Getting Marker and Crayon off Walls

Updated on February 16, 2007
V.M. asks from Denver, CO
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Hi I need some advice on getting crayon and marker off the wall. I tried those Mr. Clean Magic Erasers and the marker came off (mostly) but not the crayon and it was more sucessful in taking the actual wall paint off then anything else. In fact even water and soap took the wall paint off. We moved into here in November and I want to try to keep up with my children's lovely "art work" before it's permanant. Any advice on how to keep the paint on the wall but take the marker and crayon off would be greatly appreciated.

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A.M.

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Baking soda on a wet wash cloth

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C.M.

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I use this stuff called Goo Gone it is a orange liquid. Put it on a cotton ball and rub off the crayon and marker. you only have to use a little bit. Hope it will help.
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M.C.

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I've found that a paste of baking powder and water can help get crayon off. But what usually works best is just a plain, dry paper towel, the more ridges the better, though.
You do have to rub kind of hard, but it's the best solution I've found. And I make my kids clean it up anyway, they are the ones who colored on the walls anyway. I make them clean up the majority of it until their whining gets unbearable then I go in and help them to get the rest off.

One of the paint manufacturing companies have a special kind of kids pain that makes it easier to wash marks off. You might want to look into that.
I've also bought reems of butcher paper and taped it to the bottom 3 feet of my kids room so they know that they can make "art work" for their room and understand that paper is for coloring, not the walls.

HTH :)
M.

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M.

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There is a 1-800 number on the back of all crayola products. I have called it in the past and they know their stuff! Try calling them. Good Luck!

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