Im so pissed right now. I get in my car and drive home and half way through the ride i realize my foot was sticking to the pedal. Look on the floor and there is gum oozing out of a rapper that was on the bottom of my shoe. Anyways there is a patch of gum/stickiness on my carpet, as well as gum smeared all over my pedals (aluminum). What can i use to get both off??

 

Peanut butter removes gum.

 

Found this on line which helped me with friends car:

Ronsonol lighter fluid
I sat in gum at a movie theater and then got in my brand new truck which has black cloth seats, I got gum every where. All I had to do was dab a little Ronsonol lighter fluid on a paper towel and wipe the gum away. It worked great.


Compressed air gum
As WD-40, Goo Gone, lighter fluid and peanut butter all leave a smell behind that is hard to get rid of, and plain ice just didn't have the removing power I was looking for, I tried something new that worked like a charm and leaves no scent behind.

Compressed Air. I used Memorex Air Duster brand which contains the common aerosol propellant Difluoroethane (AKA Freon). Just hold the can upside-down and lightly squeeze the trigger letting out a small stream of the freon (you don't need much for this to work). This instantly freezes the gum and turns it extremely brittle. Then I used a credit card to lightly rub back and forth on the gum. The gum is so brittle at this point it breaks up into little pieces even though it is matted and pressed into the carpet.

This is best done with a full powered vacuum on hand (crevice tool) to vacuum up the small bits of gum before they thaw and get gummy again. This method allowed me to remove two large ground in gum spots from a brand new car carpet in about 15 minutes. No staining or discoloration, and no smell afterward. You'd never even know there was gum there.

Warning: Turning the can upside-down goes against the manufacturer's intended purpose for the air can. You should also wear eye protection and not get this on your skin. This method is a bit of an advanced method, but it also is the only method that gives results without leaving any smell or discoloration whatsoever. The results were really pretty amazing.


Good Luck, sorry to hear that.

 

thanks a lot guys.........the goo gone worked like a charm

 

you could have also got it wet with water then froze it, once it's frozen you will be able to flake it off

 

yeah in the future, ide freeze it using the spray can as well. works well.

 

Dang i got scared for a minute there... i was like wow that freakin sucks for truplay8

 

I use a razor blade to break up the big pieces and sometimes its just easier to cut away the fibers holding it and then use a fabric cleaner like the 303 Fabric Cleaner. How does the freezing technique work exactly. I'd like to learn more about that process if you can provide some info.

Thanks!

 

buy it, spray it, dust it off.