I\'m Summer, a mouthy, sarcastic bitch. I\'m passionate about natural birth, long term breastfeeding, and living naturally. I curse too much, love tattoos, and will some day be crushed to death by my book collection. I homeschool, dream of gardening, and swing to the left. 
Removing Crayon And Much More
I know that last week was the doesn’t work for me theme, but I made an interesting discovery this week that I wanted to share anyway. And no, not Phentermine without a prescription. Something that really didn’t work for me, and even ended up costing me money. And you know how I hate to spend money.
Trey managed to get his grubby hands on the crayons and decorated a wall in their room. I wouldn’t have cared too much, except the landlady was coming over the next day with the realtor and a a women looking to buy the house. So it had to be cleaned. After a ton of scrambling through the house I noticed that the side of the box of washing soda said it works on crayon. Perfect!
Mix with some warm water, a little scrubbing, and it came right off. A perfect white wall. The problem is that apparently the mixture also removed wood stain. Like the stain from the wooden baseboards that are now streaked and smeary. That I have to pay to have redone now. Ouch.
So there’s my tip for the week. Mix some washing soda with warm water and get that crayon right off, just don’t do it near stained wood. Unless you already plan to redo your woodwork anyway.
[tags]Works For Me Wednesday, cleaning, washing soda, home[/tags]
When my husband and I bought our first house, we were giddy (read stupid) with ownership and LET our then 2 year old color on ALL of the walls. Every wall surface under four feet high was a mural. All well and good until it was time to sell the house. Toothpaste kind of worked. Lots of things kind of worked. BINZ primer was the final solution A painful lesson that wasn’t repeated with the next kids.
Oy….VERY good to know!
One thing that is weird but really does work on crayon- a used dryer sheet!! No joke, just rub the crayon marks with it (this is for a hard surface, btw) and they disappear. don’t know why or how, but it works!!
Wow, really? I have never heard of this before. Thanks Jody!