So you thought aluminum foil was just for covering the roast? Discover 15 different ways to use aluminum foil in your everyday life:
You may be well versed in cleaning tricks or cooking tricks, but it is unlikely that you will have full command of all the possible uses of aluminum foil inside and outside the kitchen. This is because, contrary to what many people think, it is not just used to wrap roasts.
As you will have the opportunity to see in the selection below, aluminum foil can even be used in construction work, when painting or touching up paint, for example. This, of course, is not to mention the great cleaning potential that this material offers.
Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? The best of all is that these uses, even though they are eccentric enough to be highlighted in our article, are far from being the only unusual possibilities for using aluminum foil.
This material, with a more than affordable price, will certainly become a great asset in your life from now on due to the countless possibilities of use it offers. And best of all: all these unusual ways of using this material are all very simple to put into practice.
Now that’s good news, don’t you think? We do.
Learn 15 different ways to use aluminum foil in your everyday life:
1. Sharpen scissors
Crumple the aluminum foil and then start cutting it with the scissors that need to be sharpened. You need to repeat this process 15 to 20 times to get the scissors sharp again. This technique, in fact, also works with cuticle pliers, as we have already shown here.
2. Ironing
You will get a much better result and finish much faster if you cover the ironing board with aluminum foil. You just need to leave the shiny part of the paper up and cover it with a sheet or some other fabric. As you iron, the aluminum foil will reflect the heat and do the heavy lifting for you.
3. Unstick pans
Pans with stuck-on dirt, especially when frying, are perfectly clean if you use balls of aluminum foil to scrub them.
4. Avoid dirt on the stove
If you don’t have time or aren’t too lazy to clean your stove every day, cover your stove with aluminum foil, like a cover. You just need to cut the paper to the right size, make the holes for the flames and make sure the cover fits well over the stove. When it gets dirty, just replace the paper.
5. Avoid bad smells in the refrigerator
Foods that are not used entirely, such as onions and other vegetables, should go in the refrigerator wrapped in aluminum foil. If you want the food to last longer, before using aluminum, wrap the vegetable in plastic wrap. This keeps the food moist and prevents the smell from spreading throughout the refrigerator.
6. Adapt batteries
If you got the battery size wrong (for less) for that appliance or even for the remote control, balls of aluminum foil can help you. You just need to fit the balls at one end of the stack and make a kind of “seam” so that they work well, even if they are not the appropriate size.
7. Clean grills
After the barbecue, as you know, the grill gets all stuck together. Just like in the case of dirty pans, a small ball of aluminum foil can help. But this time, if you take advantage of the moment when it’s hot, the job becomes easier. So, don’t forget to protect your hands and use a metal grip to help with the friction.
8. Wash clothes
To prevent static electricity, in drier times, take care of your clothes by placing a small ball of aluminum foil in the machine when washing.
9. Pastry nozzles
As aluminum foil is moldable, it is a great lifesaver when improvising piping tips.
10. Preserve bananas
If you wrap the stem that joins the bananas together in the bunch with aluminum foil, you will make them ripen more slowly. This consequently prevents the bananas from turning dark.
11. Wrap roasts
You certainly know this one, but it doesn’t hurt to remember, right? You can wrap the food that will go in the oven, especially meat, so that it cooks before browning (which only happens when you remove the paper).
But there is a very important detail that almost no one knows: the right side to be in contact with the food is the shiny and smoothest one, which prevents it from sticking to the paper and helps with heat transfer.
12. Remove rust
Of course, aluminum foil doesn’t work miracles, but if it’s superficial rust you can remove it perfectly with a paper towel. All you have to do is polish the surface to be cleaned.
13. Clean silver stains
All you will need to remove stains from silver objects, in addition to a piece of aluminum foil, is a mixture of baking soda, salt and boiling water. Then you bathe the stained object in the mixture and gently pass the paper ball over the surface.
14. Make perfect pies
Have you ever noticed that the edges of pies bake first? To prevent them from being toasted until the rest of your pie is ready, cover the end of the dough with aluminum foil and only remove it when it’s time to brown your roast.
15. Protect door handles
When painting doors or any other detail in your home, the simplest and most economical way to protect areas that should not be painted or stained, such as door handles, is to use aluminum foil as protection. After the paint is dry, remove the paper.
And for you to become even more adept at the “cat jumps” that save our daily lives, you also need to check out: 14 kitchen tricks that will make your life easier.
Source: How to do it at home
