oh sowwie. i read the question differently. please omit my last post. :P if the dress is very very precious (priceless), i would suggest you to give it to the dry-cleaners. they have all kinds of tricks of the trade to help your dress get rid of the freakin gum cleanly. hmmm....i did spell 'ash' the write way it seems, doesn't it?...bloody gum, my a$$!! :P on a serious note: my tip is more helpful than some of those american manual which read: 1) blah blah blah 2) blah blah blah 3) blah blah blah 4) blah blah blah 5) blah blah blah 6) blah blah blah 7) blah blah blah 8) blah blah blah 9) blah blah blah 10) blah blah blah 11) blah blah blah 12) blah blah blah 13) blah blah blah 14) nothing works in the end..so all the best! :P LooTe