5 Alternative uses for dryer sheets
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Most of us purchase dryer sheets to toss in the dryer to make our laundry smell fresh, feel soft and reduce static. I shared that you can cut them in half and get the same results, as well as you can tuck them away with your linens to keep them smelling fresh. But did you know you can use those dryer sheets can come in handy in other rooms in the house?
5 Alternative uses for dryer sheets
Fabric softener sheets are designed to help eliminate static cling. When dusting the house, wipe your television, computer screens, and window blinds with a used sheet to keep dust from resettling.
When storing luggage away, toss a fresh dryer sheet in your suitcase before you zip it up. Next time you travel, your suitcase will smell fresh, rather than musty.
Does Rover leave hair all over the couch? Wipe the surface where he lays with a dryer sheet and it will attract most of the hair– and freshen it up a bit too!
Place a dryer sheet inside smelly shoes and leave them overnight. The smell will be gone in the morning.
If your pots and pans have burned food stuck on them, place a dryer sheet in the bottom before you fill them with water and leave overnight. The burned food will come off easily in the morning.
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I put dryer sheets to the vents and in my linen closest.
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Melted gunk on your iron? Press a hot iron on a dryer sheet and your iron will come clean!
I love how dryer sheets keep clothes smelling fresh! I’m excited to try them in other ways after reading your post though–especially with cleaning the pots & pans!
I keep dryer sheets in my luggage so that it always is fresh smelling. I also use it in dresser drawers to make my clothes smell good lol
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I drop a dry sheet in the bottom of my wastebaskets – keeps them smelling fresh.
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I use a dryer sheet inside my robot vaccuum to freshen while it vacuums the carpet
I use them in the cloths I pack away when I switch from summer to winter cloths!
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Put a dryer sheet in your underwear/sock drawer-will smell nice and fresh.
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I always put a dryer sheet in my trashcan before putting the bag in just to keep a fresh smell!
I stick a dryer sheet in my belt loop to ward of Mosquitos. It really works! AJ@queenofmynest
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When doing applique in quilting or sewing you and lay your fabric shape(circle or whatever you are making) on top of the dryer sheet and then stitch all the way around the entire shape. Once done sewing all the way around, you can then carefully snip a small area in the dryer sheet and turn the appliue shape right side out and the applique is ready to stitch down without the need to turn the edges as you would normally need to do as you are sewing around your shape. It works great and you are using something that would normally be thrown into the trash.
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I keep them in our drawers to keep our clothes smelling fresh
I toss them in the trash can in my teenage son’s room to help freshen up his room!
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Use dryer sheets to keep fleas off your dogs…rubbing a new dryer sheet over your dog’s fur will repel fleas (and make doggie smell better, too).
I use the dryer sheets in my son’s football bag. Always!
You will always find a couple in the bottom.
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I place a damp dryer sheet over the heater vent to freshen up the house in the winter, and over the AC in the summer.
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i like to use them in my car for an air freshener as well as I like to place them in the heater vent covers. It collects things that would normally go down the vent and freshens each time the heater kicks in.
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When we have static in our hair, I take a dryer sheet and wipe over our dry hair and it helps to eliminate the static in our hair.