Gum Removal on Clothing

There is a product by Shaklee called Basic H2 that works great. It's been around since the 60s. My daughter recently sat in gum at the ball field and got it all over her good shorts and our car. Worked great. Put some on in concentrated form and I scraped it with a spoon for a few minutes and it was out of both of them. The product also has many other uses. One bottle of concentrated H2 will last you probably a year or so and it retails around $12. It is non toxic and safe around the kids, I use it for many, many things. This is the product that made me want to start a shaklee business. I didn't realize how harmful the things I was cleaning with were until I looked into these products. If you'd like to buy a bottle my website is www.shaklee.net/dudinyak, or if you have any questions you can email me at ____@____.com you try it you'll love it.

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E.,
My 13 year old step daughter forgot to remove a pack of pink bubble gum from her shorts, and I forgot to double check. The shorts and gum went thru the wash and dryer. Got all over my husbands dress work shirts. Took them to the dry cleaner and they got all of the pink bubble gum out of everything.
Good luck!
Chris

There is a product called Goo B Gone you can usually get it at walmart. Try that and it should work.

Hi!
There are 2 products I have that say they work on gum. I have never tried them on gum but they do work on crayon and sticker adhesive. They are for sticky gooey messes and both say they work for gum.
De-Solv-It and Goo Gone
Reading the backs, it looks like the goo gone is a safer cleaner and I think that is the one that you can find at the grocery store, or Target or Wal-Mart.
Best of luck!

E.:

I have used an ice cube on my childrens clothes before when they have gotten gum stains on them. If you rub it on them and get it hard enough then use something like a butter knife and in a sense peel it off it takes time but it has always worked for me.

C.

I, too, have heard of using ice to freeze the gum & then it's supposed to kind of peel off. Good luck!

Hello E.:

Placing ice on the gum will allow you to remove the gum. Not sure about gum stain. There's a product call "Carbona" you should be able to purchase this product anywhere (888-745-5599) its' possible they produce a product to remove gum stains.

Hope this helps.

try a ice cup on your pants. i know ice cubes work in hair when bubble gum gets caught in them. i remember this from when i was little and got bubble gum caught in my hair. hold the ice cube over the area which has gum on it until it freezes and gets hard and then try to get the gum off. I am pretty good at removing stains.if that option does not work then try the olive oil then soak your pants in dawn dish soap then wash them so the oil will come out of your pants. if you ever get ink from a pen on your pants try hair spray,it helps repel the ink. good luck.

I remember as a kid my mom using ice cubes and rubbing them over gum that was stuck. It seemed to loosen the gum as it melted and got more watery.

My son had some gum on his pants and I tried using ice to freeze the gum, but that didn't work. Then I tried to put the pants in the freezer to freeze it, but that didn't work. Then I tried some spray freezing stuff - Champion Sprayon Chewing Gum & Candle Wax Remover. I think I got it at Ace Hardware. That did the trick. You have to apply it and immediately scrape it with a knife, and repeat several times, but it eventually comes off. Good luck!

If the pants aren't the kind that will "water spot", wrap the gum around an ice cube and scrape it with a butter knife as it hardens. You may still have to resort to the oil if it doesn't all come off.

If they water spot, contact your dry cleaner. They usually have solutions for this, but you will risk ruining the pants.

Shaklee makes a basic H cleaning product that removes gum very easily. This happened to me and it worked! I don't sell it, but I know someone who does if you are interested. ____@____.com

I am a partner with a wellness company and we have an excellent product to take that out and if it doesn't you can get your money back. Write me back and I will be glad to tell you about this product and how you can setup your account to purchase it.

I would try Goo Gone. It works on removing every other 'sticky' thing and it doesn't stain clothing. They have Goo Gone gel now too which might work better. Good luck!

I tired this cream stuff called goop hand cleaner. Freezing didnt work for me becuase I'd already washed the jacket that my son had it in nad it smeared. The goop stuff was in a long white tube larger than a toothpaste one but same shape. It rubbed right off and then I wshed it and everyting came out. Good Luck