Comments on: As said through clenched teeth

By: TeaMouse

TeaMouse — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:40:52 +0000

Ohhhhhh I feel for you. Sorry I can’t help you solve the problem.

My son once left a pen in his pocket and we didn’t know it was there and it exploded in the dryer and all the clothes were covered in ink and the dryer had a big ink stain around the drum that would continue to get the clothes dirty as it heated up – duh it took us a bit to figure that out and then he was sent to scrub it off with comet cleanser.

By: Tootsie Farklepants

Tootsie Farklepants — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:29:23 +0000

Crayons are the devils writing utensils.

By: threepartharmony

threepartharmony — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:39:46 +0000

Well, I guess this is a cautionary tale about checking your kids’ pockets before doing laundry? Yikes! I hope you had luck getting it out/off everything!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:35:13 +0000

Ah, Chelle, didn’t even think to try rubbing alcohol!! Although, I didn’t discover the ink until the clothes came out of the dryer. Hairspray has always been my choice for getting ink out of clothes before they’ve been laundered. Jen, I just thought about another product I love – Spot Shot. Might work, who knows. Have you found a solution yet?

By: Chelle

Chelle — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:08:34 +0000

WD-40 for cettain but, make sure you wash out every bit of the residue and let the dryer air dry completely before running it.

I HATE finding these kinds of surprises in the laundry, the last time it was a pen from the husband’s pocket and it took almost an entire bottle of rubbing alcohol to get the ink out of the clothing and off the walls of the washer. HATE.

By: jennie

jennie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:50:06 +0000

sounds awful, naughty children. good to hear the mexican was yummy though.

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:13:31 +0000

Hi! You don’t know me, but I think I just found your site through Mile High Mamas…? (you know how it is when you start blog reading… one link leads to another and suddenly you’re in a foreign land with no recollection of how you got there)

Anyway, my cousin had this same tragedy happen to her and lived to blog about it. I thought her post may be of use to you…

http://flibbertigibberish.blogspot.com/2008/04/out-out-red-crayon.html

By: mrsvierkant

mrsvierkant — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:32:57 +0000

Goo Gone might help get it off the dryer. The clothes and linens are a loss, I think, but you can try goo gone with those too.

Sorry that happened. My daughter’s beautiful bed linen set was ruined by a black crayon in a laundromat dryer. I still want to cry about it.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:38:59 +0000

For crying out loud. So, so sorry.

By: childsplay

childsplay — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:33:50 +0000

I can’t help you with melted crayons in a dryer (I think *I* would have hemoraged after seeing that carnage!) but if you ever need to know how to get permanent marker off a dry erase board, I’m your gal.