How to paint over crayon marks.

The kid's found the crayons and have just made an art project of their bed room walls. Clean it off? Sorry there is a 99% chance this is a waste of time. Your going to have to repaint and do a better job of hiding the crayons.

Step one is lightly sand the crayon marks on the wall. This not to remove all of the crayon marks but simply get some of it off so the texture of the crayon marks do not show through your fresh paint.

You will need to prime. If your facing a project as large as pictured you will need to prime the entire wall. Some latex primers will seal the marks out but ask the paint supplier for their recommendation for sealing crayon marks. It is a possibility you will need to use a oil based primer. Oil based primer/sealers are the best for this job but do present there own set of problems.

The smell is likely #1 on the hassle's of oil based primer/sealers,#2 slow drying times and clean up.

So do some work and find a latex primer/sealer that will do the job and avoid using oil based primer at all cost. A product called Kilz 2 will do the job most of the time and it is a latex primer sealer.

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