Comments on How to Remove Gum From Hair

Try using peanut butter! It works really well on soft gum. Use about the same amount of peanut butter equal to the amount of gum in your hair. With your fingers, massage the gum spot and let it break down the peanut butter for about 20 minutes, then use a fine toothed comb to break it up. Repeat the first step if necessary, apply dab of shampoo to that area and wash away the gum and peanut butter. Please do not use peanut butter if you have peanut allergies!

Peanut butter is the best way. Just a dab will do it. Let it set for a few minutes and it comes right out. I wish my mother would have known this, I would have saved a lot of hair.

When I got gum in my hair, first I put peanut butter in it and worked it to the end. Then I put my head under hot water and it seemed to melt. Then I washed my hair to get the oil and the remaining gum out.

WD-40 works wonders on just about everything, including removing gum. Spray the area with WD-40 and the gum dissolves. It will leave an oily residue, but there won't be any gum left. WD-40 works especially well on gum that is stuck in hair.

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!

I used peanut butter. I just smeared it on with a butter knife and let it set for about 40 minutes to an hour. Then I rubbed it in some more and washed the hair afterward.