Particulate family: dry, brush, then wash
How to get sidewalk chalk out
Calcium carbonate with pigment. Comes out easily if you brush first.
Do this first
Shake and brush off outdoors
Fresh stain
- Shake and brush off outdoors
- Gently work in detergent
- Wash
Dried or old
- Same
- oxygen bleach for coloured shadow
- Fabric care
- Easy.
- Time
- 5 min
- How to tell
- Look: pastel powder; Feel: dusty; Smell: none
Where this fix comes from
- Household folk practice, checked against the guides above
- American Cleaning Institute, Stain Removal Chart
We check every fix against these published guides. We do not run a test lab of our own.
Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.