How to unstick chewing gum from clothes

How to unstick chewing gum from clothes

The chewing gum which has stuck to clothes – annoying trifle, however, it can capitally spoil not only mood, but also sound, and is frequent also expensive thing – skirt, trousers, jacket, etc. Very first that should not be done, so it nervously to tear off sticky lump and to try to jam the "affected" site of fabric. It will not give positive effect, and here can aggravate trouble. It is more reasonable to try to unstick chewing gum slowly, in house situation. There are several ways at which chewing gum will come unstuck easily and will not leave behind traces.

It is required to you

  • - iron;
  • - cotton napkin (gauze, dense paper);
  • - ice.

Instruction

1. Place affected clothes on ironing board and through cotton napkin iron the iron that site where chewing gum has stuck. Enclose napkin on both sides of fabric (from reverse and from outer side). Instead of napkin it is possible to use the gauze put four times or dense paper. If after chewing gum managed to be unstuck successfully, you have noticed that on clothes there was white spot, take solvent without acetone and accurately rub. Also gasoline of large-scale of cleaning and even the means for varnish removal which is not containing acetone will approach (acetone can cause local change of color of fabric).

2. Put away clothes with the stuck chewing gum in the fridge freezing chamber. In 1-1.5 hours get, the hardened chewing gum easily will come unstuck from fabric. You will need only to stretch clothes in the machine, having set the mode of washing 60 °.

3. If there was no place in the freezer, or you would not like to enclose to products clothes (especially trousers or sweaty shirt), use ice. It is possible just to put ice to chewing gum, it is possible to fill with ice some metal capacity (bowl, saucepan) and to place it for some time for chewing gum. The elastic band will harden and will easily lag behind fabric.

4. If the clothes to which chewing gum has stuck maintain high temperatures, put it in basin, fill in with water so that the affected place was located from above (that you saw chewing gum). Put basin on fire and as soon as water heats up, begin to skatyvat chewing gum. For example, on match. The more hotly there will be water, the chewing gum will be easier to roll down. When there is no it left absolutely, rub this site of fabric brush. If boiling is not contraindicated to clothes, boil it within half an hour, cleaning spot from chewing gum with brush from time to time.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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