Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihlpg!sed408 From: sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (s. dugan) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Cleaning up after "artistic" kids Message-ID: <1121@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 13:20:55 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.1121 Posted: Fri Aug 23 13:20:55 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 00:17:56 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 25 > > We've just moved into a new house, and our little boy, who is > going on two, decided to write on the walls in pencil. How > do you get pencil marks off painted walls? I tried erasing > them, which did soften the effect, and scrubbing them with > a solution of Spic-and-Span in water. Any other ideas, please? > > Thanks! Believe it or not, I found that any of the numerous brands of "baby wipes" seem to work very well on pen and crayons. I haven't tried them on pencil. A little bit of elbow grease helps, too. -- Sarah E. Dugan "Thank God It's Friday." ########################################################################### # AT&T Bell Labs IH 1D-408 The Forest (home) # # Naperville-Wheaton Rd. 1353 Crab Apple Court Apt. 101 # # Naperville, Illinois 60566 Naperville, Illinois 60540 # # (312) 979 - 5545 (312) 355 - 0445 # ###########################################################################