How To Get Gum Off Car Floor Mats

Let s take a look at how to get your carpet looking new again and don t worry even if you ve had a record gum bubble explode in your living room or car there are ways to make it look like it never happened.

How to get gum off car floor mats.

Scrape the gum off gently using a butter knife. If you ve got rubber floor mats for your truck or car it s easy to remove sticky stuff. Let s face it car floor mats are a lifesaver. If there is anything left use the tweezers to remove the rest.

I had the same thing happen to me when my car was a week old. How to remove gum from car floor mats. Use a dull butter knife to scrape as much of the sticky stuff off as you can. Wipe the gum off the knife blade after each pass to avoid re applying the gum to the carpet.

Getting it off can be a sticky situation whether it be fresh gum or old and dried chewing gum. Use a goo gone wipe to pick out the loose pieces of gum. Put an ice cube in a plastic bag and hold it on the gum for a couple minutes to loosen it. Rubber car floor mats.

For carpeted floor mats use the same technique as the rubber mats but re wet the cloth a few times and rub the gum out of the carpet. Gently lift the gum off the carpet by scraping a knife over the gum in the same direction each time. In this video i will show you how i remove gum from the interior of the car. To get rid of the smell of the goop goof off i applied a bit of resolve which smells like froot loops a bit carpet cleaner in that area.

The juice in the wipe will break down the adhesive in the gum but for older gum it will take some time. Wet the cloth with the solvent and rub lightly until gone. They help protect the original carpeting in our vehicles by collecting all of the dirt and grime that transfers from our shoes our pets our gear etc and it doesn t take long for them to get pretty darn filthy. Rubbing back and forth may damage the carpet fibers and cause more damage to your flooring.

In a pinch turpentine or other organic solvent will usually do the job too. Gently wipe across the harder areas. Then use desolvit or orange cleaner or gum remover to get the rest. The links to where i bought the items used is below on amazon.