Have you stepped on some chewing gum and are now struggling to remove it from the soles of your shoes and the carpet in the living room? Did your children's collages and creative games leave traces of glue sticks or vinyl glue on their aprons and dresses? Don't know how to get rid of the adhesive stains left on the windows and doors of the house after you have removed the Easter or Christmas decorations? You just have to have a little patience and try to come up with a solution to get rid of these annoying and sticky residues in the most painless way possible.
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You have stepped on the chewing gum and now you struggle to remove it from sole of shoes and from living room carpet? The collages and creative games of your own children they left traces of glue stick or vinyl glue on their aprons and on their dresses? You don't know how to get rid of the patches of sticker remained on the window panes and doors of the house after you removed the Easter decorations o Christmas? You just have to have a little patience and try to come up with a solution for get rid of these annoying, sticky residues as painlessly as possible.
In this regard, here we come to your rescue 5 little tips per remove do-it-yourself le spots di chewing gum, glue e sticker from washable surfaces and fabrics.
1. Scotch and adhesive
To remove adhesive and tape residues from objects in wood, metal, plastic o glass try to heat them with the hot air jet of the hairdryer and then scratch them off by hand, taking care not to scratch the surfaces. Another possibility is to rub the stain with a very common one eraser, white and clean. If these treatments are not sufficient, try to remove the adhesive traces with cotton soaked in cleanser or olive oil. Finally, clean the surface with a damp cloth, in order to remove any streaks.
2. Chewing gum
To delete once and for all the chewing gum da soles, furnishings e "Fabrics, the most effective solution is to treat the stain with del ice, in order to cool it and scratch it off more easily, being careful not to damage the surfaces.
3. Vinyl glue
To remove residues of "fresh" vinyl glue, it is generally sufficientwater warm. If the stain has hardened, however, you can try to rub it with a cloth soaked in ethyl alcohol.
4. Glue stick and liquid glue
To treat most "fresh" glue stains, dissolve a teaspoon of Marseille soap grated in two cups of warm water, soak a cloth in this solution and then rub it on the stain. For hardened stains, add some more to your mix alcohol. An alternative to this treatment, especially indicated for the "Fabrics, is to pre-treat the stain withvinegar White and then proceed to wash by hand, in cold water, of your garment.
5. "Attack" glue
For “sticky” glues, the most practical solution is to treat the stains with a cotton swab or with one toothbrush soaked in acetone. However, acetone is an aggressive agent that could damage surfaces and fabrics: so take care to test a very small portion of the object or garment to be treated, before proceeding.
You have others secret weapons to combat sticky residues of glues, adhesives and chewing gum?
