How do I get bloody chewing gum off my clothes? Somehow I’ve managed to get a big blob of it stuck to my pants and somehow my freaking underpants. I feel like a damn fool. Will throwing them into a warm wash do or is it going to turn into a long, painful drawn out process?
Throw them in the freezer, then break off the gum when it is brittle and has lost its elasticity. (Or, if you have too small a freezer, the old fashioned way was to use an ice cube to localize the cold and pick it out.)
Carbonara (available and JoAnn Fabrics) makes a number of “removers”, but I don’t recall whether gum is one that they provide. One thing to avoid: some solvents that will destroy the gum will destroy the fabric, so you have to be careful what to apply.
(Bloody gum? You’re chewing gum when you suffer gingivitis?)
Actually, they’re grass encrusted, but you don’t need to know that.
Right, that should take care of my boxers, but I don’t have any ice cubes. I’m freezing some now, but is there any other way? That won’t dissolve my pants?
Kerosene, diesel fuel or mineral oil breaks up gum pretty well.
There’s also a bottle of magic stuff called Goo Gone, which works wonderfully well. Follow the instructions.
Find an active Amway distributor. They have some stuff that is supposed to work on gum.
I have tried many times and the freezer thing has never worked for me. It always turns slightly harder, but never brittle enough to crack when being bent.
There is a product called Un-Du that professes to remove chewing gum from clothing. You can find it at Walmart or any craft store.
Ditto on the Goo Gone (or similar name). It can be had at just about any hardware, grocery, or drug store. It also works well on inks, tar, grease, and cat urine. 
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I have a word of advice: Don’t try to dig gum out with a bone; it only makes things worse.
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Better than the freezer or ice cubes: get a can of Freez-it. It’s worked for me. Kind of expensive if that’s all you want it for, though.
Well, I gotta say that the freezing technique didn’t really work for me. On the other hand, it was a small novelty to have my underpants next to the ice cubes. 
Eventually I had to resort to getting the gum gooey and then scrubbing it off. Seemed to work ok.