How to Get Gum Out of a Pillow

If you fall asleep while chewing gum, it may find its way onto your pillow. Unfortunately, well-known gum-removal products such as cooking oil, peanut butter and spray lubricant will leave grease stains on most pillows. You can use several alternative home remedies to remove gum from washable and non-washable pillows alike.

Freezer or cold packs
Plastic knife or scraper
Toothbrush
White vinegar
Laundry detergent

Instructions

- 1
  Place the pillow in a freezer or place cold packs on top of the gum. Allow the pillow to freeze for two hours, then scrape off as much frozen gum as you can using a plastic knife or scraper.
- 2
  Heat a cup of white vinegar until it comes to a boil. Dip an old toothbrush in the vinegar and rub it on the gum stain. Continue rubbing the gum, adding more vinegar when necessary, until the stain is gone.
- 3
  Launder the pillow with regular laundry detergent to remove the vinegar smell. If the pillow isn’t machine washable, take it to the dry cleaners.

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