Global gum stick-up?
Posted by MelSkunk (Melissa Drake) on Wed 26 Mar 2003 - 09:57
Get it stuck on your shoe or get it sticking you to a seat, and you'll quickly understand why China has a $200,000 gum removal research program and Singapore has banned the sticky stuff (except with a note from your doctor).
Cities spent hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars a year cleaning up gum stick to stuff.But even with that, manufacturers don't have the incentive to make a non-stick gum, because chewers prefer the sticky feel of chewing gum just as it is. So what's in the future? A biodegradable chew? Or gum-removing specialty cleaners? Only time will tell.
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...and then there is the famous Bubble Gum Alley in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Acetone or any of a number of other solvents work already. It's a matter of how much of a PITA it is to remove it, with or without a solvent.
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