Dun dun dun dun GUM . . .

Just a quick post to ask if any of you have ever opened your dryer to remove a load of freshly washed CLEAN clothes only to find the dryer drum streaked with (dun dun dun dun) GUM??

Uh, yeah. It's happened yet again.

I have spent hours over the years melting, freezing (yep), scraping and sweating with my head stuck in our dryer trying to remove sticky, gooey, stretched streaks and blobs of gum that failed to find it's way out of pockets before or while in the washer.

And at that moment it really becomes a mute point as to who should have checked the(ir) pockets, right? Ughhh!

Anyway, I love Pinterest, but I often forget to make that my first go to place for tips or information. That will probably change because I am so glad I thought to do so this time. And as much as I wish I could take credit for this ridiculously BRILLIANT trick, I can't. But I will however share. ;)

This time, as in the past, there were globs and there were streaks. Blue. SO blue. Trust me these photos taken by a deranged woman holding a cellphone do not do the damage justice  . . .

Pinterest gave me my mission, so I first tossed in some dirty damp towels to heat up the dryer while I prepared my weapons. As instructed I soaked dryer sheets (yep, you read that correctly) laid out flat in a paper plate of water (that was my idea) for approximately 5 minutes. I was still playing DoubtingThomas at this point so I just placed an entire sheet over multiple streaks and let it set for 10-15 minutes.

Then, still doubting, I went back to check things out and found that this supposed little miracle remedy had actually WORKED!!

I mean look at this!

So once I stopped jumping up and down and dancing around like a happy deranged woman, I put a little more thought into my particular predicament. I took more dryer sheets (I use Snuggle - not that I think that mattered) and cut them into squares that would fit and cover the multitude of gummy streaks I still had left to deal with. I did not do the towel and preheat thing this time, but I did let this batch soak in water for the suggested 5 minutes as well. But instead of placing them and then waiting to let them sit for 15 minutes - I placed a square on each of the 10,000 streaks and immediately began wiping and rubbing the gum.

And wah-lah!!! It all came off - with barely any elbow grease! 20 minute chore tops! Every. Single. Bit. Came. Off. Aaaamazing! Do yourself a favor and store this bit of information somewhere. Lol! Pinterest maybe??

Now before you judge my excitement as a little bizarre or think I'm over-reacting just a little bit here . . . if you have ever tackled this chore as many times as I have over the years I'm pretty sure I can see you doing a slight little dance of your own about now . . . right? ;)

Later ;)
Shelia

"God designed husbands and wives to complete each other, not to compete with each other." ~ Jimmy Evans