How do you remove gum from clothing?

Rikki

Most suggest putting it in a plastice bag and placing in the freezer. When its gone hard you can pick it off.

Liney_2

I agree with Rikki - pop the jacket in the freezer. Failing that I think stain devils do a chewing gum remover (not very OS though). Good luck.

janeawej

the stain devils stuff does work although as you say not very os, i used it after freezing and picking off as it was smeared allover dds coat from some on the seat of a chair she laid her coat on, the freezing got most off but needed the stain devil for the worst bits, yuk!

janb5

Or the other way is to put brown paper over the gum( a bag will do) and iron over the paper. The heat will remove the gum to the paper. HTH

Lurleene

I know this sounds barmy,but rubbing peanut butter into chewing gum can help. Cross my heart!

achtunglady

I am so annoyed, my raincoat has got some chewing gum on it and ive only just spent £18 getting it dry cleaned and re-proofed. I've read all the suggestions, how ever i dont want to spoil the coat as i dont know what chemicals they put to reproof it, neither do i want to put any oils or solvents, unless someone who knows about the chemicals can advise me, this coat cost me £75 ten years ago and was a great timeless investment, i'd hate to have to get rid of it because of the chewing gum. Thanks

achtunglady

I went to my local dry cleaners who got the chewing gum out by using steam, she was so nice and didnt charge me to do it. She said not to put any oils, washing up liquid or solvents on dry clean only clothes, only on clothes that can be washed or else you end up with an oil stain.

annifranakapan

Hi, my darling daughter came home from school yesterday with chewing gum all over the lapel of her new dark woolen coat :mad:
I put the coat in a plastic bag in the freezer overnight and have managed to pick off the majority of the gum but there's still quite a bit of it embedded in the wool.
Any ideas on how to remove this or will I have to bite the bullet and put it into the dry cleaners?

Many thanks

Anni

JoeyEmma

If you actually hold an ice cube onto the fabric for a few seconds, that might help you pick off the last remnants that are stuck to it.

Gingham_Ribbon

Here's an older thread on removing chewing gum from clothes that may be helpful.