Does anybody have any good ideas on how to get out blue crayola from the fabric seat? A small portion of crayon (hidden in my daughter's pocket) fell out and melted onto the car seat fabric. I cleaned as best as I could but still ended up with a several centimeter blue blob (faded from the original, but still embarassing).

CP

 

Dontcha just love it when life happens....
Just this past weekend my son left a box of crayons (a little four pack handed out by the cafe where we'd just had lunch) sitting on the rear center arm rest on my CLK55. We came out after seeing "Singing in the Rain" and found a red & white river of wax across the arm rest and down the seat back.

Ice & patience got all of the solid wax off, Lexol and elbow grease got every trace off the surface & out of the seams (the cloth stitches were by far the most difficult to get the red out of).

My mess was on leather. For cloth, I'd try GooGone to cut the wax, then whatever your favorite fabric cleaner is to remove the oily GooGone residue.

Good luck

 

Try a folded clean cotton cloth, and apply heat with an iron. The heat should melt the wax and it will wick into the cotton. turn the cloth frequently. Keep applying, this will get most or all of it.

Works on carpet too.

Good luck, Smoky

 

do you happen to have an iron with a car lighter adapter?

 

The trick for ball point pens marks and crayons is hairspray. Don't ask me why, but it really does work.

I would use ice to get all the wax off first, and then give the hairspray a try.

Also, I would try a test spot first to see how the gair spray affects the fabric, but this should take care of it.

Good luck

 

GG, still using that black crayon for an eyebrow pencil, are we?

 

I've never used an eyebrow pencil in my life, let alone a crayon for it, but I do have them shaped once every two weeks when I get a manicure and pedicure. Red toe nails this week.

 

Ah, "Hints From Heloise" on the MBforum. This place never ceases to amaze me.

 

Now, I imagine nail polish is something that you definitely don't want to get on the seats.

Cheers, BT

 

As we say to anyone with a special vehicle: -
Please post pictures ..

(sorry, couldnt resist)

 

Don't worry she gets this request every other day in the off-topic forum.



BT

 

...And she doesn't listen there, either.

 

Heloise rocks, that woman must know every trick in the world.

Yikes! But there are tricks for that one too as I found out the hard way when nail polish got on my couch.

It's been more lately, actually.

Bob, haven't seen your picture either, tell ya what, I'll make you the same deal I made Tommy. You post a picture of yourself in a speedo, and I'll post one in a string bikini or a thong bikini (we can have a poll to decide once you post a picture)

 

The idea is to welcome people to the forum, not scare them away. tommy and I agree on this point. So, you're safe, if you really want to be. Truthfully, I'm not convinced that you don't enjoy teasing us, Ms "Red Toe Nails this week"...

 

That would be an affirmative, both to the pics and her "stop teasing me" stuff. We'll know she's gone too far when she posts her bikini waxing schedule.

 

GG, Richard did not ask for pictures of you. He asked for pictures of your feet. Must be some kind of fetish.:p

 

Ok, now it's your turn: :p

 

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Yea, that's the ticket... thirty years ago...:o :o :o

 

haha,

I think galaxygrrl should just post her pic already and if u wanna take any requests u can post the one of u in a thong bikini.

 

Still waiting for the real thing from Bob or Tommy!

 

i got a pic i can post!? its me at pool and a pic when i was like 14 or so in a speedo. will that do GG?

 

i think she should just say YES and make us all happy.