Comments on: How to Remove Gum From Hair

on 6/30/2006 Just use plain old cold cream. The gum will just disappear. I tried it. It really works. It's also easier on the hair.

on 6/30/2006 I just used WD40 on the gum in my daughter's hair. The gum just dissolved away. Of course wash the hair after removing the gum. :)

on 6/30/2006 Vaseline and warm water. Rub Vaseline on your lips or wherever the gum problems occurs. Use a towel or tissue and put it under warm water. Wipe your face. Do this 2 or 3 times. Works well.

on 6/30/2006 Peanut butter works. Just rub it in your hair and wash it out.

on 6/30/2006 I totally flipped out when I realized I had gum in my hair. At first I tried to brush it out, and that made it worse! It tangled my hair up and made my hair even more pressed into the gum. I heard that peanut butter was great, but I thought "ewwwww!!!" Although it sounded gross, I tried it because I was afraid the oil would dry out my thin hair, and the ice method wasn't too convincing. I put about a teaspoon of JIF creamy peanut butter in my hair and let the peanut butter do it's magic for about 15 minutes; every other minute rubbing in the peanut butter to my gum and hair in the gum. Every minute, the gum kept on getting less sticky and becoming hard. After 15 minutes, I went up to my sink and using hot water, I put the chunk of my hair with gum in it in the water. I continually would brush my hair for 10 seconds and then let it soak for 10 seconds in the water. I did this for 2 minutes, and then washed my hair with shampoo and conditioner. The gum and the peanut butter were gone!

I don't have to chop 6 inches off my beautiful, long hair! Peanut butter is the answer! It wasn't even that gross! Thank you eHow!

on 4/2/2006 My fiancé was playing around with some putty and got it in his hair. I was clueless how to get it out. I am in cosmetology school, and was starting to think I was going to have to start cutting his hair. But before I did, I got on the web and read about putting the peanut butter in the hair to remove gum. After using the peanut butter for 15 minutes, the putty came out using a fine tooth comb. It will however, take a couple of washings for all of the peanut butter to come out.

on 1/30/2006 Peanut butter really works! My four year old came to me at the end of the day with a massive blob of chewing gum in her hair - it had been there all day and her hair was in a shambles. After reading the tips on eHow, I reluctantly tried the peanut butter (as I had nothing else). While she sat there dipping her fingers into the peanut butter jar, I smeared it through her chewing gum bound hair. I left it on for about 15 minutes and then slowly combed it out. The chewing gum just seemed to break up. I then put her straight into the tub, shampooed and conditioned her hair and afterward; beautiful hair! Not a trace of gum, and no broken hair and no need to cut.

on 1/24/2006 I tried the olive oil method on gum that had been sitting in my hair overnight and it worked immediately. I then used dish soap to remove the olive oil. Super easy.

on 1/18/2006 While driving in the car, the wind blew my daughter's hair in her mouth, which was filled with the chewing gum. Straight to the auto parts store we went for a can of WD-40. I sprayed it on the gum. No waiting. Wipe with a paper towel or rag and the gum pulls right out. Shampoo hair as usual.

on 12/19/2005 First, use peanut butter (remember not chunky) to dissolve some of the gum. Make sure it's on the right spot. Then shower and comb out the rest.

on 12/9/2005 I found that if you use oil to remove gun from your hair, it leaves a mess and generally won't come out for a few washings. But, when you wash the hair to get the oil out, instead of using your shampoo use liquid Dawn dish soap. Wash it and repeat. It may dry the hair out, but it will get the oil out and you can always use conditioner to re-moisturize it.

on 11/22/2005 You can get gum out of your hair by using ice. Wait till the gum gets hard from it being so cold then just pick off the hair.

on 11/22/2005 Sesame oil works well. It doesn't even have to sit before it starts to work through the gum.

on 11/22/2005 Peanut butter works really well for getting gum out of hair. Because it's sticky, it stays in place while the oil eats away at the gum.

on 11/22/2005 My son fell asleep with gum in his mouth, which then fell out and ended up smeared all over his hair. Ice was not an option. Massage peanut butter into the gum and it dissolves like magic. Comb it through to be sure you get it all. Wash the hair with bar soap once or twice to get all the oil out of the hair, then use regular shampoo. All clean!