How to remove the chewing gum from jeans?

Everyone in your life had to deal with not the most pleasant situation when you accidentally sat in public transport or on a bench in the park at someone's left chewing gum. And then immediately there was a huge pile of questions, the main one of which is how to remove the chewing gum from jeans. The most obvious option is to take clothes to dry cleaners, but it is not always convenient or affordable for finance. Therefore, in this article, we have prepared the most effective advice, which will be very easy to use at home to bring the sticky mass off the fabric without a trace.

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How to remove the cud with jeans?

In this section there will be tips on how to remove the bulk of the chewing gum from clothing. Tips on how to remove a stain from it will be presented later.

Napkins

The most obvious way is to remove the chewing gum with jeans with a tissue paper. The elastic band adheres well to the paper, so you have no special difficulty to remove the bulk of it.

Boiling water or hot air

Place the area on which the chewing gum has been adhered by the inner side under the hot water jet and leave for 5-7 minutes. The chewing gum at this time will melt and it will be very easy to remove with an old toothbrush or knife.

Important! Alternatively hot water can serve as a stream of hot air from the dryer.

In any case, to remove the chewing gum from jeans will be very easy.

Freezing

As opposed to the previous method, there is a method with freezing. From low temperatures chewing gum becomes very fragile, so it will also be easy to clean. Pack the jeans in a bag and put them in the freezer for 2-3 hours.

An alternative to a freezer can be ice, cold water or special freezing agents( you can buy them in the pharmacy, originally they are designed to handle bruises and injuries).

Important! After any chosen method, remove the chewing gum remnants.

Iron

This is another thermal method. Place the usual paper on the ironing board, on top of the jeans so that the cud is on paper. After - it will only be good to iron the inside of the clothes. This will make it easy to clean the chewing gum from the jeans.

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Remove traces of chewing gum

As soon as the first problem is solved and a huge piece of chewing gum no longer blisters your eyes, it remains to remove the stain from the chewing gum from the jeans. This is not very difficult to do in fact. You will need:

• acetone or nail polish remover;
• laundry soap or stain remover.

Important! Be careful with acetone, it can turn your jeans into varenki with characteristic white spots. Therefore, first test its effect on some inconspicuous area.

How to use:

• It is necessary to apply liquid to the cotton pad and thoroughly wipe the place from which the chewing gum has already been removed.
• With the second method, everything is simpler. It is enough simply to apply a stain remover( or rub it with soap), and then rinse in clean water.

Important! Whichever way you choose, after it is necessary to wash your jeans.

Now you have in the arsenal of several ways with which you can remove the chewing gum from jeans in 10 minutes, and without much effort. And knowing how to act in such a situation will help you from now on not to part with your favorite things and not to spend money on dry cleaning.