How do you remove gum from clothing?

Nurse_Bambi

Help!
Does anyone know a way to get chewing gum off clothes. I sat in some today in my new jeans!

Quackers

Sounds silly but put your jeans in the freezer for a couple of hours. Chewing gum will freeze, then it should peel offf. ;D

cathy_3

my sentiments entirely

;D ;D ;D ;D

Nurse_Bambi

Thank quackers and cathy!

I put them in the freezer over night and was able to get most of the gum off!! theres still residue on the jeans, do you think this will come off in the normal wash or is there a trick for this?!?

cheers.

Linda12_2

Try rubbing over the offending area with an ice cube first it may harden the gum enough to peel it off. Good luck

cathy_3

now rub with white vinegar or if you havnt got any use egg white

then launder and youll find the bit left will come off

;D

16011996

if its got into the grain of the matetial, iron under an old hanky, and rub whilst warm with some old blu tack.

Savvy_Sue

if its got into the grain of the  matetial, iron under an old hanky, and rub whilst warm with some old blu tack.

I have banned blu tak from the house as it's nearly as bad as chewing gum to remove from carpets!

16011996

rub it with some blu tack and it comes off. but must admit i hide it from the kids.

apprentice_tycoon

I searched the database (get me!) looking for info on how to get chewing gum off clothes -this is what I found - the above posts about freezing it off didn't really apply as the bulk of it was already off the trousers with washing and scraping with a knife but the real problem is - the gum is on the hem of my sons trousers, they are fashionably long and he walked around in them for hours not realising that the gum was there so it's well and truly walked into the fabric.

I tried the vinegar trick but not a lot happened.

Anyone got any other suggestions?

coffeeandfags

Dont know if this would work on clothes but...
I clean a local pub and to get chewing gum off the floors, i put really hot water on it so it goes soft, then it just scrapes off in a lump.

coffeeandfags