| To remove chewing gum from carpet, you can | | | | using a brush or the edge of the cap to work |
| use your hair dryer. Just heat the gum, being | | | | it in and break up the gum. You can then pick |
| careful not to melt any carpet fibers. Then | | | | it out a piece at a time. Jut repeat the |
| you can use a piece of plastic wrap or a | | | | process until you remove all the gum.Always |
| plastic bag to lift the softened gum away. | | | | thoroughly rinse the spot afterwards. Use |
| Allow it to stick to the plastic, and pull it | | | | water and a shop-vac if you can, or just |
| up. This will often get most of the gum.For | | | | rinse and blot with a white cotton cloth |
| the remaining chewing gum, apply Extra | | | | repeatedly. It's important not to leave |
| Strength Ben Gay, or another muscle rub | | | | cleaning solvent in your carpet for too long, |
| containing methly salicylate. Use plastic or | | | | so extract it quickly and completely.Dry the |
| a rag to pull more gum out, repeating the | | | | area as fast as you can. If there is any |
| process if necessary. Once you completely | | | | stain left deep down in the carpet, from dyes |
| remove the chewing gum from the carpet, clean | | | | in the gum, fast-drying will prevent it from |
| the spot with a mild detergent solution (a | | | | wicking back up to the surface.If you can't |
| few drops of dishsoap in a cup of warm | | | | remove the chewing gum from the carpet using |
| water). Rinse the area with warm water and | | | | either of the two methods here, don't worry. |
| dry quickly, first by blotting up any water, | | | | Any carpet cleaner with a truck-mount hot |
| then with a fan, if you have one.Commercial | | | | water extraction unit (a steam cleaner) can |
| Carpet Stain RemoversSome of the common | | | | get it out easily. Even old gum will usually |
| carpet stain removers will remove chewing gum | | | | come out with the hot water and powerful |
| from carpet. Goo Gone, in particular, works | | | | suction of a good carpet cleaning |
| well. First pull out as much gum as you can, | | | | machine.Steve Gillman worked in the carpet |
| then heat what remains. Apply the Goo Gone, | | | | cleaning industry for years. |