URGENT - how to get chewing gum out of a lock??

[ernest]

a 'prankster' has put chewing gum in my neighbours lock. We can't get it out, or a key in. What to do??

From Wikipedia:Purified petrol (not the common "gasoline") and Ethanol dissolve gum, as probably do a lot of other solvents.

can u use a pair of tweezers and pull it out???

the gap is too tiny for tweezers, do you think cleaning alcohol will be the same as ethanol? I've googled it, but most sites recommend buning the article in the freezer, not entirely practicle unfortunatels in this case

wurlywurly you got me thinking and I got a tiny spectacles screwdriveer and managed to pick it out, ta