Removing Gum From a Dryer

By

Patsy

I tried all those tactics on every site. The only thing that worked in my stainless steel dryer was baking soda. Sprinkle it in there. Take a paper towel and it rubs off. It does not take much elbow grease, but you do have work to do. Use it like you would in the sink. Do not wet it. Just a dry paper towel. My son left a whole pack in his pocket and it was on every inch of my dryer. I tried the dryer sheets, with and without wet towels. I tried peanut butter. The only thing that worked was dry baking soda. Good Luck!

By

Don

Wow! I was skeptical but this works like a charm. Thank you Monica!

By

jbw11

If the gum is very thin and spread out to most of the dryer then using a metal scraper of some kind will do the trick. It happened to our dryer and we didn't have any dryer sheets (only the 3 in 1 things) so we tried the scrapper hoping that we wouldn't have to apply a whole lot of peanut butter, or cream, or chemical to the entire inside of our dryer.

By

stupid messmaker

Dear god, this is what I was saying at 2 in the morning after getting gum all on the inside of my parents new dryer for the second time. The first time I thought I was gonna have to face the literal executioner. Thank you so much for this post! You saved my life, now if only I would have done this before I spent 2 hours scraping, lol

By

ndavisfarm

Oh what a night. We just moved into a new home with, of course, a new washer and dryer. My 14 year old daughter left a pack of gum in her pockets and, well, you guessed it, the gum made it from the washer into the dryer. The look on my wife's face when she opened the dryer with blue gum streaks and clumps everywhere, was horror, and then the screaming began. I calmly sat at the computer and found this site (thank God). The screaming continued into my daughters room while I soaked the dryer sheets and applied them to the barrel. In 10 minutes the barrel was new again. Thank you. Noah
P.S. The screaming and gnashing of teeth continues.

By

lisao610

I have never posted a comment to a site like this before, but I must say using the dryer sheet worked like a charm.
I washed my grandsons clothes and one of them must have had gum in their pocket. Thank you so much for the tip.

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My daughters left gum and stickers in their pockets. Now I have gum and stickers on the drum of my dryer.

Gum left in child's pocket was washed and dried. Now the gum is stuck on the inside walls of my dryer.

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There is gum all over the barrel of my clothes dryer. Help, how do I get this off?

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