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Remove chewing gum

Chewing gum is not my favorite type of candy or sweet thing but the kids sure love it. If you ever look down at a pavement you can see where people have spat out their chewing gum for you to step in. It is a terrible problem for local authorities who are in charge of cleaning it up, as soon as they remove it, someone will replace it.

I have gathered a multitude of ways that you can remove chewing gum from your hair, clothes and carpets. So read on if you are looking to remove some chewing gum.

Egg White.
The white of an egg will remove chewing gum from most things, including your hair. Put the white of an egg on the gum and leave for a couple of minutes. Then work the gum out with your fingers little by little.

Freeze it out.
If the chewing gum is on an item of clothing, put the item in the freezer. The chewing gum will go hard and all you need to do is crack it off. You can also use the freezing technique on larger items, such as a car seat or carpet, by using ice cubes. Place an ice cube onto the gum and slowly rub it around. The gum will harden and you will be able to crack it off in big pieces.

Chocolate.
This technique will work great if you have chewing gum in your clothes or hair. Melt some chocolate and rub some of the melted chocolate into the gum. The chocolate dissolves the chewing gum's stickiness - so it can be brushed or combed out instead of having to cut it out. 

Mayonnaise.
Mayonnaise will also remove chewing gum. Simply apply and work it in, gum softens and comes off easily.

Vinegar.
Saturate the area that has the gum on it with vinegar. The gum will actually dissolve. If the vinegar is heated first the process will work faster.

Peanut Butter.
Simply apply peanut butter to the offending gum and work it in. The gum comes right off.

Lemon Juice.
Chewing gum can be removed from clothes if the gum is first soaked in lemon juice and then the clothes are washed as normal.

WD40/Penetrating Oil.
Very similar to the other chewing gum remover tips. Simply spray the sticky gum with WD40 and work it into the gum. The gum will come out easily.



Visitors comments



 
Vinegar Fantastic Comments By: Laura on 2007-10-19
I have to admit, I was a bit sceptical, it seems too easy, but the warm vinegar and a toothbrush got the gum out of my favourite jeans. Thanks for the tip.
 
Mayo worked Right off Comments By: Kevster on 2007-11-18
thanks a lot it came right off!
 
Vinegar is AMAZING!! Comments By: Jordana, Fife on 2007-11-23
2 Smart price tooth brushes for 15p, a bottle of vinegar for 45p, half a cup of vinegar heated up in the microwave for a minute and in less than 30 seconds the 2 bits of chewing gum on my car seat were gone!!!

My mum had sat on chewing gum and without realising got into my car and got it on my seat.

Thank-you for the Vinegar tip it was brilliant! Called my mum to tell her to try the same on her trousers.

THANK-YOU!!!

 
vinegar Comments By: Anon on 2008-01-05
i applied heated vinegar to the gum on a pair of jeans with a toothbrush. like magic, the gum just scraped right off (with the toothbrush)
 
Remove chewing gum with vinegar Comments By: Becca on 2008-01-13
Thank you so much - can't quite believe it worked but i poured hot vinegar on my brand new jeans that id somehow managed to get chewing gum stuck to on a night out (grrr) and it came off straight away! so glad i gave it a go or they would be in the bin now! thanks again!
 
remove with mayonaise Comments By: hugh on 2008-01-13
thanks for the tip! worked perfectly - and i got to eat the mayonaise afterwards!
 
It WORKED!! Comments By: Anon on 2008-01-23
In school, leaned on the radiator, gum melted and stuck to my skirt..walked round looking stupid all day it dried in really deep. Freezing didnt work but combo of warm vinegar and mayo worked a treat! Thanks!
 
vinnegar rox!!! Comments By: nate in Oshkosh WI on 2008-03-28
we used vinnegar on my jeans that used to sit outside in the snow that we tried the freeze method with but that failed horribly the blue gum came out very quickly the warm vinnegar is awsome.
 
Washing up liquid and salt Comments By: Julie on 2008-04-22
Tried freezing them and though the larger chunks came off the rest didn't but just with a bit of washing up liquid, salt and scrubbing it came off quickly and easily. Thanks for the simple yet very effective advice.
 
white wine vinegar Comments By: Gill on 2008-05-09
Used warm white wine vinegar on a cloth to remove chewing gum on red fabric car seat (beloved mini!). Removed fine and no colour loss. Great. Thanks.
 



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