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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 01:13 AM
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Oof,

One of my friends got some gum on the bottom of his shoes and walked onto the carpet in the back seat of the car.

Whats a good way to get this out?
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 01:26 AM
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Originally posted by Daniel1981@June 7, 2005, 11:16 PM
Oof,

One of my friends got some gum on the bottom of his shoes and walked onto the carpet in the back seat of the car.

Whats a good way to get this out?
I use Pinesol.....
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 06:35 AM
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hey daniel. all minor things but the scratches, the gum and i could swear there was one mroe thing. you jsut seem to be having some bad luck with the car so far. thank god its nothing major and nothing mechanical has gone wrong. he car doin? enjoying yourself?
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 06:38 AM
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Peanut butter takes the gum off pretty good.
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 06:40 AM
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Peanut Butter?
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 06:43 AM
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My wife said that peanut butter will work, it breaks down the gum. She used it on our daughter's hair when she had gum stuck in it.
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 06:44 AM
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Freeze it with ice it will pull off. 3 boys under 12......
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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A friend of mine had the same thing happen just a couple weeks after getting his new MINI. I told him to use Goo Gone. He said it worked great. You can't tell there was ever gum there. And it's available at many stores.

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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 08:51 AM
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I'd say Goo Gone or any oily product...baby oil for example.

Did a Google for fun, found this that cracked me up:
I clean carpets for a living.. when we come across gum in the carpet, we have little bottles of freon.. (availabe at carpet cleaning supply houses) yes the same freon you use in your fridge or ac.. 12 or 22.. I dont know about the new 134 stuff.. spraying it on the gum freezes it solid.. then you just hammer it and it busts into a million pieces.. leaving the carpet unharmed.. even in the gum is matted deep., it end up in particals. I would assume it would work with clothing and hair too...
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 09:37 AM
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Goo gone is known to discolour carpet so be careful. That is why I suggested peanut butter. The oil in it prevents the gum from sticking to other parts of the carpet while you are removing it. Works like a charm.
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 10:56 AM
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Originally posted by GhostTX@June 8, 2005, 8:54 AM
I'd say Goo Gone or any oily product...baby oil for example.

Did a Google for fun, found this that cracked me up:
That must've been some kind of misreading. Isn't CFC banned?
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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Originally posted by adrenalin+June 8, 2005, 9:40 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(adrenalin @ June 8, 2005, 9:40 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>That is why I suggested peanut butter.
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What gets peanut butter out?
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That must've been some kind of misreading. Isn't CFC banned?
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I know you have to be a licensed "professional" in order to get it at all, but I don't think its banned outright. I just found the humor of freezing the gum, beating it with a hammer then vacuuming up the pieces.
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