Goo-gone! My daughter got gun in her hair and it pulled it out.. as well as lovely fresh fast acting window caulking. I have no idea why but she did, and I am talking clear down to her scalp. Using goo-gone was the only thing we could find that would get it out of her hair. Nothing else worked.
When I think of gum in hair the smell of peanut butter always hits me :) I guess I never learned my lesson growing up, I had the peanut butter on my head quite a few times, and it worked like a charm!
Another vote for peanut butter. The ice is nice, but why bother? The peanut butter takes a minute, give or take, and you don't have to hold the frozen melting ice cube on the gum. LOL
Yep, a third vote for peanut butter. You can also freeze the gum with ice and then just break off the hardened gum. It comes out really easily at that point. Good luck!
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Tip: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair (02/13/2007)
Remove chewing gum from your child's hair by rubbing a spoonful of peanut butter into the gum, leave on for a bit and then wipe the mess out with a paper towel.
Request: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair (07/23/2009)
How to get bubble gum out of hair. Apply peanut butter to the gummed area and rub and voila, the gum will release and remove easily.
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Tip: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
Archived on 02/13/2007
Remove chewing gum from your child's hair by rubbing a spoonful of peanut butter into the gum, leave on for a bit and then wipe the mess out with a paper towel. Shampoo. You might have to do the peanut butter thing twice if the gum is a really huge chunk. Beats cutting out a chunk of hair like my mom did to me!
By Linda
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RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
I am a hairdresser and we use mayonnaise. It works great and conditions too.
By Stacy from El Paso
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
Try ice cubes. It will freeze the gum and when its hard you can break it away. Works for gum in the carpet too.
By eve
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
Rub the chewing gum with peanut butter, mayonnaise or oil.
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
If your child has gum stuck in his or her hair, simply use an ice cube on the area. It takes a little work, but it works like a charm!
By Robin
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
Peanut butter always worked best for me. I have two girls with very long hair;and when they were small I used the peanut butter.
Rub perfume into the gum and it comes right out.
This also works on gum on clothes.(quote)(/quote)
By cheryl H.
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
Mom had given up! I searched the internet and found the peanut butter suggestion for removing the chewing gum from hair. It worked just great, a bit messy but so worth the effort.
By a grateful Grandma
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
I really did think that the suggestion of peanut butter or mayonnaise to remove chewing gum from hair was a joke but we tried the mayonnaise in my 9 year old's hair and it really did work. Thanks for the tip!
By Louise
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
Thank you very much for a million dollar tip. Peanut butter worked like magic for me. Cheers.
By Max
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
My wife just used this method on my 6 yr old daughter, who rolled over some sticky stringy gum. IT WORKED! No cutting of the hair (that was above the ear). Fabulous
By Steven Rapp
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
Thank you so much - I put chewing gum in my boyfriends hair during a play fight and the mayonnaise worked well!
We are friends again!
Thank you so much, I used peanut butter and it came straight out in no time. (03/17/2007)
By Cheryl
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
Peanut Butter is amazing! Rub it in and keep working through the gum until it disappears before your eyes. Unbelievable! (04/06/2007)
By Susan
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From eye lashes
My 4 yr old got Bazooka gum all over her eyes and eye lashes. We removed some with warm water before reading this. The peanut butter worked great! (05/19/2007)
By Katha
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
The peanut butter worked like a charm! Thanks for the advice! (06/04/2007)
By Christi
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
My sister in law used a little bit of olive oil in my niece's hair to remove the gum. Worked like a charm. (05/06/2008)
By Selena
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
We just removed gum from our granddaughter's hair using Avon's Skin So Soft. It smells much better, and works like a charm. (06/30/2008)
By Bigjohn
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
With my wife being out of town at a convention, I was horrified to see that my daughter had accidentally gotten a "large amount of chewing gum in her long brown hair. After googling "gum in hair removal" I came across this and 15 minutes later the gum was gone and her hair washed. Thanks so much. (07/14/2008)
By Ray
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
I got a huge chunk of chewing gum in my long hair and used ice cubes on either side of gum and brushed with a comb and worked perfectly without that sticky peanut butter mess! Good luck! (08/05/2008)
By Moe
RE: Removing Chewing Gum From Hair
I came across a better solution. Just take hair mousse and use it on the gum. In a couple of minutes just comb out the gum. You should probably wash the hair afterward. I got it completely wrapped inside and it worked. (11/07/2008)
