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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 worked on skirt and car seat Comments By: beckyalsbury on 2008-05-09
Hi tried vinegar as I didn't want to wait ages for skirt to freeze and mess about with ice - came off very easily - the scouring pad idea was very good as the butter knife didn't work at scraping off the gum.
 
Vinegar Comments By: tori on 2008-05-12
after a night of hardcore partying last saturday woke up with a bad hangover and chewy on my faverite dress which i paid 50 quid for. Ouch.

froze it didnt seem to work cos it spread itself out.

used vingar and a toothbrush came out well without damaging the fabric.

thanks for the tip.

Dirty wenches stop spitting chewy on chairs. thank you.

 
Using White Vinegar on Seemingly Fused Chewing Gum Comments By: Anon on 2008-06-03
Hi everyone. I recently went to a movie theater and came away with an extremely unpleasant surprise. I had sat in a very large wad of just expelled chewing gum during the entire feature. Oh was I mad! My mother suggested using nail polish remover on the gum which absolutely did not work. However, I just tried your vinegar method (I used cold white vinegar), and it worked like a charm! Now I can launder my jeans as I normally would and won't have to discard them. A thousand thank yous.
 
vinegar is the best Comments By: steph on 2008-06-27
i have never seen chewy go so quickly from clothing before. Heated up in microwave and applied with old toothbrush. Gone in matter of minutes.
 
Gum on Car Seat vs Mad Grandfather Comments By: Joe B. on 2008-07-12
Gum won round 1 when ice did not work. Grandfather scored a 15 second round 2 knockout with the aid of hot vinegar. THANKS YOU for the vinegar tip.
 
gum on face Comments By: Tracy on 2009-03-28
smear peanut butter on the gum and wipe off with a paper towel.
 
mayo Comments By: liam on 2008-07-19
mayo works a wonder got it on the top of my trainers dont ask how ! got the gum off in mins thanks ....
 
vinegar helps!!! Comments By: Shiney on 2008-07-21
the gum got rubbed way into my NEW jeans. we tried the freezer tip, that barely worked on the big chunks. then my mom found this great tip! we only had cider vinegar and that took a little bit longer than what some other people said. we had to work on it for about 2 minutes but every bit came out! thanx a lot!!!
 
thanks great tip Comments By: dee on 2008-07-21
i heated the vinegar in the microwave then put it on the jeans, used a nail brush to scrub and the chewing gum just rolled up and disapeared, thanks great tip.
 
Icely does it Comments By: Adrian on 2008-07-23
Ice. Fingers. 15 seconds. Done.

Superb.

 



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