Hey you guys, I don't know how it happened or who put gum on my seat but my friend accidently sat on gum and now its smeared all over my front passenger seat. Any ideas on how to get it off?

 

Have never needed to give it a try, but here are some products recommended:

http://www.ehow.com/tips_1554.html

http://www.tipking.co.uk/tip/2666.html

 

I was going to say goo gone but I heard not to use it on leather. Some people have used it and it works fine.

Good info Turbonut!

 

In the leather seat I'd try the tape first before freezing it .. with the canned air your going to freeze the leather too and there is a risk of breaking it.

In fabric/carpet the canned air is the best. Needed is canned air , shop vac with crevice tool and a teaspoon.

Proceedure;
1) turn on shop vac
2) turn canned air upside down and spray the gum to freeze
3) immediatly scrape the gum with the spoon to turn it to dust at the same time vacuum it up.


Reason for the spoon.. if you use your fingernail you get frost bite. Been there...

 

I'll try the tape right now.
Thanks for the tips!

 

I think the gum is too smeared to use the tape, I just tried it and nothing really happened. Should I try the Canned Air or do you guys have any other ideas? Maybe use GooGone?

 

GooGone is going to dissolve it then smear it everywhere and prolly leave a residue stain

 

I had the same thing happen to me in my drivers seat. It wasn't everywhere, but there was a dime sized smear of gum that freaked me out when I noticed it at the gas station. Needless to say, I drove home with a paper towel stuck to my ass...

When I got home, I ran inside & grabbed my can of "Honda spray cleaner/polish" from my "Acura Car Care kit" ($12 at my stealership). I sprayed some on a corner of a clean terry cloth, and wiped it onto the leather. It promptly rubbed the gum right off, and then dried to look like normal. I gave a second application with a clean corner of the towel just to be sure and it looked perfect.

The only thing I noticed is that the edges of the perforated holes in the black leather now look slightly darker instead of that whiteish feathery edge. I kinda think it looks better, and have been contemplating doing the entire seat. It's just so unnoticeable that I haven't given it a second thought until right now...

 

94eg!: Yeah my gum is like smeared onto the seat, its not coming off by hand or towels. I'm not sure what I should try next.

 

Try WD40 as it won't harm the leather, and contains cleaning agents.
In fact, some use it keep the leather soft on seats/shoes.

 

so just get a terry towel and put some wd40 on it and just rub it on the gum?
I'm not sure if it'll work but I'll give it a try, the gum is like smeared on the seat so I can pick at it or anything.

 

nvm I tried the scotch tape again and it worked fine. I hate how our seats are preforated with holes though.

 

Did you try the Honda brand spray cleaner/polish I recommended?