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