It's been on my carpet for months now, it looks black and disgusting! It's really worked into the carpet.
2007-01-11 05:26:05 · 22 answers · asked by Bette 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Two options, and the first one you probably won't like. But since it's been there that long that its been thoroughly worked into the fibers, you will probably have to trim it out with scissors.
The second is to get a chemical called Goof-Off (Wal*Mart, Home Depot, etc). Soak a cloth with the chemical and then rub at the gum. It will take a LOOOONNNGGG time to dissolve the gum, but it might work without having to cut the fibers. You should test a spot for color fastness first but I think it'll work.
2007-01-11 05:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Use Goo Gone. You can (cheaply) buy it online or at almost any store. It works FAST and has a strong but pleasant citrus scent. It works like a miracle. I had gum stuck on a skirt for over a year and scrubbing, scrapping, and icing it didn't help... most of those solutions actually made it worse. I sprayed a little bit of Goo Gone onto the gum, rubbed it in with a damp cloth, and in seconds it was gone and my skirt was once again wearable. I can also attest it works the same way with gum in carpeting, and just as quickly.
Good luck! :)
2007-01-12 18:51:13 · answer #2 · answered by KLT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go to Robbie's Handy Household Tips and Tricks: Laundry Tips & Tricks it says to brush egg whites on the gum and let it stand for 15 minutes, this is for gum on clothes but carpet is sometimes made out of the samething clothes are so I don't see why it would not work on your carpet. After the 15 minutes is up use a teaspoon of laundry soap and hot water to scrub the spot and the gum should come up.
2007-01-11 05:35:22 · answer #3 · answered by toosweet4utoo 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Get a can of compressed air (usually can find some in the electronic department of most stores). Spray this directly on the gum for a minute or so (it gets very cold rapidly) until it is frozen solid. Then it will chip right out. This method uses the same cooling principle as refrigerators and air conditioners. When compressed air is released it expands and cools.
2007-01-11 05:51:41 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
U should have used peanut butter as soon as u noticed the gum or cleaned it up before letting it go so long. It may be too late to salvage except to cut it out with scissors or shears.
2007-01-11 05:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by papabeartex 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put ice on it for about a minute and then it might come off its new but not really old and black probaly not we had it in our carpet and in my HAIR and it worked.
2007-01-11 06:41:55 · answer #6 · answered by root_beer54 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Goo Gone gets just about anything out but you want to try it on a small patch first to be sure it wont discolor your carpet
2007-01-11 08:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by hotmoma_37 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gum-Out
2007-01-11 06:29:49 · answer #8 · answered by Ron J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First get ice and put it on the gum it will harded the gum where you can pull it off. Unless you have waited to long.
2007-01-11 05:29:37 · answer #9 · answered by SUN FLOWER 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you can get gum out of the carpet by like, wetting it for awhile, then, while it gets wet, lets try to get it out of the carpet with the rag,...or just scrape it off and then try pressing hard on it by rubbing it offf./......
2007-01-11 05:29:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋