Sometimes, due to their carelessness, people may encounter a little trouble in the form of chewing gum stuck to their pants. It would seem difficult to remove it, but this is not so. Using several methods, you can clean your pants and return them to their previous appearance, even at home.
You will need
- - package;
- - knife;
- - white spirit or kerosene;
- - hot water;
- - Toothbrush;
- - nail polish remover without acetone;
- - cotton swab;
- - lemon juice;
- - alcohol;
- - vinegar;
- - a blank sheet of paper or a napkin;
- - iron.
Instruction manual
1
Put the pants in the bag and for a couple of hours in the freezer. When the chewing gum freezes well, try to carefully remove it from the fabric. This can be done with a knife or by actively rubbing the contaminated area with your hands. You can also cover the stain with ice or rub it well with a piece of ice.
2
Apply a small amount of white spirit or kerosene to the stain. Wait a few minutes and wipe the chewing gum off the fabric. After the procedure, a greasy stain may remain on the pants. To remove it, drip a little detergent and wash. Acetone cannot be used for this purpose.
3
Try to constantly water the contaminated area with hot water (80-90 degrees). From this temperature, chewing gum should melt and fall off. Residues can be carefully removed with a toothbrush.
4
Use acetone-free nail polish remover, dampen a cotton swab with it and rub it over an inconspicuous area on your pants. If the color of the fabric does not change, you can try to wipe the chewing gum.
5
Lubricate the contaminated area with lemon juice or wipe with cotton moistened with alcohol. Wait a few minutes.
6
Heat a little vinegar, take an old toothbrush and, moistening it in a hot liquid, rub the stain. Make sure vinegar does not cool. At the end of the procedure, wash your pants to get rid of the smell.
7
Put a blank sheet of paper or a clean napkin on the stain and iron it with a well-heated iron. Turn off the steam function at this time. At the end of the procedure, chewing gum should remain on paper. If after the first time there are traces of chewing gum on the pants, do the procedure again.
Useful advice
If not one of the tips did not help, you can only contact a dry cleaning service. There, experts, using special tools, will easily clean your thing from chewing gum without harming the tissue.
Do not try to scrape off a fresh stain with your hands or with a knife. Chewing gum can penetrate deeper into the fibers and it will be much more difficult to clean the thing.
