Crayon marks are often a challenge to get rid of, but what do you do when your toddler has run wild with the colours on your brand new TV?
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Lifehacker reader Del wrote in with a useful pointer:
Seeing your tip for removing crayon from walls with vinegar reminded me of the time my 2 year old took crayons to my 3 week old LCD TV. As you can imagine, I wasn’t too impressed! I Googled the problem, only to discover that I wasn’t the only parent with this problem. Everything from plasma screens to iMacs, projector screens to laptops have been colourfully decorated by budding Monets around the world with everything from crayons to ball-point pens. The even better news is that Crayola.com, makers of the offending weapon, have a
Wendy Tobin
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 7:38 AMWD40 worked fast and removed the crayon from our LCD without breaking a sweat!
Matt Esse
Monday, April 19, 2010 at 1:59 PMI laughed when this article first came out; but filed it away in my brain under “useless trivia”, but on the weekend, My 7, 4 and 2 year olds traced around a picture that was paused on the 50″ Plasma – this tip worked perfectly! It is now filed in my brain under “Butt Savers!”
Kayla
Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 11:49 AMDid this really work? My brother just did this on my grandpa’s $2000 dollar tv and he is totally freaking out now… I dont want to make it worse if this doesnt work
Heidi
Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 3:55 AMYes it works great, I was a lil worried, but it worked great without damaging it. You just don’t wanna drench it though. FYI: I also found that WD-40 works awsome to get gum and nail polish off of sheets and laundry! :)
Kelly
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 9:22 PMThank you so much for this tip! Was rather angry and worried that our 2 week old tele was going to have permanent crayon marks all over it but worked a treat!
Miya
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 8:09 PMI always keep a WD40 at home its my handy helper. Now i consider him my best friend. Thank you so much cleaning the tv screen was such a breeze.