Dryer: Infant
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How to remove crayon stain in dryer and clothes?
Asked by A.S. from Denver
on February 1, 2009
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Please help my 7 year old left a black crayon in his pocket and the entire load that was dried with the jeans is covered in black marks and there is a chunk of crayon ...
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- This happened to me with a very pretty blue crayon. I used a wet dryer sheet to remove it all from the dryer. Scrubbing the inside of the dryer with it. I used 4 sh...
- The only thing i can think of right off is using OOPS it will take crayon off alot of things and really not that expensive to buy.
- Do your best to scrape the wax off the way it's been suggested by others. As far as the clothes go, I use a product called Kids'n'Pets. My daughter did the same thin...
Washer and Dryer
Asked by A.H. from Dallas
on July 14, 2007
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We are thinking about replacing our washer and dryer. We are thinking about getting a front loading washer....Any have any opinions? What brand? Thanks!
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- If I could buy a different one I would. The front loaders tend to get stuff stuck in the bottom rim and it constantly smells no matter how much airing out and bleach ...
- We have Whirlpool and LOVE them. It is so quiet and is SO SMART. I actually enjoy doing laundry. We do not have the pedestals and they are just fine without them. ...
- I've had Maytag washer and dryer front loaders for about 4 yrs and LOVE them. My washer has the hot water heater thing on it that helps out with towels, sheets, etc w...
Gum in the Dryer
Asked by C.S. from Parkersburg
on December 14, 2008
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How do you get gum that was left in clothing off of the inside of a dryer? I used a scrubby sponge and Goo Gone but there is still some baked on the inside.
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- There is something about the oil in peanut butter that desolves gum. I used it on my car when someone put gum in my lock. My mom used it in my hair several times. I...
- Try some peanut butter. I know I have used it in hair and on clothing and it works great. If not try a scraper and scrape it out. Good luck. Have a great day.
- That has happened to me before. I took a credit card or other plastic card and scrapped it from the surface and then used simple green to get the remaining sticky off...
Crayon in Dryer
Asked by A.M. from Providence
on October 3, 2008
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Hi Ladies, I am requesting some help, I just went to take my laundry out of my dryer and noticed that a purple crayon made its may in there, now I have purple streaks ...
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- Melaleuca sells a solumel cleaner that would work in an instant, you could also try the Mr. Clean magic eraser?? C. W www.MyHomeCottageBiz.com Supplemental Income...
- That happened to us about 5 years ago in a previous house, except the crayon was red! Just so you know, you're not alone! We were not able to get it out with all t...
- I can unfortunately relate from my own experience of a crayon going through the wash! I have found a fantatic product that is a natural solvant called Sol-u-mel. It ...
Stinky Dryer
Asked by C.J. from Detroit
on May 30, 2008
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My dryer has a terrible smell. It smells even when it is empty. I use Downy in my final rinse of washing, and the clothes come out of the washer smelling great. The...
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- Ok this may be silly, but.......... can you smell the bad smell outside and around the dryer too? Maybe a critter has made it's way inside somewhere and then went on ...
- I saw a response about vinegar in your washer to help clean ( I do that too occasionally) , but have you tried setting a bowl of vinegar in the dryer overnight? I hav...
- Check your dryer hose and the opening to the outside of your hoouse. I have heard of critters getting in there and dying. My neighbor had a opossum in hers. Als...
Does clothes drying with dryer balls actually work ?
Asked by C.C. from Los Angeles
on February 4, 2008
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Hi Moms,
Do any of you know if those dryer balls that are supposed to speed up clothes drying actually work? I've seen them and am intrigued, but don't feel like c...
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- Hello ~ My sister told me about the dryer balls last year and she said they speed up clothes drying. I bought them it does seem that they do indeed work.
- Hi C., Honestly, I don't think they work as far as speeding up the dryer time. I do like them for "fluffing" the laundry. I find that with the balls and dryer she...
- I bought them about a month ago and honestly haven't noticed any difference. I do have a front loader washing machine that gets a lot of the water out before I even p...
Crayons in the Dryer
Asked by T.R. from San Diego
on May 2, 2011
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Multiple crayons went through the washer and dryer (yes, I should have checked the pockets, but sometimes it just doesn't happen and this one I'm going to pay for all ...
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- When this happened to me, I used a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser on the dryer, and it did work like Magic! I also used WD-40 on the clothes as per the Crayola website. Some...
- Been there, done that,, Be sure to cut off the parts of the clothes that have crayon on them before you use them as rags. Or when you wash the rags, they will melt the...
- When my darling youngest child was 2, she dumped an entire box of those chunky toddler crayons into the dryer with a dry load of whites and turned it on. I tried many ...
How to Get Tar Out of the Dryer
Asked by L.S. from Sherman
on July 15, 2008
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My husband got tar on the bottom of his jeans (long story) and he put them in the laundry basket. I wasn't paying much attention and I put the jeans in the washer and...
Help! Laundry Bundles in Dryer!!
Asked by R.D. from Port St. Lucie
on September 22, 2006
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Any ideas on how to keep my bed sheets from bundling up in the dryer? They end up trapping clothes inside and the whole thing just doesn't dry! Thanks!
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- I, too, wash my sheets and blankets separately from our clothes. To make the load a little bigger, I wash the crib sheets with our bed sheets. We just use All Free a...
- LOL....you know what i tried a million things and i still got that problem. I ended up washing sheets with sheets...and make it a small load...atleast they dry... L.
- I NEVER WASH ANYTHING WITH MY SHEETS TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM. TRY WASHING THEM ALONE AS WELL!
Drying Toys in the Dryer??
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on December 15, 2010
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Just wondering if you have ever dried toys in your dryer to make it go faster? I need to sanitize my daycare toys and want to make the drying time go faster. Thank you
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- Just don't put stuffed animals that have a "hair" kind of material for tail. I dried a stuffed horse in the dryer and the main body was fine but the tail became one s...
- I have washed toys in the washer but didn't dry them. The dishwasher works great for plastic toys. The smaller ones work well in a mesh bag so they don't fly all ove...
- Stuffed animals, sure. Anything that's plastic/metalic/wood, no. If you can spread those things out and have a fan blow on them, the drying time will be shorter.
