Hang time- Use dental floss to hang pictures, sun catchers or Christmas ornaments. In fact, you can use it to hang just about any smallish object in need of string or wire.
Sew neat- If you've ever had a button that keeps coming off, try dental floss instead of thread the next time you sew it on. Floss is also strong enough to repair tears in mess on things like playpens, beach bags and laundry bags.
A cut above- If you wrap a length of dental floss around one finger on each hand, you can cut perfect cake slices. It's cleaner and neater than using a knife. You can cut fruit, soft cheese, bread and hard-boiled eggs this way, too.
It's a wrap- Use dental floss, instead of twine, to securely tie packages for mailing.
Ivy league- Support climbing plants by using a piece of dental floss to tie them to a trellis.
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Wow who knew that dental floss has some many uses! I will have to try the button thing! Thread just doesn't help.
ReplyDeleteBet you could string a necklace on it too. :0)
ReplyDeleteinteresting stuff, always learn things from you
ReplyDeleteOnce again, you waohed me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a very handy tip ~ thanks for sharing ~ Ally x
ReplyDeleteWow ... who knew there were so many uses for floss?1? I like the good old fashioned use, too: flossing your teeth every day does more than prevent gum disease. I read that it's good for your heart, too.
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Marty
I brush, but don't always floss.
ReplyDeleteOh damn, you know too much about me already! :)
Good tips as always.
I use fishing line to hang wreathes, Christmas ornaments. But after reading this, may just have to try using dental floss, instead. Great info. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI knew about the button think, but the cake idea is BRAZZILIANT!!! No more icing sticking to the knife!!!!
ReplyDeleteLeft out a fave use of mine for dental floss... tool to garotte the unsuspecting!! (I keed, I keed!)
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you for the FYI. Great uses for dental floss.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Rose
I'm definitely going to start using floss for buttons. Those are good ideas I hadn't thought of. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of tying up vines with floss...thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am big advocate of flossing! If I had been doing it regularly twenty years ago, I'd be 10k richer right now.
ReplyDeleteLove the tips! I floss each day, so my floss does get used, but I like the cake cutter and the gardening tie ideas.
ReplyDeleteCool to know the other alternative use of dental floss. I remember when one of the Bartlett dentists advised me to use dental floss after eating. I had sensitive teeth before. Aside from regular brushing, I've learned that it is also important to use dental floss after eating to clean unnecessary debris. Mouthwash also cleans out germs in the mouth. Thank God that the advice of my Bartlett, TN dentist works!
ReplyDeleteI once worked for three years for a food broker, and Land O'Lakes was one of our clients. Once or twice a year we'd get gifts of these big blocks of cheeses in the office that we could divide between us and take home. We didn't have a cheese slicer. But one of our other accounts was Oral-B. So guess what we used? Yep! We just happened to have some samples of dental floss, and the floss did the trick nicely.
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