Wax and gum family: freeze, scrape, melt
How to get chewing gum out
Gum base is a rubbery polymer. Cold makes it brittle.
Do this first
Freeze an hour
Fresh stain
- Freeze an hour
- Crack and scrape off
- Dab solvent or dish soap on residue
- Wash
Dried or old
- Same
- Fabric care
- Don't wash or dry before removing.
- Time
- 20 min
- How to tell
- Look: grey or pink glob; Feel: sticky or hard; Smell: mint
Where this fix comes from
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Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.