Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/18/12 12:07 a.m.

(Cut and paste >>not sure what's going on with the numbers)

Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for $1.00, even the large ones.

  1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.

  2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome... Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.

  3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.

  4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.

  5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.

  6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.

  7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

  8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.

  9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.

  10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.

  11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

  12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters..

  13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them.. It soaks out all the grease.

  14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers.."

  15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliquéing soft fabrics.

  16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.

  17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.

18 Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car..

  1. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills.

  2. Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies. Saves on having extra bowls to wash.

  3. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.

  4. Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls.

  5. Use them to sprout seeds. Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a zip-lock plastic bag until they sprout.

  6. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in phone book.

  7. Use as a disposable "snack bowl" for popcorn, chips, etc.

  8. Great in the tool room when separating nails and screws then use in to bottom of containers to remove moisture and prevent rust.

OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS TOO

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade SuperDork
11/18/12 12:18 a.m.

I've done some of those.

moparman76_69
moparman76_69 Reader
11/18/12 8:11 a.m.

I've done number 7 but with bacon grease.

Lesley
Lesley PowerDork
11/18/12 9:39 a.m.

They're also great for picking up 4-inch long cat puked hairballs before you step on them.

But don't use the dollar store ones for coffee. They give it a weird, chlorine taste.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
11/18/12 3:04 p.m.

Woody, you'll make someone a nice wife.

wbjones
wbjones UltraDork
11/18/12 3:08 p.m.

she's had many offers just on this forum alone

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
11/18/12 5:13 p.m.

I approve of your list! I am glad to see "Make coffee" is not on it!

dj06482
dj06482 GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/18/12 9:27 p.m.

Good info! As someone who doesn't drink coffee on a regular basis, it sounds like I should pick some up. Keeping the popsicles from dripping would save our floors/kids clothes!

Another useful item that you may not have around the house is baby wipes. After having kids, I don't know how I ever lived without them! They do a better job of cleaning your hands than just about anything. Seriously, they're about the only thing that can get that Desitin goop off your hands! I keep a package in each vehicle, and a couple in the garage...

Costco's Kirkland brand are my favorite, the case is something like $16. They hold up very well, don't have a slimy residue like other brands, and the packaging is convenient and keeps them from drying out.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
11/18/12 9:53 p.m.

Buy a "gold" (mostly stainless colored that way but made of metal and washable) filter for the coffee maker and pass on the paper. Saves paper, stops you from drinking paper by-products and comes with all the glamour of being "Green". Win!

Kenny_McCormic
Kenny_McCormic HalfDork
11/18/12 10:09 p.m.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Buy a "gold" (mostly stainless colored that way but made of metal and washable) filter for the coffee maker and pass on the paper. Saves paper, stops you from drinking paper by-products and comes with all the glamour of being "Green". Win!

Also gives you plenty of coffee sludge in the bottom of the pot, ruins the last cup.

poopshovel
poopshovel UltimaDork
11/18/12 10:24 p.m.
914Driver wrote: Woody, you'll make someone a nice wife.

Bwaaaahaha!

Appleseed
Appleseed PowerDork
11/18/12 11:54 p.m.

What do you use when you run out?

bearmtnmartin
bearmtnmartin GRM+ Memberand Reader
11/19/12 2:09 a.m.

I use a bodem(french press) and make REAL coffee.

Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette SuperDork
11/19/12 6:07 a.m.

You had me sold at #9

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