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Getting gum out of jeans.

Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I sat on a wad of gum at the bus stop, and now it's totally ground into the butt of my jeans.
How can I get it out? D:

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  • meatflowermeatflower Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Try a piece of very fine sand paper. Or not so fine...you know, if that distressed look is your thing. :P

    Edit: Also, if you don't own a small woodshop you could try the scrubber side of a sponge. Probably won't be as effective though.

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  • SunstrandSunstrand Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Try freezing the jeans overnight, you should be able too break the gum up when it's frozen.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Sunstrand wrote: »
    Try freezing the jeans overnight, you should be able too break the gum up when it's frozen.
    This has netted me good results in the past.

    I also heard of people using peanut butter, but I don't know how that would work.

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  • LewieP's MummyLewieP's Mummy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    1. Freeze them overnight.
    2. chip the frozen chewing gum off.
    3. buy some satin Devils chewing gum remover and use it after you've chipped off as much frozen gum as you can.
    4. Be careful where you sit next time.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I haven't had good luck freezing non foods in my home freezer. However, I used to have unlimited access to liquid nitrogen which will freeze damn near anything. It will not feeze cloth/denim unless it's soaked in a liquid first.
    That gum will be like ice though.

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  • LondonBridgeLondonBridge __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Aldo wrote: »
    Sunstrand wrote: »
    Try freezing the jeans overnight, you should be able too break the gum up when it's frozen.
    This has netted me good results in the past.

    I also heard of people using peanut butter, but I don't know how that would work.


    Yaaarrrghh, gum has to be chewed out! But I think the PB will work better.

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  • mimizumimizu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I sat on a bee once...

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hmm, I've got a bit of gum inside the pocket of a pair of khaki pants. I guess I may try the freeze method.

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  • supabeastsupabeast Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Freezing and scraping always worked for me.

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  • LewieP's MummyLewieP's Mummy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    mimizu wrote: »
    I sat on a bee once...

    he's now called Eric ... the half a bee

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