But first you need to get out the vacummn don t touch the pastel in the carpet just cordone off the area so no one steps in it again and get out the vacuumn.
Get pastels out of the carpet.
Oil pastels are richly pigmented and buttery to apply.
There are several ways to remove oil pastel stains from clothes.
Next wrap an ice cube in a plastic bag and apply the plastic bag directly on top of the stained area.
This will freeze any wax residue that remains.
How to get crayon out of carpet method 2.
Chalk is manufactured out of limestone and its traditional white form is used as a classroom tool for blackboards in forensics and for marking out patterns on fabric.
Do not use the beater bar attachment just the bare end of the metal hose.
I even tried it on an old black acrylic paint stain on my carpet and it just melted the paint.
Stick it right over the top of the pastel mark and let it sit there for a few seconds.
The carpet was fine.
When cleaning up a pastel mess always vacuum with the hose to get up most of the dust.
Upon discovering the crayon stain see if you can remove any excess colored wax using a dull knife.
The strategy of picking and cutting the oil pastel out of the carpet may seem barbaric and ill advised on first glance.
Start by using tweezers to pick as much of the oil pastel off of the carpet as possible.
If the oil is not dried on the carpet yet try using murphy s oil soap to remove the paint.
This will remove the chalk dust from carpet fibres but it will not remove the pastel colour.
Soft pastels are essentially chalk not as bad as oil pastels that s what s ground into my carpet you might just be able to use either a normal vacuum or a rug doctor to get it out.
That s what i used to clean my brushes with and a few drops of water with it to get it activated.
This works because oil pastels are a solid combination of pigment.
I m not 100 sure though.
However i ve implement it successfully on a few different occasions.
However they are easily swiped onto clothes or worse still left in a pocket when the item is laundered.
Blot out as much of the oil as possible with a cloth or paper towels as soon as you discover the stain.
This cleaner was recommended and i thought if it worked for dried oil paint it should work for pastel.
All is not lost however.