How to Get Melted Gum Out of Clothing

Hi K., sorry, I didn't take the time to read all of the responses but the best way & easiest is to use cigarette lighter flluid, not propane but the old fashion liquid. It melts the gum right out. If it leaves a greasy spot, use dish soap & wash it out before you put it into wash. Dawn or Joy work well. Good luck.

Peanut Butter is the best way to get gum out of anything. Rub a small amount on spot and watch it melt away. Something about the oil in the pb will get it out.

I gotta go with rubbing peanut butter on it ,wait a few minutes and the oils in the peanut butter release the gum then use spray and wash and wash in machine if all is gone .I have done this several times on clothes and hair !I have 4 kids ,it works & good luck , Razzle Dazzle the Clown

Citra-Solv will get it right out. You can buy it at Whole Foods. Goo Gone may work, but I have personally not tried it.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

Put the shirts in the freezer. When the gum is hard you can just scrape it off!
R. R.

It takes grease to fight grease. Use peanut butter, rub it in and let set about 15 minutes. Scrape excess off and spray with Shout or Spray and Wash, or something like it. Wash in hot water with detergent. Do not dry until you check to see if it is all gone. Repeat if necessary.

Put the clothes in the freezer then scrape it off. If the fabric will be ok like Cotton use some WD40 but keep rubbing and scraping with a dull knife. Good Luck Color crayons are worse. G. W

I've put the clothes in the freezer before. Let the gum get really hard and you should be able to pop it right off or use a butter knife. hope that helps.

Hi K.,
I did the same thing not too long ago, the best thing to use is ice cubes. Put the cube on top of the gum and let it sit. Once the gum is hard, you can scrape it off. Good Luck!

L.

Ice cubes? That might work but will take some elbow grease.

I've heard ice can help.
Lonie

Put ice on the gum, freeze it and it will come off in chunks.

Put it in the freezer for several hours it should help.

The freezer method works but it's a pain. Put baby oil on it and then rub it with Dawn Dish Detergent. I has to be Dawn. It will roll right off of his shirt. Then spray with Spray and Wash or something to get the oil out when you wash it. I've done this tons of times as my son and husband have both forgotten their gum in their pockets.

goo gone??? try that

Hi K.,
I requested help a short time ago with gum on clothing. The way I successfully removed the gum is too long to type again, but it's on here. Check in the Requests and Responses section to research it and you should find it. It doesn't take long to look something up.
Leanne

I've tried both freezer and goo gone. Both work like a charm.

It's not a home treatment, but your dry cleaner can probably get it out. Mine was able to get gum out of a blouse without any damage or residue when I was stumped at home. Good luck!

There is a product called Carbona they have website www.carbona.com. They have several stain removers that gets different things out and one of them if chewing gum. My friend has used several different ones that they make and said they really worked. She said she gets them at Walmart. Hope this helps.

Try boling water with detergent-dip shirt where the gum is into the bloing water for 15 seconds or so the scrape off with a spoon. Or try a dry cleaning fluid-lighter fluid,energene,or spot shot-apply, let stand of 30 seconds or so, scrape off with a spoon. For the best kept screts of spot removal-www.UnitedCaretClean.com or you can call my cell ###-###-#### J. Larriviere

K.-
I've done the same thing--try rubbing peanut butter in the gum. The oil in the peanut butter breaks down the gum and releases it. It takes some elbow grease, so don't give up on the first try, it works.

Good Luck-
K. M.

Have you tried putting it in the freezer?

Place it in the freezer then it should scrape off.

Peanut butter for clothes and hair...
Used it a million times.

Stick the shirt in the freezer for a few hours, then try again. If that doesn't work, there are presoaks that state that they remove gum, so I'd try that. Good Luck!