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With stuff already in your cupboard
Ice cubes in a bag
Hold a bag of ice on the gum until it’s hard, then chip it off with a blunt knife or spoon. Blot any mark with washing-up liquid.
Does it work? Yes. Frozen gum snaps right off.
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Hallway · monster 5 of 5
How to get chewing gum out of carpet
Meet Gummy Gary. A sticky souvenir from the high street.
Scare-o-meter1/5
Gum looks permanent. It almost never is.
FIRST MOVE
Don’t pull at it. You’ll stretch it into the fibres.
BIG GUNS
If the free fix gives up
Gum remover spray
Freezes it in seconds. Handy for big or old blobs.
Myth or not? · Sort of
“Peanut butter gets gum out”
The oil does loosen gum. Then you’ve got a peanut butter stain.
OOPS. DON’T…
- Heat. It melts the gum deeper.
- Pulling and stretching it.
CALL A PRO IF…
It’s a wool or delicate rug.
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