What's the best way to get chewing gum out of carpet?

Answer 1

Peanut butter works good on gum in hair...May do same for carpet.

Answer 2

Apply peanut butter to the carpet, let it set for a little while, then use a comb & remove it from the carpet. Be sure to remove the left over peanut butter with a clean cloth or paper towel. You can also lay ice cubes on top of the gum until it hardens, then the gum should come right off.

Answer 3

Rub a little petrol into the gum, hmmm, it might destroy the carpet though. only do this if its time for desperate measures. Alternatively,find a way to freeze the gum so you can simply crack it off. Personally, i would go with the petrol, cant fail.

Answer 4

as noted by others here, the ice cube is step one. after pulling the cold stiff gum up, wipe the area with goo gone, then rise with damp cool cloth

if you have no ice, try a can of dust off spray, upside down. most use a form of liquid gets very cold as it evaporates.

Answer 5

Goo Gone, it's amazing, will take gum and anything else sticky off of anything! You can buy it at Home Depot or Lowes or stores like that. It's not that expensive and works like a charm

Answer 6

Apply an ice cube directly to the gum, it should pull out easy.

Answer 7

Freeze it by covering it with ice for several minutes. It will harden the gum and make it easy to remove.

Answer 8

you need to freeze it..... thats what gum removers do you can usually find them anywhere,,,,,,, i would not reccomend baby oil or goo b gone because it can cause stains in the carpet from the coloring in the gum

Answer 9

you put a newspaper on it and then you iron it so the chewing gum sticks on the newspaper :)

Answer 10

Hair spray