More gum cleaning tips (hint: peanut butter)
The usefully named howtocleanstuff.net has a feature on its site called “How to Remove Gum | Stain Removal,” and in the interest of public service, we thought we’d share some of its insights, which includes some of the usual suspects (ice, toothbrush, rubber gloves), but also the surprising emergency ingredient of peanut butter. Here are some of those peanut butter-related tips:
If you do not have a freezer or ice handy and you are in a pinch, you may want to try using peanut butter.
- Spread peanut butter over the gum.
- Scrape the gum so that as much of the gum as possible is exposed to the peanut butter.
- Let sit for 15 minutes
- Scrape off peanut butter with a knife. The gum should come off with the peanut butter.