How to remove the gum from clothing?

Every day, many people are faced with such an incident as getting chewing gum on clothes. For many, such a situation causes panic and readiness for having to part with a thing for ever. But the case is not as tragic as they think about it. There are many life hacking on how to remove the gum from almost any fabric. After studying this material, you can become confident that even if you or your child have dropped a bubble on clothes, the problem is subject to a simple and effective solution.

Before deciding whether to remove the gum, determine what type of pollution it belongs to in a particular case. There are several types of chewing gum stains:

• Weakly adhering gum - such pollution, in which the contact of the gum with a cloth occurred recently. This type of stain is the most easily visible.
• It is much more difficult to get rid of chewing gum smeared on clothes. Its fiber is thinned, and a thin layer of it is stronger than eats into the fabric.
• Sometimes you can find spots of chewing gum, eaten in the form of a dense piece. This option can be found on clothing with villi or fur inserts, which are very susceptible to the effects of sticky chewing mass.

Keep an eye on the sticking chewing incident row tools and equipment that will help to quickly clean the dirt:

• In the freezer should always be ready to pieces of ice.
• In the fridge, it will be good to keep a small bottle of Pepsi-Cola, the composition of which is able to cope with many household pollution.
• If it is not possible to remove stains with an iron, have on hand either a building dryer or a similar device for drying hair.
• In the first aid kit should keep hydrogen peroxide or alcohol. Means with a cooling effect will also not be superfluous to remove the gum.
• Vinegar is useful in the kitchen.
• For safety net, it is necessary to purchase stain removers specially designed for removal of particularly complex dirt.

In addition to the features of the stain, it is necessary to look at the composition of the fabric from which the thing is made. Each material has its own characteristics, so it is easier to remove the gum from some canvases, and clearing others takes more time and effort:

• To clean the dirt from cotton clothing, you should straighten it in the place where the stain is located and put it in a ziplock or bag. After closing the bag, put it in the freezer. After a few hours of being in the cold, the gum itself lags behind the fabric and is quietly removed. But if there are small parts of the gum, soak the product with detergent and wash it.

• Jeans - a fabric with which the chewing gum is removed by the method of boiling. For this, a piece of jeans with a sticky elastic is dipped in boiling water and gently trying to separate the gum from the fabric. You can repeat the procedure several times to achieve the full result.

• An alternative method is cleaning with acetic acid. It must be heated in a water bath, not boiling. Using a toothbrush, apply the substance to the stain and carefully remove the gum. Vinegar contributes to a fairly quick detachment of sticky fibers from the fabric.

• To clean the pants, you can use an iron and a sheet of paper. The soiled place should be ironed, and this will contribute to the removal of chewing gum. But this method is not suitable for delicate fabrics that react to temperature and for heavily stubborn stains. Sometimes a hairdryer can act as an alternative to the iron. This method is only suitable for natural materials, it is not applicable for synthetic items.

• To clean sweaters or sweaters with a long nap, you can put a bag with a thing in the refrigerator, but not for several hours, but for a day. This technique will allow the chewing gum to harden so much that it can be split with one blow.
• Sometimes gum can stick to outerwear, which is not always possible to put in the freezer. To remove the stain from the jacket or bolonovye pants, you can use pieces of ice from the freezer. They need to handle sticky gum until it becomes hard.

• Other cleansing techniques require jackets made of leather. In this case, it is advisable to remove the gum with acetone or manicure remover. This technique allows you to quickly get rid of pollution. Choosing between acetone and nail polish remover, you should give preference to the latter, if the gum is stuck on a thing of delicate fabric. On the tool must be indicated the absence of acetone.
• A very unusual way to remove the gum from such delicate fabrics as chiffon is to dip the product in Coca-Cola. This drink has the property of detaching dirt molecules from the surface.

There are a number of interesting ways to remove chewing gum from fabric at home:

• An excellent tool to effectively clean the gum, are household solvents. These include kerosene and gasoline. It is necessary to apply a small amount of any of these liquids on the gum, wait until its structure is saturated with the composition and calmly rub off the pollution with a flat thin object.

• Gum from tight pants is perfectly removed with alcohol and a cotton pad. It takes only three minutes to hold the wet disc on pollution, and you can forget about the problem.
• If the chewing gum had time to dry out and penetrated into the fibers of the fabric, you should not experiment with folk remedies. It will be easier to wipe the stain with a stain remover. Put means on the damaged site, leave a thing in a basin with hot water until it does not become room. After this time, the chewing gum should soften and can be removed with the blunt side of the knife.

• To clean the stuck mass, suitable substances, which include a lot of fat. Popular is peanut butter, which has a very oily texture. You will need a very small amount of oil, which should be applied only to the gum itself. If you go beyond the boundaries, the substance stains clothes, leaving a greasy mark on her. After 5 minutes, the composition will soak the fibers of the bubble gum, and the pollution can be carefully removed with a knife.

• An interesting way to remove chewing gum, which had time to dry on clothes, is to use another gum. Chew the second gum to a soft texture, then sculpt it onto the old one and sharply pull it. Very often, this practice helps to get rid of the main part of the spot.
• It may happen that at hand there will be no hair dryer or iron. Then an ordinary kettle with boiling water can come to the rescue. Put it on the stove, and when steam starts to come out of it, substitute a contaminated piece of fabric under the steam jet. A hot stream of moist air can soften the gum, and after that it can be removed with a toothbrush.

• If the stain of chewing gum is fresh, then you can use scotch tape to remove it. Adhesive tape, glued across the gum, hook it, then follows a sharp movement to tear the tape from the fabric to achieve a visible result.
• Sometimes toluene is suitable for cleaning clothes from a bubble gum. The substance should be applied to the place of contamination and using a knife to remove the gum.

In order to go through the process of removing a gum from clothes without harming you and your belongings certain recommendations:

• Before starting the cleaning procedures, be sure to see the recommendations on the clothing label. Some things are unstable to high temperatures or other mechanical manipulations.
• Do not use caustic substances, such as acetic acid, on delicate fabrics. Vinegar instantly corrodes a thin product, and it will become completely unusable.
• If you remove chewing gum with harsh chemicals, use gloves to protect your skin from damage.

• For maximum effect, do not be afraid to combine several methods at the same time. But do not overdo it, because the abundant number of different influences can adversely affect the state of the tissue.
• Do not peel the chewing gum off the fabric with the sharp edge of a knife or blade. Such equipment can easily leave a puff on the fabric or even tear the product.
• If you still could not completely get rid of the chewing gum trace, do not rush to throw the thing away. Remnants of the stain can be disguised with accessories such as a brooch, scarf, patch and give things a second life.
• If the trace of the cud remained in the place that is difficult to disguise with accessories, then the product should be dry-cleaned.

How to clean clothes from chewing gum, see the following video.