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Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

Last post 02-01-2011, 2:34 AM by Dottie. 11 replies.
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  •  04-17-2009, 8:22 AM 5726

    Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    COFFEE FILTERS: Not just for making coffee...

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

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

    3. Protect China.
    Separate your good dishes by putting 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.
    Soaks out all the grease.

    14. Keep in the bathroom.
    They make great "razor nick fixers."
    Live and learn, as it keeps life interesting!
  •  04-17-2009, 4:13 PM 5727 in reply to 5726

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    This was interesting......I sent it off to a couple friends Smile
  •  04-17-2009, 7:57 PM 5729 in reply to 5727

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    Cool, thnx LH..... who woulda thunk?

    Do unto others as you would have them do unto you...

    http://wrightspecialties.blogspot.com/
    http://vimeo.com/2163435
  •  04-18-2009, 5:05 PM 5732 in reply to 5726

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    Many Thanks! You listed several I had not heard or would have thought!

    Dd Lov

  •  04-23-2009, 6:36 AM 5748 in reply to 5732

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    Now if I can just remember these when I need to! Stick out tongue
  •  07-27-2010, 9:19 AM 6243 in reply to 5726

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    Just having found this site this is new to me. I was given a large amount of coffee filters that didn't work for my coffee maker. I used them in many of the ways described above but my husband used some to strain paint.
  •  07-29-2010, 8:25 PM 6250 in reply to 5726

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    Hey, I like #10 suggestion, been using it a while for my c ontainers
  •  08-14-2010, 10:22 AM 6282 in reply to 6250

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    Lately I have seen several websites that was showing how to make flowers from coffee filters..... Cute too!
    http://members.cox.net/nonacook
  •  01-07-2011, 7:08 PM 6338 in reply to 5726

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    Wow!! Awesome ideas!! I have to pass this on to my daughter. It caught my eye on #5 about preventing rust on cast iron skillets..... I have some vintage hand tools made of cast iron, and I think if I wrap them in my old coffee filters, that just might cut down on my having to clean and oil them so often.....Wink

  •  01-23-2011, 1:11 PM 6355 in reply to 5726

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    thanks for the tip  L.H.  are you working on any new projects yet?  i have done some mardi gras items, and a walenine wreath for the farmers market in pass christian, ms, but don't know how to post them to the site.  i have very limited computer skills.   anyway, thanks again for the helpful tips.
  •  01-24-2011, 8:21 AM 6356 in reply to 6355

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    Dottie can help you by posting the photos for you, send her a private message.

     

     

     My 2011 goal is to declutter our home by March 1st.

    It's a long and slow job though I've finished serveral rooms, and my daughter got motivated and did her room this past weekend.    YesYes

    A bit each day really does add up. I am saving the workshop till last.

     

     


    Live and learn, as it keeps life interesting!
  •  02-01-2011, 2:34 AM 6362 in reply to 6356

    Re: Coffee filters not just for making coffee!

    If you load your photos in photobucket you can then copy and paste them here. Probably with the link. We are having problems with photos..thnx.

    Do unto others as you would have them do unto you...

    http://wrightspecialties.blogspot.com/
    http://vimeo.com/2163435
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