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Crayon Melted in Dryer

Does anyone have any tips for getting crayon wax out of the dryer? We tried kitchen degreaser and goo gone, but nothing seems to be working!

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We ran a couple loads of towels applied the WD-40 in between each load...and it finally came off! I think because the crayon was red, it was extra stubborn! Thanks for all your help!

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Go to crayola.com click on the side the For Parents at the bottom click on stain tips, the stain tips tell you how to get virtually any crayola product off anything you can think of. Good Luck!

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Hi A.,

It may be a little tricky given the dryer is curved, but heat up an iron and place a brown paper bag over the top of the crayon. Run the hot iron over the outside of the bag and the heat of the iron will melt the crayon onto the bag. I hope this makes sense, but it does work... I tried it when melted wax spilled onto our carpet. It came out very easily!

Good luck! A.

We ironed some crayon and candle waxes out of the carpet, so you might try that. Or, I guess you could run the dryer for a few minutes to get it soft again and scrap it out with a dull knife.

The key is heat. I would use a blow dryer, heat, and wipe with a paper towel. I have never tried this, but it makes sense to me.

Run the dryer with an old towel to heat up. Then spray WD-40 on the towel and rub the crayon marks. Also the Magic Eraser does a pretty good job at getting it off.

If you use WD-40 use windex to get the residue off. If not you may get greasy marks on your clothes.

Go to crayola.com click on the side the For Parents at the bottom click on stain tips, the stain tips tell you how to get virtually any crayola product off anything you can think of. Good Luck!

Spray WD-40 on a cloth and wipe the dryer with it. repeat until all is gone

I had the same thing happen recently. (By the way, I'm still trying to get the crayon out of the clothes. If you know something fool-proof, send me a note!)
I ran the dryer on the hot cycle for a while, and then was able to simply wipe the crayon off with an old towel.
Good luck!

Worth a try! either a hot hair dryer or preferably an iron. if you take a plain brown paper sack and put it on the crayon,then heat it up the paper should absorb the wax as it melts. it works well for candle wax on carpet f.y.i. good luck and let us know how it worked!

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