Remove chewing gum from under the shoe

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Chewing gum under your shoes is uncomfortable and, unfortunately, can also leave stubborn stains on carpets and other floors. For this reason, you should always remove the gum as soon as possible.

Immediate action against chewing gum under the shoe

As soon as you notice that you are acting strangely while running, that the shoe seems to be sticking to the ground, you probably have chewing gum under the shoe. You should remove these immediately as far as possible:

  • Try to get the gum off under the shoe by rubbing it on a sharp edge, such as a curb.
  • Rub your shoes through damp grass, this helps quite well with leather shoe soles because water gets into it leather penetrates and slides between the sole of the shoe and the chewing gum.
  • Even rubbing the shoe firmly on sand or clay can remove the annoying chewing gum from the shoe.
  • In the case of shoes with a coarse profile, it can happen that the chewing gum sits firmly in the profile and cannot be removed. Find a small stick or a suitably shaped one stoneto pull the gum out from under the shoe.
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These are all just immediate measures, the further ones stains by the chewing gum are supposed to prevent. You can hardly ever remove chewing gum completely in this way.

Remove the sticky rubber completely

Drag the shoes ideally in front of the front door, this saves further chewing gum stains in the apartment.

  1. Pack the shoes in a freezer bag and place them for approx. 2 hours in the freezer. The chewing gum becomes so hard and brittle and loses its adhesive strength.
  2. Take a hard, pointed object, such as a nail file, and brush the hard gum off the shoe. It's very easy to do.

Other ways to remove gum from under the shoe

If you can't put shoes in the freezer, you have the following options for getting the gum off your shoe:

  • Spray the chewing gum with ice spray to remove it, which you can get at a pharmacy on the go.
  • Put an ice cube on top.
  • Soak the shoe in detergent solution so that the detergent can creep under the chewing gum. The water should be cold, preferably cool with ice cubes.

The methods described usually remove chewing gum completely, not only if it sticks under a shoe. You still have to scrape it off mechanically, of course.

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