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We went to the NC Zoo yestday and my teen daughter left my 4 year olds crayon on the seat of the car. When we got back to the car the crayon has melt and now we have a pretty green smudge in the cloth of the seat. Does anyone know the best way to get this out?
How thick is the crayon? You can try to melt it out with an iron, but I am not sure of the logistics with a car seat where you can't put something both under and on top of the stain.
If there is not crayon wax but just discoloring, I would try and a spot cleaner.
Good luck and remember it is just a car and people make mistakes.
As a matter of fact, I do! My mom works for Crayola and they have a hotline you can call for stain removal advice. The method that has worked best for me is covering the melted crayon with an old towel and ironing it with a little steam. You'll need an extension cord most likely to reach your car and somewhere to put the iron down safely while you check the stain.I like to hit it with some steam, let it dry, then iron it again and repeat until most of the stain is gone.
As a matter of fact, I do! My mom works for Crayola and they have a hotline you can call for stain removal advice. The method that has worked best for me is covering the melted crayon with an old towel and ironing it with a little steam. You'll need an extension cord most likely to reach your car and somewhere to put the iron down safely while you check the stain.I like to hit it with some steam, let it dry, then iron it again and repeat until most of the stain is gone.
I did this as I too had a green crayon smudge in the back. I used a paper bag though. It works!
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If there is not crayon wax but just discoloring, I would try and a spot cleaner.
Good luck and remember it is just a car and people make mistakes.
We got most of the crayon off yesterday while it was still melted and it just looked like a green stain. I tried the spot remover first. Still a little stain there. So I will try Chrissi suggestion next . Yes I know mistakes happened and I was not upset with my teen. I think my teen was more upset because she had her notebook next to the crayon and it melted all over it. The notebook she was writing a story with her bestfriend. I told her that I will buy her a new notebook and if she wanted to she can rewrite the story in the new notebook.
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As a matter of fact, I do! My mom works for Crayola and they have a hotline you can call for stain removal advice. The method that has worked best for me is covering the melted crayon with an old towel and ironing it with a little steam. You'll need an extension cord most likely to reach your car and somewhere to put the iron down safely while you check the stain.I like to hit it with some steam, let it dry, then iron it again and repeat until most of the stain is gone.
I am going to try this next. If it doesn't work no big deal. I just wanted to try and get it out. Our seats are a dark grey so the green doesn't show up to bad. If you aren't looking for it you will never see it. But I know it is there and of course it is going to bug me
You should be able to get the crayon stuff out of the upholstery using the iron trick, but you may still have a colored stain there. My suggestion would be to check with the car dealership about the remaining stain. They may have a cleaner that works on the upholstery.
To remove the wax, the "iron on paper, newspaper, towel" trick works. Just keep changing the section of paper as you see the wax transferring to the paper.
If there is still a stain, try one of the products from Resolve -- I find they are pretty much AWESOME!
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When we got back to the car the crayon has melt
and now we have a pretty green smudge in the cloth of the seat. Does anyone know the best way to get this out?
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The method that has worked best for me is covering the melted crayon with an old towel and ironing it with a little steam. You'll need an extension cord most likely to reach your car and somewhere to put the iron down safely while you check the stain.I like to hit it with some steam, let it dry, then iron it again and repeat until most of the stain is gone.
. Yes I know mistakes happened and I was not upset with my teen. I think my teen was more upset because she had her notebook next to the crayon and it melted all over it. The notebook she was writing a story with her bestfriend. I told her that I will buy her a new notebook and if she wanted to she can rewrite the story in the new notebook. 
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