How do you remove gum from clothing?

squeaky

Done already

Mandles

Anyone know how to get chewing gum out of school trousers? Some little so & so put it on my sons chair and school were brill and put the whole class in detention until someone grassed or owned up . No one did so they have another detention(tough school...they are great!).
They also put trousers in freezer for me but there is stil a very large blob of sticky gew(very obvious) .Anyone know how to get it right out?

Nile

Hello Mandles

Don't panic! I'm sure that the experts in the 'Old Style' board will come to the rescue, so I'll move your thread across for you.

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Nile

raa_thistle

If your son is at a secondary school with a reasonable chemistry department, they should have got it out for you in a few minutes. they can use various organic solvents to loosen the gum. My old schools lab techs were brilliant at this, but unfortunately idk what they use. You could try asking your son to ask them.

pennineman

You could try rubbing the gum with a plastic bag filled with ice until the gum is frozen and then chip away with a spoon.

Chewing gum on clothes is an occupational hazard of teaching . . . .

janb5

As far as I know there are 2 methods. The first is to cover area with brown paper(paper bag is fine) and then iron over it. The gum will adhere to the paper.

The second is to put them in the freezer and then chip the gum off with your fingers. HTH

cariad

You could try WD40, it's brilliant for lots of things..

squeaky

I think the previous posters have covered it, but there's an older thread (held in the MEGA Index) in the link that may help too:-

- Chewing gum on jeans

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, I won't allow gum into my house for just this reason! Try putting the trousers in the freezer overnight - the school probably didn't have the opportunity to leave them for long enough. The gum should break off after that. Any residue try WD40 as suggested, or lighter fuel.

HTH, Penny. x

culpepper

In my miserly moms book,she suggests
'slathering peanut butter all over it 'which would dissolve the gum.