Comments on: How to Remove Gum http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/clothing-and-fabrics/stain-removal/how-to-remove-gum/ How to clean anything and everything! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bob http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/clothing-and-fabrics/stain-removal/how-to-remove-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-30700 bob Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:32:36 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=705#comment-30700 well, i wasshed a pak of gum and its all ovefr the dryer now! now what? well, i wasshed a pak of gum and its all ovefr the dryer now! now what?

]]> By: Gary http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/clothing-and-fabrics/stain-removal/how-to-remove-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-11839 Gary Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:08:16 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=705#comment-11839 Got soft gum rubbed deep into a fabric car seat. Applied butane gas, which froze the gum and allowed me to scrape 98% of the gum off easily. Each subsequent application caused water vapor to condense on the fabric and soon water ice turned the fabric rigid when frozen with butane. This didn’t help. Drying the fabric with a hair dryer before an application of butane helped get more gum, but even after 5 or 6 applications, not all gum could be removed by freezing with butane. The gum was really in there! Rubbing the thawed, but still wet area with a micro fiber cloth while drying with the hair dryer removed all visible traces of the gum. I assume the residual gum stuck to the micro fibers. Do the butane first, followed by micro fiber cloth and a little heat. Got soft gum rubbed deep into a fabric car seat. Applied butane gas, which froze the gum and allowed me to scrape 98% of the gum off easily. Each subsequent application caused water vapor to condense on the fabric and soon water ice turned the fabric rigid when frozen with butane. This didn’t help. Drying the fabric with a hair dryer before an application of butane helped get more gum, but even after 5 or 6 applications, not all gum could be removed by freezing with butane. The gum was really in there! Rubbing the thawed, but still wet area with a micro fiber cloth while drying with the hair dryer removed all visible traces of the gum. I assume the residual gum stuck to the micro fibers. Do the butane first, followed by micro fiber cloth and a little heat.

]]> By: Patty S. http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/clothing-and-fabrics/stain-removal/how-to-remove-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-6630 Patty S. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:29:54 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=705#comment-6630 Lighter fluid gets gum and other sticky substances out of fabric better than any other method I've used, including freezing and peanut butter. It even works on gum and other substances that have been washed and dried. I use the kind of lighter fluid that is made for cigarette lighters, not the kind for starting barbecues, although it might work too. Just apply a few drops of lighter fluid to the fabric while holding it over a sink. It will loosen the gum and you can scrape it off with a butter knife or fingernail. Then wash the area thoroughly with lots of soap and water in the sink to remove any smell. Then I recommend laundering the item in a washing machine just to be sure all the lighter fluid is gone. Be sure not to get the lighter fluid near any source that might ignite it. And be sure the lighter fluid is completely washed out of the item before putting it in a dryer. Lighter fluid also removes gum and sticky substances from carpet and other surfaces. It will also remove the adhesive from price tags that sticks on picture frames and other surfaces. Be sure to keep the lighter fluid away from children and store it properly. Lighter fluid gets gum and other sticky substances out of fabric better than any other method I’ve used, including freezing and peanut butter. It even works on gum and other substances that have been washed and dried. I use the kind of lighter fluid that is made for cigarette lighters, not the kind for starting barbecues, although it might work too.

Just apply a few drops of lighter fluid to the fabric while holding it over a sink. It will loosen the gum and you can scrape it off with a butter knife or fingernail. Then wash the area thoroughly with lots of soap and water in the sink to remove any smell. Then I recommend laundering the item in a washing machine just to be sure all the lighter fluid is gone.

Be sure not to get the lighter fluid near any source that might ignite it. And be sure the lighter fluid is completely washed out of the item before putting it in a dryer.

Lighter fluid also removes gum and sticky substances from carpet and other surfaces. It will also remove the adhesive from price tags that sticks on picture frames and other surfaces.

Be sure to keep the lighter fluid away from children and store it properly.

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