Cinnamon Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Cleo has just come home from school & has a huge glob of gum on her brand new navy blue polo shirt. And when I say brand new I mean it - it was its first outing today! Any ideas how I can get it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Ew nice! Stain Devils works quite well and so does freezing it. It really depends on whether it's spread out or not etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfrock Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I've heard that an ice-cube does the trick - hold it on it and the gum should freeze and peel off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Its spread, & its all in the weave of the Polo shirt too Its in the freezer now, & I will get a stain devil if that doesn't work. I hate gum.Its banned in school, but its still underr all the desks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I hate gum.Its banned in school, but its still underr all the desks Me too. It's just the same at our school too and if some teachers caught you chewing gum they'd give you a detention at lunchtime and make you s"Ooops, word censored!"e the underneath of the tables... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Eucalptus oil Sarah. Rub neat eucalyptus oil onto the gum and it will just wipe off. Bung the clothes in the machine and they'll be good as new. Works a treat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I've managed to get gum off trousers by covering with brown paper and ironing over it. (not sure why brown paper, but it worked!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Eucalptus oil Sarah. Oooo - top tip from Kate Where do I get that oil from though - Boots??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 holland and barret sell it, but boots should as well i'd think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Health food stores sell it as do chemists and some supermarkets. I bought some from Morrisons a while back. Boots should have some too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 The freezer trick works quite well, Hit the blob with a hammer when quite frozen to smash it up and then pick it off .Eucalyptus oil gets the residual stain out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 If I was a dictator I would ban chewing gum, along with a lot of other things Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 It's banned in Singapore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 any oil will do the trick - I've used cooking oil before but WD 40 would also be brilliant - I have a list of about a million uses for it and every one I've tried works. And yes - I give gum s"Ooops, word censored!"ing detentions, not to kids I catch chewing gum as they have that on the "expectations" card so they get three strikes before a school detention. But it is a favourite of mine for obnoxious kids - I can't be asked with detentions so if I make them gum s"Ooops, word censored!"e a couple of times they tend to avoid being brought back a third time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 The freezer trick didn't work, but I got some brilliant stuff called DESOLVE-IT form tesco.which got every last bit off,even the stuff right in the weave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
