperdoc
Hold it - irons and WAX Paper?? If you heat a sheet of waxed paper with an iron, the wax in it is going to melt and soak into the carpet, no? Then you'll just have more wax in the carpet, spreading the color over a larger area and making it a little paler.

I successfully removed colored candle wax from a pile fabric using an iron and KLEENEX. I drained the water out of the iron so it would not produce steam, then set its temperature on the low side, such as for permanent-press fabrics. I put the Kleenex on the wax spot, then ironed over it. You have to experiment a bit with the iron temperature and how slowly you move the iron. The heated wax in the carpet melts, and it flows into the absorbent Kleenex. Keep changing where on the Kleenex you put on the carpet - don't want to re-deposit what the Kleenex has picked up! You may need several passes, with a clean bit of Kleenex each time, in one area of carpet to pull the colored wax out.

Sounds like you have a long job ahead. And the carpet's color is important, too, because that determines how much remaining crayon is just not noticeable. Good luck!

Seems like paper towels would be a better idea. Then again I'm not the Paperdoc

 

[potato28]

LMAO!! Um, I can't really think of anything that will pick that up without a few days of resting... and WD-40 does work, just DONT put it directly into the dryer, unless its a shitty and useless dryer. Makes a nice fireball

 

[GiggleGirl]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
if you think crayon is bad, my godmother's kids got hold of paint rollers and rolled the floors in her house one morning. She first realized this when she stepped off her stairs and the carpet squished between her toes.

They had to refloor and replace a lot of the furniture.

holy fark!!!! i think i would sell my children to cover the damages! hahahaha

 

[GiggleGirl]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton

Originally posted by: Paperdoc
Hold it - irons and WAX Paper?? If you heat a sheet of waxed paper with an iron, the wax in it is going to melt and soak into the carpet, no? Then you'll just have more wax in the carpet, spreading the color over a larger area and making it a little paler.

I successfully removed colored candle wax from a pile fabric using an iron and KLEENEX. I drained the water out of the iron so it would not produce steam, then set its temperature on the low side, such as for permanent-press fabrics. I put the Kleenex on the wax spot, then ironed over it. You have to experiment a bit with the iron temperature and how slowly you move the iron. The heated wax in the carpet melts, and it flows into the absorbent Kleenex. Keep changing where on the Kleenex you put on the carpet - don't want to re-deposit what the Kleenex has picked up! You may need several passes, with a clean bit of Kleenex each time, in one area of carpet to pull the colored wax out.

Sounds like you have a long job ahead. And the carpet's color is important, too, because that determines how much remaining crayon is just not noticeable. Good luck!

Seems like paper towels would be a better idea. Then again I'm not the Paperdoc

lol UPDATE!!!!

i tried the whole ironing onto a towel/papertowel/paper deal. IT DID NOT FUCKING WORK.
i think i got the very top thin layer of color out but it did not do what it was supposed to. im guessing because these crayons she found were really shitty and waxy the method just isnt working.
so now im off to find other ways to try to fix the issue.

someone jokingly said "shave" and that actually isnt too bad of an idea. im gonna try to get one of those clothing shavers that take the pilling off of sweaters and stuff, try to shave off the layor of color. and my cousin said to try Resolve. fuckin a man!!

 

[Ramma2]

Originally posted by: GiggleGirl

Originally posted by: alkemyst
if you think crayon is bad, my godmother's kids got hold of paint rollers and rolled the floors in her house one morning. She first realized this when she stepped off her stairs and the carpet squished between her toes.

They had to refloor and replace a lot of the furniture.

holy fark!!!! i think i would sell my children to cover the damages! hahahaha

Yeah kids are great that way... my 3 year old hung off the towel bar in the bathroom and ripped the thing out of the wall, plus its anchors, leaving some nice fist size holes in the drywall I had to patch up!

I ended up shortening the towel bar to 16" so I could remount it into the studs. Silly kids!

 

[GiggleGirl]

Originally posted by: Ramma2

Originally posted by: GiggleGirl

Originally posted by: alkemyst
if you think crayon is bad, my godmother's kids got hold of paint rollers and rolled the floors in her house one morning. She first realized this when she stepped off her stairs and the carpet squished between her toes.

They had to refloor and replace a lot of the furniture.

holy fark!!!! i think i would sell my children to cover the damages! hahahaha

Yeah kids are great that way... my 3 year old hung off the towel bar in the bathroom and ripped the thing out of the wall, plus its anchors, leaving some nice fist size holes in the drywall I had to patch up!

I ended up shortening the towel bar to 16" so I could remount it into the studs. Silly kids!

haha thats not that bad. i can do drywall patching no problem.... i guess thats odd considering its more of a repair thing and this is a cleaning thing. im quite handy that way. lol

good idea shortening the bar though!!! wheeeee, something to hang on!

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
http://www.thefrugallife.com/crayonin.html

Good luck!

KT

Try WD40. My kids once left one in a pocket that then became one with the inside of our dryer. I called our county home extension person and she suggested this. To get it out of the dryer you sprayed it on a towel and ran it for a little while. The stuff in the WD 40 dissolves the wax. So I would be very careful, but at this point it is worth a try.

:shocked:

Are you fucking kidding me?!?!?!

Spray down a towel with WD40 and then put it in your dryer? :shocked:

Holy shit.

**poof**

watches from afar as KT's house goes ablaze.

 

[rudder]

Get some brown crayons and color the whole thing brown.