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| Open thread: what items and products do you re-purpose? | Open thread: what items and products do you re-purpose? |
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| Today's top Ask Reddit thread is "What is a product that you use for other than its intended purpose?" | Today's top Ask Reddit thread is "What is a product that you use for other than its intended purpose?" |
| Whether using coffee filters as snack bowls or deploying hair conditioner as shaving cream, have you ever re-purposed an everyday object to give it a new life? | Whether using coffee filters as snack bowls or deploying hair conditioner as shaving cream, have you ever re-purposed an everyday object to give it a new life? |
| Here are some of the best from the Reddit thread. Take a look, then tell us how you use everyday objects in new and inventive ways: | Here are some of the best from the Reddit thread. Take a look, then tell us how you use everyday objects in new and inventive ways: |
| • Lighter fluid, dabbed on with a cotton ball, to remove the stickiest of stickers – jugdealer | • Lighter fluid, dabbed on with a cotton ball, to remove the stickiest of stickers – jugdealer |
| • A toothbrush with toothpaste to scrub off blackheads – ndchoate | • A toothbrush with toothpaste to scrub off blackheads – ndchoate |
| • A lint roller on your head to remove all of the hair clippings after a haircut – Charles_bukkake | • A lint roller on your head to remove all of the hair clippings after a haircut – Charles_bukkake |
| • A coffee mug to eat cereal (it makes drinking the milk a bit easier) – readyhit | • A coffee mug to eat cereal (it makes drinking the milk a bit easier) – readyhit |
| • Kool-Aid to shine brass and metal – slid3r | • Kool-Aid to shine brass and metal – slid3r |
| • Dryer sheets as odor blockers or air fresheners for smoke – notaphilomajor | • Dryer sheets as odor blockers or air fresheners for smoke – notaphilomajor |
| • Birth control pills to increase the foliage of plants – jugdealer | • Birth control pills to increase the foliage of plants – jugdealer |
| What you're saying: | |
| "I use old CDs tied across the garden about 3 feet apart to scare birds off my newly seeded lawn. 1970s 'Prog Rock' seems the best bird scarer." – Sidfishes | |
| "Old pallets are great for general garden construction - building vertical plant walls, compost heaps etc. Stupendously useful!" – Groundbreaker | |
| "Cocktail sticks as a sculpting tool - I enjoy painting miniatures, so convert/sculpt bits and bobs." – RichJames | |
| "I get my children to dry the dishes." – BarabbasFreed | |
| "I used to use Orbit chewing gum pellets as pillows for small action figures." – MyFlippinValentine | |
| "When one of the doors hinges starts creaking, i use some cooking oil, stops the friction and eliminates the awful noise." – MuleyaJumba | |
| "The blade of a plastic knife (available free from coffee shops) is perfect for prising the back off my phone to change the battery." – Rainborough | |
| Do these ideas seem strange, or can you relate? Use this thread to tell us how you've become clever with everyday objects and we'll add them to this post. | Do these ideas seem strange, or can you relate? Use this thread to tell us how you've become clever with everyday objects and we'll add them to this post. |