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Aluminum (tin) foil isn’t cheap and with more people using plastic or glass containers with lids you might have extra tin foil laying about and don’t know what else to do with it. Here are a few other good (or bad) ideas to use it for:

► Cut it into strips with scissors to sharpen them
► Run it through your paper shredder to sharpen the blades
► Ball it up and use it as a scratcher on a BBQ grill
► Use as a last minute gift-wrap idea. Add your own drawings or stickers to it
► While you paint, wrap the door knob in foil, easy clean-up

► Use as a quickie funnel
► Place it on the bottom of your oven for quick clean up
► Tape it to your windows to keep your room cooler (shiny side facing out)
► Line a pan with foil for easy clean up
► Perfect for your DIY solar oven

► Place over clothing when you iron (such as rayon, wool or silk) Pass the iron over the foil inches above- The wet heat from the foil with rid the garment of wrinkles.
► The always important Tin hat is very handy for stopping people from reading your mind
► Use tin foil as a place mat - allow the kids to decorate it how they want to
► Lay down tin foil in your fireplace to cut down on clean up
► Cover your burner catchers in foil (again, easy clean up)

From Wiki: Tin foil is stiffer than aluminum foil. It tends to give a slight tin taste to food wrapped in it, which is one major reason it has largely been replaced by aluminum and other materials for wrapping food.
The reflectivity of bright aluminum foil is 88% while dull embossed foil is about 80%

► Crumple up foil and rub it on the rust stains on your car’s chrome bumpers
► Keep it warm or cold, wrap it in foil (shiny side out)
► Tape foil to insulation board and place it behind radiators and baseboard heat vents for the extra oomph of heat
► Make a cheap fishing lure by wrapping it around a safety pin then cut the edges so they float in the water (fringing)
► Wrap a piece of cardboard with foil and you have yourself a cheap cake sheet board/holder

► Use the round tin foil tubes to store cords (cut to size)
► Tin foil tubes also make impromptu sword play
► Recycle it with your beer and soda cans for a bit of money (by weight)
► Wrap your radio antennae with a bit of foil
► Wrap your best friend’s apartment in foil

Foil Eating Foods: Highly acidic or salty foods such as lemons, grapefruits, ketchup and pickles accelerate the oxidation of aluminum and can actually ‘eat’ the food, which can affect it’s flavor and may pose a health rick. If you want to use foil, cover it first with a layer of plastic wrap or wax paper to prevent it from coming in contact with the acidic food.

► Iron out the wrinkles and reuse it
► Play a game of hoops, using your own hands as the hoop and the foil as the ball
► Save the foil wrappers from your chocolate kisses for the small items as well
► Toss a ball of foil into the dryer to cut down on static cling
► Wrap vegetables and potatoes in foil when grilling to keep them moist, yet cooked

► Preserve your steel wool pads by placing them on a sheet of foil, this will cut down on the rust.
► Polish your silverware with an ion exchange. Line a pan with aluminum foil, fill it with cold water and add two teaspoons of salt. Drop your tarnished silverware into the the solution and let it sit. Then rinse and dry.

What uses do you have for Aluminum foil?

additional uses for:
Newspapers
Baking Soda
Coffee Filters
Toothpaste

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