Gum out of carpet

[sooner333]

So, does anyone know how to get chewing gum out of carpet? There is a well-stepped on piece in ours right now that has been there since last night...we put ice on it, but it doesn't seem to be helping, any ideas?

[Eaglesfan27]

I seem to remember a similar thread a few weeks (months?) ago. I think the answer was hairspray.


However, I also seem to remember some people saying it was going to have to be cut out and replaced with a like piece of carpet.

[SackAttack]

Just don't chew gum in the future.

[Easy Mac]

peanut butter and mayonaisse

[JonInMiddleGA]

I suggest replacing the carpet, could turn out to be a lot easier ;)

Short of that, there's some ideas here (my favorite might be the carpet cleaner guy who says they use freon to freeze it, then hammer it into a million pieces)
http://www.nacgm.org/consumer/unstuck.html
http://www.otan.us/webfarm/emailproject/gum.htm

[MikeVick7]

Get this stuff called Goo Gone.

[sooner333]

For those of you who are wondering (and i hope there really aren't too many), my roommate ended up doing some clipping off of the gum without getting too much of the carpet off...but thanks for the suggestions.

[MizzouRah]

Yes, goo be gone is good, but ultimately we had to replace the carpet. Ahhh... little ones.