How To Remove Chewing Gum From Carpet
To remove chewing
gum from carpet, get out your electric hair dryer. Heat the gum,
being careful not to melt the carpet fibers. Use a piece of plastic
wrap or a plastic bag to lift the softened gum away. Just allow
it to stick to the plastic, then pull it up. This may get most
of it.
Next, apply Extra
Strength Ben Gay, or another muscle rub containing methyl salicylate.
Use plastic again, or a rag to pull more gum out. Repeat if necessary.
Once you completely remove the chewing gum from the carpet, clean
the area with a mild detergent solution (a few drops of dish
soap in a cup of warm water will work). Rinse with warm water
and dry the area.
Using Commercial Carpet Stain Removers
Some common
carpet stain removers will work to remove chewing gum from carpet.
Goo Gone, in particular, works fairly well. Pull out as much
gum as you can, then heat what remains. Apply Goo Gone, using
a brush or the edge of the cap to work it in and break up the
gum. Pick it out a piece at a time. Patience is required. Repeat
the process until you remove all the gum.
Be sure to thoroughly
rinse the spot afterwards. Use a shop-vac if you can, or just
rinse and blot with a white cotton cloth repeatedly. It is important
not to leave any cleaning solvent in your carpet for too long,
and to extract it completely.
If you cannot remove
the chewing gum from the carpet using either of the two methods
here, don't worry. A carpet cleaner with a truck-mount hot water
extraction unit (a steam cleaner) can get it out easily.
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