How to get bubble gum out of clothing

This is a simple method to remove sticky gum from an article of clothing. First, make certain that the gum is facing outward.

Next, insert the article of clothing into a plastic freezer bag and seal the bag. Take the freezer bag and position the bag in a place that it will not be touching anything else.

Leave the garment in the freezer overnight. When you take the clothing out of the freezer, quickly use a very dull knife to remove the gum. It should peel quite easily from the fabric. Be careful while using the knife not to damage the clothing.

If there are only small particles of gum on the fabric you an easily use an ice cube to freeze the gum and peal it from the fabric. This works well to remove gum from furniture.

If you have access to boiling hot water, then quickly submerge the gum in the hot water.

Use an old toothbrush and scrub the area vigorously until all the gum is removed from the fabric. Lay the article of clothing to dry and repeat if necessary.

This procedure works best if the gum has not yet hardened on the fabric. It is important to dip only the gum into the water. This process should be avoided on fabrics that are dry clean only.

You will need to have access to an iron and a piece of firm cardboard to complete this procedure.

First, set the iron heat to medium.

Next, position the clothing with the sticky gum facing down onto the cardboard.

Finally, iron the garment until the gum is sticking to the cardboard rather than the clothing fabric.

Simply, spraying the affected area of clothing with hairspray will make the gum brittle and easy to scrape from the fabric.

Rubbing alcohol can be used instead of hairspray.

Keep in mind that the hairspray or rubbing alcohol could discolor the fabric. It is important to test the fabric for colorfastness when using any type of chemical to remove gum.