WD-40

• 1). Put on the rubber gloves and open the dryer door.
  
  
• 2). Spray a bit of WD-40 on and around the stuck-on gum if your dryer is electric. Spray the WD-40 on a paper towel, rather than directly in the dryer, to wipe the gum if your dryer is gas.
  
  
• 3). Scrape away the gum with a plastic scraper or any plastic-edged item. Apply more WD-40 if the gum still sticks to the dryer.
  
  
• 4). Dampen a paper towel with warm water. Add a drop of laundry detergent or dish detergent to the towel.
  
  
• 5). Rub the paper towel over the area where you removed the gum to clean up any leftover WD-40.
  
  
• 6). Rub an ice cube over any remaining pieces of gum. Chip the frozen bits of gum off the dryer with the plastic scraper.
  
  

Detergent

• 1). Place some old towels or rags in the dryer and run it, as suggested by "Good Housekeeping." This will warm up the gum.
  
  
• 2). Make a paste from powdered laundry detergent and water. Smear this over the gum, using a cloth.
  
  
• 3). Scrub the gum off the dryer with the cloth, making sure to remove it all. Change to a clean wet rag if the other one is too soiled.
  
  
• 4). Dampen some more clean rags. Run these through the dryer to make certain you got all the gum off the dryer and that it won't transfer to clothing.