How to Get a Melted Crayon Out of the Upholstery of a Car

Keeping your children busy during a long car trip can make your drive more peaceful. Coloring can keep your children occupied, but when a crayon is forgotten in the car and melts on the upholstery, you are left with a waxy dye stain to clean up. To effectively remove the crayon stain, you must remove the wax substance and the dye from the stain without spreading it further.

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  Fill a plastic zip bag with ice cubes. Use a bag big enough to cover the melted crayon stains on your car's upholstery. Set the bag of ice on the melted crayon and leave it in place until the crayon is frozen and hard.

• 2

  Remove the bag of ice and set aside in case you need to harden the crayon again. Pry up the edge of the hardened crayon with your fingernail or the edge of a credit card. Peel the crayon substance off your car's upholstery, using your fingernail or credit card to lift up stubborn areas.

• 3
  When you use a white towel, you can see how much of the crayon stain has lifted. white towel - spa image by Rido from Fotolia.com

  Saturate the remnants of crayon stains on your car's upholstery with a water-displacement spray, such as WD-40. Leave the solution on the stain to loosen and lift it. Blot the crayon stain with a clean cloth to transfer the stain from your upholstery to the cloth.

• 4

  Apply more water-displacement spray to the remaining crayon stain. Drizzle liquid hand dish washing detergent on top of the water-displacement spray. Wet a clean cloth, and dab the solution into the crayon stain with the cloth.

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  Blot at the crayon stain from the outside, moving into the middle. Press a clean, dry cloth into the stain to remove the cleansing materials and the crayon stain. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 until the crayon stain is gone, then rinse by blotting with a dampened cloth and allow your car's upholstery to air dry.