Who knew!! I am going to try the dryer thing, if that works, bye bye dryer sheets. LOL

Hey that's a great idea,we can all have grilled cheese while
we sew LOL :-P

love the grilled cheese sandwich LOL

I would have never thought of that!! and it actually browned it

Also, if you are painting.wrap your brush or paint roller tightly in foil and just unroll it when you need it . they do not dry out if wrapped tightly. I;ve done this for many years.

that was interesting thank you for sharing

know I don't have to leave my sewing room to eat.

Thanks for the info.

WOW! THANKS SO MUCH!

hey, let us know how rotary blades work!

I am LOVING the dryer static one....gotta try it...I use it to wrap celery, it keeps for several weeks and does not go soft...Thanks!!!!
Ellen

Thank You for the video.

Thanks for sharing, plan on using the "new uses for foil" ideas.

LOL good idea!

I have used the tip forsharpening scissors and it works.

yup, I've done it for the kids crafting scissors for years... my gramma showed me that trick well over 35 years ago. I've got about 5 rotary blades that I've saved for when the kids do scrapbooking / papercrafting / cardmaking projects... I may try and sharpen one of those :)

My hubby is all zappy right now, so I will definitely try the dryer trick ~ we're tired of him zapping us!

I still call it "tin" foil, gives my age away; but, thanks for the tips. Learn something new every day. Love the brown sugar hint the best, who knew?

I can't wait to try these ideas.

I do this but I also put it into the refrigerator. You can keep it there for a couple of days. Just wrap it tightly.

Wow........everything you always wanted to know about aluminum foil but were afraid to ask. Well, not quite...lol...but interesting stuff! I especially liked the dryer hint. Thanks! That's one I will probably use.

Who'd a thunk it. The laundry sounded interesting to me. Well, it all did, actually.

If you don't like the dryer sheets, check out the "dryer mate" balls. They are plastic balls with knobs on them. I got them at Menards, and have been using one of them for over 6 months.

Like idea about ball of foil in dryer to eliminate static cling.

Very interesting! Thank you!

I have always sharpened my kitchen scissors by cutting aluminum foil. But learned some new uses from the video. My ironing board gets aluminized tomorrow and will try the foil ball on the next dryer load. Thanks for posting the link. :lol:

Thanks for sharing, who would have thought? I forwarded this link on to my friends and family.

Thanks so much for the site, I've passed it on to my quilt group plus family and friends!

Thank you for sharing this wonderful site

The grilled cheese sandwich idea reminds me of of one of Johnny Depp's early movies, "Benny and Joon". It's a great one to rent and often comes on TV.

I do the same thing, but I use those plastic grocery bags, put the roller in and wrap. You can also put the paint roller pan (with paint), inside the plastic bags, push it down into the paint and refridgerate until needed again. Works like a charm.

Diane

DON'T EVEN GO NEAR ALUMINUM FOIL WITH A ROTARY BLADE! iT WILL MAKE IT DULL INSTANTLY!
It works for scizzors because they intersect two flat blades,
The rotary is a double sided pointed blade. JP

I was thinking the same thing, must try it.

I better not try.

That toasted sandwich thing is VERY old...we used it in our dorm rooms in college..and I am VERY old. Funny about the ironing board (first, did you notice that there was no pad on that ironing board LOL) I asked this board recently about how they cover their ironing board...got good responses. I ended up making my own cover and I love it, but I put a layer of aluminium foil between the two commercial pads that were left over from previous covers I had purchased. It is the best cover/padding I have ever had! I am going to try the foil ball in the dryer today. I use the balls someone else mentioned..they soften, but do not de-static! And if I cannot keep using the same ball of foil, it will not be in my frugalistic bag of tricks.

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You can clean sterling silver with aluminum foil, water and washing soda. Pierce the foil for better solution movement. Lay the foil in a tupperware sandwich-size container. Fill 3/4 with water. Add 2 tablespoons washing soda (not baking soda) and stir. Set your sterling silver in the solution until the oxide is released. 30 seconds or so. Then rinse and buff.

Do not use on silver that has marquisite or darkened designs (eg. lettering).

This works - I used Calgon

I can report that the foil in the dryer does NOT take away the static..tried it out this morning..

With dial-up internet service, I don't click on video links. I'm gettin old fast enough as it is!! LOL
Can somebody please tell me what the video said about foil and brown sugar?

Sue

It said to wrap the hard brown sugar in foil, put in in a preheated 300º oven for 5 minutes and it will crumble easily.

Diane

Thanks Diane!

The baby in your avatar is cute enough to eat!!

Sue