craftymom101
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Post by craftymom101 on Oct 10, 2015 23:03:38 GMT
My mom bought my youngest son a brand new Under Armour sweatshirt yesterday. During my oldest son's baseball game today a kid purposely put gum in the hood of my son's sweatshirt! I didn't find out about it until after it had been smashed into the hood. The lining of the hood is mesh. We tried freezing the whole sweatshirt but the gum didn't harden. Does anyone have a suggestion to get this gum out? My son is upset, as is Grandma! Thanks in advance. Update 10/12/15- For some reason peanut butter made me more nervous than Goo Gone so I ended up applying Goo Gone to the gum and it totally worked! I used a plastic spatula to scrape off the large pieces then threw the sweatshirt in the wash on hot. After one cycle all the gum was removed! Thank you to everyone who responded! My kid is so happy he got to wear his sweatshirt to school today.  |
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Post by lesley on Oct 10, 2015 23:06:04 GMT
You do know that you have 'gun' in your title rather than 'gum'?  |
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Post by lumo on Oct 10, 2015 23:06:48 GMT
I'd be much more worried if a gun showed up in there.
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Post by christine58 on Oct 10, 2015 23:07:34 GMT
craftymom101 You might want to change the title....it says GUN Not sure what to tell you about the gum. Would goo be gone (?) work??
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Post by craftymom101 on Oct 10, 2015 23:07:53 GMT
Crap... trying to fix thread title now!
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Post by craftymom101 on Oct 10, 2015 23:09:54 GMT
Fixed! Thanks for letting me know. |
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Post by christine58 on Oct 10, 2015 23:12:19 GMT
I'd be PISSED at the kid that did it and would even think about asking for the sweatshirt to be replaced
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Post by marimoose on Oct 10, 2015 23:48:21 GMT
Peanut butter dissolves most everything. Pinesol has the same effect often but i would try peanut butter followed by rubbing dawn into it. What a rude boy! I would be mad too.
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Post by maryland on Oct 10, 2015 23:48:12 GMT
I can't believe a kid did that! Does your son know who did it. I would not be happy about that and would want him/her to pay to replace it. I am not good at confrontation, but my husband would be happy to talk to the parents! I wish I was more like him.
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Post by mommy2sandb on Oct 11, 2015 0:01:35 GMT
I second trying peanut butter.
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Post by hdoublej on Oct 11, 2015 0:03:36 GMT
I know you said freezing didn't work but you might try rubbing ice directly on the gum.
ETA: I'm mad for you!! If it doesn't come out I would be asking them to replace the shirt! |
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craftymom101
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Post by craftymom101 on Oct 11, 2015 0:14:24 GMT
For those of you who suggested peanut butter, how exactly do I put the peanut butter on the gum? Do I rub it in? Then what? We are a no-gum house so I've never dealt with this before! Thanks for all the replies.
I hate confrontation so I didn't approach the parent. He was the little brother of a player on the opposing team and I didn't want to cause a scene at the fields. I was not happy. :/
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Post by christine58 on Oct 11, 2015 1:35:52 GMT
Rub it all over the gum....then rinse it off. Hopefully it works
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Post by nanaterry on Oct 11, 2015 1:41:58 GMT
Goo gone.
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Post by Outspoken on Oct 11, 2015 1:42:34 GMT
Peanut butter dissolves most everything. Pinesol has the same effect often but i would try peanut butter followed by rubbing dawn into it. What a rude boy! I would be mad too.  |
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Post by Gravity on Oct 11, 2015 2:19:46 GMT
Use ice to harden the gum, then scrape off as much as you can. Use Goo Gone to remove the remaining gum. Finally launder as usual after the gum is all removed.
I have used this method successfully several times.
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Post by marimoose on Oct 11, 2015 2:39:42 GMT
Rub it all over the gum....then rinse it off. Hopefully it works Yes, this. You simply rub the peanut butter all over the gum and you will feel it disintegrating/breaking down. It becomes even gooier but in a different way. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Oct 11, 2015 2:49:39 GMT
Wouldn't peanut butter or goo gone leave an oily stain or remove the color of the shirt?
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Post by akathy on Oct 11, 2015 3:19:02 GMT
I'd use peanut butter and there's no way I'd approach the kids parents to replace it. You win some, you lose some and I'd be afraid the parents might go ballistic on the kid. You just never know how the parents are going to respond. I have neighbors who'd probably get physical with their kid and I wouldn't want to be indirectly responsible for any kid getting hit.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2015 3:26:01 GMT
Another vote for peanut butter. That's what I use to get gum out of pretty much everything, even hair.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Oct 11, 2015 3:38:40 GMT
WD 40 will shift it. I have used it successfully to get the gum out of the pocket in a pair of my son's jeans.
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Post by marimoose on Oct 11, 2015 3:41:53 GMT
Wouldn't peanut butter or goo gone leave an oily stain or remove the color of the shirt? Generally it all comes out in the wash but that is why I would suggest rubbing dawn dish detergent on it before laundering. That breaks up the most difficult of grease. I always keep an extra bottle in the laundry room because it is crazy how it works so well. |
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Post by melanieg on Oct 11, 2015 3:49:37 GMT
Canned air to "freeze" it, then try to scrape as much as possible
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Oct 11, 2015 3:49:28 GMT
I'd be PISSED at the kid that did it and would even think about asking for the sweatshirt to be replaced I would do the same! Kids need to have consequences of ruining someone else's property |
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Post by craftymom101 on Oct 12, 2015 11:51:09 GMT
Update in OP
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Post by Gravity on Oct 12, 2015 12:15:31 GMT
Yay! Happy to read you got rid of the gum.
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