Gum on black leather seats

[foxbody]

I have a client who has a ford thunderbird w/ black leather seats. It appears if someone sat back against the seat with gum on their back. It is in a string formation vs. one big glob. Any recommendations as to how to remove?

Thanks,

James

 

[Joel_MD]

Try to find a can of the chewing gum remover that janitors use. It's an aerosol that contains an extremely volatile solvent. You spray it on the gum, and it evaporates so quickly that it freezes the gum and makes it brittle. Then you can chip away at the frozen gum with a plastic scraper to remove. I'm not sure where you would buy the stuff, but I found one online here.



Edited - fixed link

 

[Eliot Ness]

..............I'm not sure where you would buy the stuff, but I found one online here.

I couldn't get your link to work but TOL sells a similar product:



Chewing Gum Remover

 

[Banacheq]

Try to find a can of the chewing gum remover that janitors use. It's an aerosol that contains an extremely volatile solvent. You spray it on the gum, and it evaporates so quickly that it freezes the gum and makes it brittle. Then you can chip away at the frozen gum with a plastic scraper to remove. I'm not sure where you would buy the stuff, but I found one online here.

That sounds kind of scary to use on black leather.



Stoner makes a product called Xenit that's supposed to be good for this. I would just test it first in an inconspicuous area to make sure it's not going to harm or discolor the leather.



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[Joel_MD]

...TOL sells a similar product:



Chewing Gum Remover

Yes, that's the stuff! It works great.

 

[xmrgoodcatx]

Try using some packing tape. Take the tape and make it into a circle obviously sticky side out and blot the area. I have used this on clothes, shoe bottoms and carpets and it has worked very well.