Surprising Uses for This Handy String DENTAL FLOSS: IT’S NOT JUST FOR YOUR TEETH
Starting a Fire: Consider keeping dental floss in your camping supplies. Waxed floss is flammable. Wrapped around the kindling, it’ll light up nicely, igniting your campfire.
Who doesn’t have extra rolls of dental floss in their medicine cabinet or junk drawer? After all, you get a free roll every time you visit the dentist. In a perfect world, dental floss is used daily by every family member to keep their teeth and gums clean. But how often do you actually use up an entire roll of floss for its intended purpose? You can adapt those extra dentist office freebies (or purchase some at the dollar store) to make your home life easier with a few unconventional applications. Here are nine floss tips from Taste of Home you’ll want to try. Hanging Home Decor: Dental floss is strong and stretchy. It’s perfect for hanging pictures, Christmas ornaments, and other home decor. Unlike wire, it won’t scratch the paint off your walls. Sliding Off Hot Cookies: Scraping hot cookies off a pan can sometimes ruin a perfect cookie. Gently sliding dental floss under a cookie prevents it from sticking and helps it to release from the pan. Binding Meats for Cooking: Dental floss is perfect for holding a roast or ham together in the oven. Just make sure to use unflavored and unwaxed floss so it doesn’t melt and leave a minty taste on your food. Slicing Cheese: Cutting cheese with dental floss gives you a straight, clean slice that you can’t get with a knife. Stretch a long piece of floss (wider than your block of cheese) between your hands, hold it tightly, and press it through. Voila!
Crafting and Decorating: Dental floss is perfect for sewing, stringing popcorn, beads, jewelry, and hanging temporary party or holiday decorations. It can even save you a small fortune in craft supplies. Cleaning Your Keyboard: The dust and crumbs that get into computer keyboards can be tough to get rid of. Wrapping floss around your keys, like you do your teeth, gets into those tight spaces and lifts the crud away. Remove Photos From Old Albums: If you’ve tried removing photographs from an old photo album, you know it can be tricky and can potentially damage your pictures. Gently sliding a piece of floss under the photo helps you remove it from the page, undamaged. Hold Your Glasses Together: You can even use dental floss to fix your eyeglasses in a pinch if a screw comes loose. Thread the floss through the screw hole and tie a knot. This will hold your glasses together until you can get them fixed.
With all these fun, alternative uses for dental floss, it could become one of your most used household tools. You might even need to go buy more!
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