Comments on: How to Remove Gum From a Car's Interior

on 5/24/2008 I unwittingly sat on a large, sticky piece of gum in the gym and then shared this gift with the leather seat of my car. eHow postings provided a number of options and I went with WD-40. In five minutes I'd completely removed the gum from both my shorts and my leather seat. Both are without a stain. It sure feels good...

on 3/6/2008 See reprint below from "Anonymous" on 11/22/05. I just tried it. It is THE BEST REMEDY FOR GUM REMOVAL EVER. Just tried it on my boss' office carpet on gum he tracked in just before client appt. Went in there with compressed air and a credit card, worked like a CHARM, can't wait to tell all my friends with kids, crazy, but it totally works!!!

"Compressed Air. I used Memorex Air Duster brand which contains the common aerosol propellant Difluoroethane (AKA Freon). Just hold the can upside-down and lightly squeeze the trigger letting out a small stream of the freon (you don't need much for this to work). This instantly freezes the gum and turns it extremely brittle. Then I used a credit card to lightly rub back and forth on the gum. The gum is so brittle at this point it breaks up into little pieces even though it is matted and pressed into the carpet.

This is best done with a fu

on 10/24/2007 Hunt down Krud Kutter at Lowes or Home Depot, its better! I don't know what in it, but it's awesome and there's no fishy smell!

on 8/14/2007 Sorry but this method: Applying the ice to the gum, until the gum freezes quite hard.
Is for gum that was dropped a few hours to a few days ago MAX. For old gum, which is what most people have. (kids don't like to tell mom or dad they dropped gum in the new car once they learn to talk!) WD40, freon (SOME compressed air contains a very specific type of freon Freon 152 or 152A both are extremely safe HOWEVER MOST (OfficeDuster, PerfectDuster) canned air is tetrafluoroethane,) Goo Gone or some other method is called for. The ice trick really is best for immediate gum removal. I

on 8/10/2007 A friend unknowingly managed to get a piece of chewing gum onto the side of his pants. He then sat on my couch and transferred the gum onto my fabric cushion. On a whim, as I was going to put the cushion cover in the freezer, I passed a roll of cheap duct tape. I had my friend hold the fabric taut as I dabbed the duct tape on the smeared gum....it took about 5 pieces of tape, but it pulled all the gum off completely! Try it!

on 5/13/2007 I used vegetable oil to remove some white chewing gum from the black leather interior of my car. Put it on a clean cloth and rubbed hard. Then wiped over with a soapy sponge. Worked perfectly.

on 1/2/2007 Remove gum from leather seat - worked very well with vegetable oil. Thanks for the suggestion.

on 12/10/2006 I was frantically looking for how to remove gum from my leather sofa and wa glad when I happend upon this site.
I used a combination of the suggestions on here. I started with freezing the gum by holding ice on it. Some of it lifted off. Then I moved on to rubbing olive oil on the gum and it softened it up enough to let me scrape some more off with a credit card. There was still a little bit left so I turned to the WD40 and it took off the remaining. You can never tell it was there!

on 12/10/2006 I was looking for a solution to remove gum from my leather sofa and happened upon this site! Thank goodness!
I used a combination of the ideas, I started with ice to make the gum brittle. For the residue left I rubbed olive oil into it and it softened up and I scraped with a credit card. To take the final bit off I sprayed with WD40 and voila....gone!

on 12/4/2006 Removing gum from car floor mats. I tried the ice method and the Murphy's soap method. Neither worked. So, I pulled out the peanut butter and to my amazement, the gum disappeared. Didn't leave a mess or smell. Great! You may have to try several things. My mat looks like new.

on 9/21/2006 Use MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone). This can be purchased from your local hardware store near the paint thinner. It has a strong odor initially and completely evaporates within a few minutes. Works great!!

on 8/8/2006 My car's black leather seat had white gum smeared all over it. I tried ice, canola oil, and an eraser, and got most of it, but some had really worked its way into the grain of the leather and I was just smearing it around more than removing it. I finally gave up after 15 minutes and put a dab of mineral spirits on a cloth and rubbed with that. Voil, the gum was gone.

Now my car smells like a paint studio. A gum-free, leather interior, paint studio. :)

on 10/1/2007 If your seats are leather the Goo Gone website SPECIFICALLY says not to use it on natrual fibers like leather.

on 8/8/2006 Our brand new car suddenly appeared to have been attacked by the chewing gum gang - front passenger seat covered in the stuff! We used WD-40 on a clean dry cloth and within moments it had completely disappeared. Thanks everyone for the help.

on 7/8/2006 First I used the ice method (not so great), then the eraser (very good, but my eraser kept breaking), finishing up with vegetable oil which got every last residue!