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?
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
• 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 coffee mug to eat cereal (it makes drinking the milk a bit easier) – readyhit
• Kool-Aid to shine brass and metal – slid3r
• Dryer sheets as odor blockers or air fresheners for smoke – notaphilomajor
• Birth control pills to increase the foliage of plants – jugdealer
What you're saying:
• "Plastic bottles filled with hot water, tightly screwed and wrapped in towels make good emergency heaters for cold,sick animals." – deekin
• "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.
