Place the ice bag directly on the gum in your carpet and wait 5 10 minutes.
Get gum out of carpet mat.
The best way to remove gum from your carpet floor mats is to freeze the gum.
Gently lift the gum up off of the carpet fibers with a scraping motion.
Use a butter knife or metal spatula to scrape the frozen gum off the carpet.
Make sure you cover the gum and all around the edges.
Let s face it car floor mats are a lifesaver.
As a last resort you can cut out the gum on some carpet.
Be careful not to overheat the area or it may burn the carpet fibers.
After this time the gum should be frozen enough and you can start breaking it out.
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.
Scrape the remaining gum residue off the carpet floor mats with a butter knife or metal utensil.
The juice in the wipe will break down the adhesive in the gum but for older gum it will take some time.
Use a scraping tool to fully scrape the gum from the carpet.
Pull up along the strand of carpet taking the gum with you.
Close and seal it tight to avoid leaking water as the ice melts.
It may help to cover your hand with a plastic bag or rubber glove so you can use your fingers to work the gum out of the carpet.
Step 4 using a metal spatula or butter knife slowly start to scrape the gum off the carpet.
Sponge the gum stain directly with cleaning fluid such as 409.
Repeat this process until all of the gum is removed.
Allow it to crack and break into fragments and remove as much as possible.
Since it may leave a noticeably shorter patch it s best to remove as much gum as you can with other methods before grabbing the scissors.
Follow the previously mentioned technique of scraping with a butter knife to lift the gum off the carpet.
For the smallest pieces left over place the wipe in between your fingers and pinch the gum.
Avoid cutting gum out of carpet that will show the missing section such as berber and loop pile carpet.
This will harden the gum so it s easier to remove gum from carpet.
Put the bag of ice directly onto the gum stain.
Use the hair dryer to heat the gum.
Rub ice over stubborn areas that won t lift off and repeat as necessary.
Step 3 soak the gum with oil by blotting it with the cloth.
How to remove gum from car floor mats.
Similar to the car carpet you can also use a stain remover to finish cleaning the carpet floor mats.
To freeze the gum out of your carpet grab a few ice cubes from the freezer and place them in a zip loc bag.
Use ice or a frozen bag of food to harden the gum and pull off fragments.
Once the gum is softened gently pull it out of the carpet fibers.