My 3 ear old son spit out his chewed gum on the seat but it got smashed under his car seat and i didn't notice it for weeks. It looks like gum stuck to sidewalk for a year. Any cleaning chemical that could help me out? Ive been scrubbign but Im at the poitn scrubbign that I may start to wear the FABRIC (not leather). ive used simple green and it helped a little bit. Alterative is to install new fabric...

 

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That's su*ks!!!

 

Yeah try the goo gone....that should work

 

This might sound stupid but peanut butter will disolve the gum and dishsoap takes out the grease stain that the peanut butter leaves behind. Did this in chemistry class a few years back. If all else fails give it a shot.

 

I eard about the peanut butter before....but that would stain his seats

 

Hence the dish soap

 

ok....sorry about that.....

 

Careful with Goo Gone. It might stain your seats also. try small area first to make sure it doesn't fade color

 

Also....theres a product called goof off.....def wont stain your seat.....but will leave a little nasty smell for a day or two (contractors use it to get tar and caulk of windows, doors, hands,etc,etc) but anyway good luck.

 

Good ideas. I got abotu 1/3 of it off but like I said Im on the verge of wearingout the fabric b/c Im scrubbing like a ****. I'll try some or all of your ideas. Thank you for your help. I wonder if havign the car in 100 degree heat for several days helped the gum, become "one" with the seat.

And my son is no longer allowed to chew gum in the car.

 

I say PB followed with diluted Simple Green. Got grease on the frost interior of the Max and Simple Green did the job without discoloring the seats. It also works great to clean up dirty floor mats.

Travis

 

Let him chew his gum...just throw him in the trunk.

 

Freeze it. When i worked as a janiotr over the summer, we would get gum off of couches and stuff by using this can of stuff (i have no idea what is was called) and it basically froze the gum and then we just chipped it off with a screwdriver or putty knife.

 

googone can fade seats. have a steam cleaner? even if its for the house. put water at almost boiling temp. in it and go over it, heating it up, then peel off what you can, use something like Nature's miracle, its usually at pet stores, or something like resolve. and scurb lightly with a tooth brush and go over it again. It should work to get it out. This is atleast they way I do it at the detail shop. there the machine hits about 200 to 300 degress, so i can get about anything out. don't use too much resolve or natures mircale. And go light on the amount od water you use. make sure you go over it numerous times when its just sucking up water and not putting it out. Then leave windows down until dry

 

I don't think scrubbing it was the best thing to do right off the bat.
For gum, freezing it till it is hard makes it easy to pull off. You can use ice, or the cans of dusting air for computers turned upside down so it sprays freezing cold liquid. Then just keep working the gum up and out of the fabric. Follow up with an upholstery cleaner to clean up any remaining stain/discoloration.
I would avoid heat as this "melts" it and allows it to set deeper in the fabric's fibers.

Let us know how you do and what eventually solves the problem for you.

Dave