How to remove chewing gum from clothes

How to remove chewing gum from clothes

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Chewing gum has filled counters of shops long ago. Their variety just strikes – both fruit, and mint, and with stuffing. It with pleasure is chewed both children, and adults. But at the same time, chewing gum causes much troubles "prilipchivost". And whether it is possible to get rid of chewing gum if you have found it on the clothes and how to make it?

Instruction

1. One of the most widespread ways of disposal of chewing gum is freezing. Just put the soiled clothes in the freezing chamber and wait about half an hour. As soon as jeans or jacket freeze, you will be able easily to remove from them chewing gum. If the elastic band does not want to be torn off in any way, take fabric under hot water jet – it has to thaw and you will be able easily to move away her. If you have spoiled coat or fur coat which owing to the sizes will not get into your freezer, then in this case ice will help. Apply ice piece to the place of pollution and after it stiffens, remove all with brush.

2. Sometimes in shops special means for removal of chewing gum meet. They act by the same principle of freezing. Bring barrel to spot on distance about 5 centimeters and spray means about three seconds. Then remove the frozen chewing gum as crust.

3. It is possible to use also one more method. Heat the iron, put paper on chewing gum. Walk the iron according to paper – the elastic band has to be pasted to it. The remained spot can be removed alcohol or turpentine. Be careful with these substances as them you can easily spoil thing – together with pollution also paint can leave. Therefore at first check effect of alcohol or turpentine on inside face of fabric. Instead of the iron you will be able to use the hair dryer.

4. Also try to wet clothes with chewing gum in water with any means for removal of spots. Then try to remove accurately softened elastic band and wash thing in the normal way.

5. It is possible to try to remove elastic band and by means of gasoline. But you remember that it is better for these purposes to use gasoline of high cleaning - gas station for lighters. Also in certain cases liquid for varnish removal helps. But be very careful at its use.

6. If nothing helps, hand over thing in dry-cleaner. Perhaps there will cope with this problem.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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