God damned gummi bears

[Lee Chambers]

Does anyone know of a method one can use to remove melted gummi bears from the fabric of a car seat?

And no, I will not elaborate on the details of this question.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Lestoil? We used to shampoo with it to take pine pitch out of our hair.

 

[Trombonus]

Mmmmmm Gummi Bears. *drools*

 

[tickledkitty]

There is some stuff called Goo Gone that can remove all sorts of sticky messes. I'm not sure where you can buy it. The last time I bought it was at a fabric/craft store.

 

[Lee Chambers]

Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a try.

Oh and by the way, Trom, I was talking about these gummi bears.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Mainguys.jpg

Again, there will be no elaboration as to why they are melted in a car seat.

 

[Trombonus]

*cries*

I used to love that show!

 

[MagicaPractica]

Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a try.

Oh and by the way, Trom, I was talking about these gummi bears.

Again, there will be no elaboration as to why they are melted in a car seat.

*sigh* There's gotta be quite a story there.

 

[Edward Teach]

Does anyone know of a method one can use to remove melted gummi bears from the fabric of a car seat?

And no, I will not elaborate on the details of this question.

Freezing them hard with dry ice then crumbling them may work for the gummy goo. Then try to get the dye out with detergent.

 

[TE999]

Does anyone know of a method one can use to remove melted gummi bears from the fabric of a car seat?

And no, I will not elaborate on the details of this question.

Too bad.

It would make a great FlashFic.

 

[3113]

Again, there will be no elaboration as to why they are melted in a car seat.

Hmmm. Guess we'll just have to elaborate for you then

I'll begin...it all started innocently enough. "Bring along a box of gummi bears," she told him over the phone, her voice low and throaty.

"Gummi bears?" he repeated uncertainly.

He could almost hear the wicked smile in her reply. "Just bring them. I'll see you at eight."

Hanging up the phone, Lee glanced at the clock. It was seven thirty. He had only a half hour to dress and buy the gummi bears before he was due at her door. He knew better than to go against her wishes, whatever those wishes might be....but...gummi bears?

Next up?

 

[john-the-author]

Goo Gone is great stuff, but it's more for petroleum-based adhesives. THough it might be worth a discreet try on a small bit. The Babe lofted the idea of peanut butter (which works for chewing gum), but I think this is also good for things that respond better to an oil-based solvent. Gummi bears are (eventually) water soluble.

The idea of ice cubes isn't a bad one and you might even go so far as to obtain a smidgen of liquid nitrogen (it's not hard to get a thermos full) and try really really hard freezing it.

Good luck.

John

P.S. Ahhhhh, the joys of parenting, I'll wager.

 

[shereads]

Land mines will remove most anything from a car seat.

 

[tickledkitty]

Hmmm. Guess we'll just have to elaborate for you then

I'll begin...it all started innocently enough. "Bring along a box of gummi bears," she told him over the phone, her voice low and throaty.

"Gummi bears?" he repeated uncertainly.

He could almost hear the wicked smile in her reply. "Just bring them. I'll see you at eight."

Hanging up the phone, Lee glanced at the clock. It was seven thirty. He had only a half hour to dress and buy the gummi bears before he was due at her door. He knew better than to go against her wishes, whatever those wishes might be....but...gummi bears?

Next up?

Lee stopped at the corner convenience store and raced inside. He only had 17 minutes before their date.

He dashed down the candy aisle. They had Mike & Ikes, Good & Plenty, Juji Fruits, Sugar Babies, Sour Gummy Worms, but no gummi bears. Damn!

He raced out of the store and hopped back into his car. The clock on the dash showed 7:46. No time to lose, with a ten-minute drive ahead of him to his date's house.

Next stop: the gas station. Lee glanced at his watch as he ran inside. 7:49. They had to have gummi bears!

Next?

 

[Weird Harold]

Oh and by the way, Trom, I was talking about these gummi bears.
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Again, there will be no elaboration as to why they are melted in a car seat.

So you're talking melted plastic characters rather than slimy candy animals? The processes of removing the melted remains are completely different.

With melted pastic, your only option for removal might end up being being a pair of scissors; with melted candy, a spray bottle of warm detergent solution and a wet/dry vacuum plus a lot of patience will eventually remove every trace except possible dye stains.

 

[Emperor_Nero]

Lee stopped at the corner convenience store and raced inside. He only had 17 minutes before their date.

He dashed down the candy aisle. They had Mike & Ikes, Good & Plenty, Juji Fruits, Sugar Babies, Sour Gummy Worms, but no gummi bears. Damn!

He raced out of the store and hopped back into his car. The clock on the dash showed 7:46. No time to lose, with a ten-minute drive ahead of him to his date's house.

Next stop: the gas station. Lee glanced at his watch as he ran inside. 7:49. They had to have gummi bears!

Next?

He rushed to the counter. Mints, gum, chocolate, but no gummi bears. His heart sunk as this had been his last hope.

But as he turned, the answer was before him – the T-shirt rack holding a blue shirt embossed with six animated bears. He was pretty sure this wasn’t exactly what she had in mind, but the images of Grammi, Cubbi, Gruffi, Sunni, Tummi and Zummi were going to make damn sure he didn’t show up empty handed.

As quickly as he could, he got back on the road. It was 7:56 and he was just going to make it.

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