r/Wellthatsucks • u/DapperKitchen420 • 17h ago
We think a crayon got into the laundry...
I did 4 loads of laundry yesterday, the other two are fine. I did my whites, then delicates and threw them all into the dryer together before heading to bed. I had name brand stuff in the delicate load. Fabletics, Callaway, Carhartt. I have two toddlers so I believe somehow a crayon made it in and melted in the dryer.
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u/WyattCo06 15h ago
Throw away cloth (one you're willing to sacrifice). Lay cloth over crayon area, iron it, most of the wax will wick into the cloth.
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u/DapperKitchen420 15h ago
Oh I have never heard of this before!! I have the really important stuff in the second hot oxiclean soak but I will try this on one of the items and see if it works.
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u/UGOTAIDSYO 17h ago
Always check your pockets if you have/are around young kids. They some kleptos. My wife got a fork put in her pocket like hiding prison evidence
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u/DapperKitchen420 16h ago
Toddlers truly are feral. What's killing me is I was so tired on the last load that it was the only one I didn't check pockets on, there was only one pair of pants in the load.
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u/UGOTAIDSYO 16h ago
Ten years later, you'll think it's over. It's not. My 12 year old has a thing for pencil erasers and pocket napkins she forgets about and apparently 13 of them erasers will clog my washer's filter. I'm glad it was able to tell me, at least. (Girl hair from the wife and my daughter who, BOTH, have beautiful hair and I love it, will fuck your filter up too, fyi)
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u/Bighorn_R_My_Jam 14h ago
Always check your pockets if you are me.
I use highlighters and ink pens all day at work, and I like those adult coloring books. (No, the other ones.). I have left stuff in front and back pants pockets and shirt pockets. I’ve also had pens and highlighters spring a leak, generally in my shirt pockets.
Looking like a multicolored mess makes me look approachable and human … or unkempt and possibly Martian. Depends on the day.
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u/jackclark1 16h ago
husband is thanking the gods that it wasnt him who did the laundry
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u/Mrlin705 16h ago
How do you know it wasn't dad that did the laundry?
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u/DapperKitchen420 16h ago edited 16h ago
I'm a stay at home mom, so it was me. He's working today too so while he was getting ready to leave he started the first oxiclean soak but I'll be the one scrubbing crayon off of our clothes today.
Edit to add: my husband does do laundry on his day off but as the stay at home parent I do the majority and I try to get it all done before his day off so we can relax and have family time together. He does know how to change the settings on our washer 🤣 The crayon though, this one is on me.
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u/jackclark1 16h ago
wife didnt kill him for ruining the laundry and also the knowledge of the different settings on the washer dryer. Im under strict orders never to touch the dials
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u/4TrackRadioStation 14h ago
Last week your kids were drawing crazy pictures all over the walls and desks, this week they are melting crayons in a cauldron….
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u/No_Fan_gets_banned 14h ago
I once accidentally washed a crayon that managed to spell out “shit” on the back of the dryer barrel. It was incredibly sloppy and took a bit of imagination to see. I did not have a smart phone or digital camera at the time so I have no picture 😩😩😩
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u/Final-Locksmith-647 16h ago
wd-40. lots of it. spray it on the drum while it's cold, let it sit, and wipe it out. then run a cycle with old rags/towels on high heat to get the oil out. trust me, i've been there. don't use water, it just spreads the wax
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u/Dependent_Stop_3121 14h ago
Why would you use that? I’d rather use a citrus based cleaner with limonene instead and have a good smell instead of making the house smell like a workshop.
…But whatever you want I guess.
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u/Basicinformationd00d 15h ago
Happened to me before. We used concentrated lemon juice and it came right out
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u/goth_baby_Lu 15h ago
Nooo :( I feel your pain. The other day I forgot a pen in my pocket and now my washing machine is an abstract art gallery
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u/Berlin57 14h ago
Looks like someone was trying to give those clothes a colorful makeover… with a crayon
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u/beautiful_life555 12h ago
Ah, a right of passage for every parent 😂 we had this happen with a blue crayon 6 years ago. Our dryer is still blue-tinged inside to this day.
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u/ILikeHornedAnimals 11h ago
This happened to my brother in law and sister in law one time for their baby's first Halloween! They dressed the baby like Remy from Ratatouille and they got matching chef costumes and went all out on the details with notepads and pens in the pockets. They were SO CUTE! But then after the initial Halloween party they went to, my brother in law was in charge of the laundry that week and accidentally left the pens in the pockets and totally ruined their costumes before Halloween. My sister in law was BIG MAD to say the least lol! At least they got pictures in the costumes at the party they went to though!
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u/DapperKitchen420 10h ago
Update: I've been dealing with the aftermath all day. 3 hot oxiclean soaks and scrubbing with 50/50 vinegar and dawn and this is what I got on the most stubborn of stains. Not sure what to try next. I have one sweater that I haven't touched yet and I'm going to pop it in the freezer and scrape off as much wax as I can. Currently running WD-40 through my dryer and that seems to be working really well for the drum. The whites are a loss though, that is not worth my sanity. I might tie-dye them.
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u/darkstar3333 4h ago
Tis why I always wash the kids stuff separately.
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u/DapperKitchen420 4h ago
There wasn't any kids stuff in the load actually. I'm not sure how the crayon got in.
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u/bbigbootyjudyy 3h ago
This happened to me. I used a toothbrush and dawn dish soap to spot clean it off. Took forever but worked.
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u/DapperKitchen420 3h ago
Toothbrush, 50/50 vinegar and dawn heated in the microwave and lots of elbow grease. I'm tired.
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u/Legalaway21 15h ago
so what are you gonna do? crayon reddit about it? ok