36 Amazing Ways To Reuse Spun Tights (Don't Miss # 27).
Stockings and tights slip off in less time than it takes to tell.
Once spun, what to do with this pair of tights that are no longer useful?
Well, don't throw it away!
It turns out that nylon is very practical and durable.
It can be used for lots of things at home, in the garden but also for DIY.
here is 36 amazing ways to reuse spun pantyhose. Look :
1. Find a lost earring
Did you drop an earring on the ground but couldn't find it? To easily retrieve it, attach a pantyhose with a rubber band to your vacuum cleaner hose. Vacuum under the bed and your furniture to find it easily. Check out the trick here.
2. Keep your posters rolled up.
Tuck your posters or wrapping paper rolls into a leg of pantyhose. Like that, nothing takes place in the cupboards. This also works for journals that you want to keep rolled up.
3. Against humidity in cupboards
Fill one pantyhose leg with kitty litter and secure with a knot. Then place this homemade dehumidifier in your closet or luggage to remove musty odors and reduce humidity.
4. Clean wooden furniture
Use a worn pantyhose rolled into a ball instead of a rag or chamois. It will make your lacquered and wooden furniture shine by removing all the dust.
5. Make the shoes shine
You can also make your shoes shine with a pantyhose rolled into a ball. Very practical to pass a blow on the leather shoes which have become white for example.
6. As padding for cushions
You can stuff pillows or toys with old pantyhose. This avoids buying trim specifically for this.
7. Hang the mothballs in the cupboard
Fill an old pantyhose with mothballs to hang them more easily in your cupboards.
8. Clean non-stick pots and pans.
Instead of your good old sponges, slip pieces of soap into an old stocking, and use it as a foaming sponge. It's textured enough to clean well, without damaging non-stick surfaces or blades.
9. Apply wax or varnish to wood
Instead of a paintbrush, use a piece of nylon pantyhose to apply stain, wax, or varnish to the corners of your wood furniture.
10. Make a door bead
Line one pantyhose leg with other used pantyhose and zip it up. Then put your homemade sausage under your doors so as not to let the cold pass. This is the most economical and efficient trick to save heating!
11. Attach the garbage bags
Cut the waistband of your worn out tights and use it to seal garbage bags. Also use these bands to secure the bags to the garbage bin.
12. Replace the rubber bands
You can also use the pantyhose belt to tie up all your bulky items. For example, newspapers and magazines that are too big for rubber bands. So they will be well hooked together thanks to this trick.
13. Make the dust
Nothing better than nylon tights to catch all the dust easily on or under furniture. Attach a large ball of pantyhose to a broomstick to reach the top of the furniture.
14. Make a cat toy
Cats love to play with things that are light and roll well. Make a toy for it by making a ball of old tights and putting some catnip in it.
15. Use an old sticky to hold the soil in your flowerpots.
The tights serve as a lining for the flowerpots. This way, the water can flow, but not the earth. Convenient, isn't it? And it also works with a coffee filter.
16. Make sure a surface is well sanded
To test if a piece of wood has been sanded, use a sticky tape. If it hangs or threads are pulled, the sanding is not perfect.
17. Store onions longer
Store and hang your onions, garlic cloves and potatoes by putting them in a sticky leg to hang in your pantry. This is the best way to keep them longer. Check out the trick here.
18. As a homemade filter
You don't have a filter? Use old pantyhose to filter whatever you want: paint, food ...
19. Perfume your laundry
Put potpourri or dried flowers in pantyhose and tie it on both sides. Then, wet it and throw it in the dryer to scent your laundry naturally.
20. Replace a rope or string
If you don't have a rope handy, use tights. They are very resistant to tie anything and everything.
21. Lather soap easily
Put a bar of soap in a stocking and hang it near the faucet. So there will always be soap handy. If the nylon stocking is long enough, you can grab each end and use it to wash and scratch your back. In addition, it foams really well.
22. Hang your plants on the stake
Gardeners use pantyhose legs to tie plants in the garden like tomatoes. The material is elastic and does not damage the stem of the plant.
23. Tie up your hair
Cut strips of pantyhose at the waist, as they will be wider. Then, turn them into hair scrunchies.
24. Remove the nail polish
Cut fairly large strips out of worn pantyhose and use them in place of cotton wool to remove nail polish. It's a great way to recycle pantyhose and save cotton. In addition, since the fabric is soft, it does not damage your nails.
25. Dry a sweater without damaging it
Nothing worse than a sweater that dries with the marks of the coat rack. Instead, use old tights to hang up your wet sweaters. Simply pull the tights through your arms and tie them to the dryer. It also works for hanging dry sweaters in a cabinet.
26. Store the flower bulbs
Put the bulbs in legs of worn pantyhose to keep them safe from rodents while maintaining good air circulation to prevent them from rotting.
27. Make cleaning your hairbrush easier
Cut out a piece of stocking and pass it through the brush nubs. When you want to clean your brush, all you have to do is remove the nylon so that any caught hair can be easily removed.
28. Repair a mosquito net
It is a temporary solution, but while waiting to buy one, a pantyhose can be used to repair a mosquito net with holes.
29. Stay warm in winter
Even if it has a hole, a pantyhose remains warm and discreet. Put it under your jeans to keep you warm in the winter. No one will see the damaged part;)
30. Support heavy fruit
Melons, watermelons, some squash grow tall and are very heavy. To prevent the stem from sagging, make a small hammock with old sticky to support the fruit.
31. Avoid plugging your spray bottles
Some homemade cleaners can clog the spray hose. To prevent this, put a piece of pantyhose on the end of the sprayer and secure it with a rubber band. This will serve as a filter.
32. Remove animal hair from clothes
Put your hand in old pantyhose and run it over the hairy clothes. Thanks to its material and static electricity, animal hairs hang on very easily.
33. Wash small items in the dishwasher
Did you know that you can wash LEGO type toys in the dishwasher? And so as not to lose the small parts, enclose them in a mini-bag made with old pantyhose.
To discover : The Easy Way To Wash And Disinfect Your Children's Toys.
34. Save space
Roll up your clothes and place them in nylon tights to save space in a suitcase.
35. Let the air pass
To store fruit in syrup, a mother of vinegar, or pickles, put a piece of nylon pantyhose on top to let air through. Use the same method to make a vivarium for insects that children catch.
36. Deodorize the shoes
Fill the foot of a pantyhose with baking soda and pour a few drops of essential oil on it. Then, put it all in your smelly shoes to absorb bad smells and perfume your sports shoes.
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