Just when you thought the rubber band was useless…
By: Tomer and Isidora Fridman
So we’ve all had the occasional use for a rubber band on the hard to open can, but there have to be lots of other ways to use these seemingly simple bands. Turns out, there are. Here are 10 ways to get tricky with your stretch.
1. Paint trick: If you’re partially finished with a can of paint, wrap a rubber band around its exterior at the same level as the paint that’s inside the can so you can tell at a glance how much you have left.
2. Eraser: Fold a rubber band a few times to rub off pencil doodles.
3. Control your pump: Loop a rubber band around the neck of the pump on a liquid soap dispenser to control how much soap comes out with each use.
4. The gun classic: Wrap your band around your hand and use it like a toy gun. It shoots!
5. Save your baby: Bind knobs with rubber bands to keep them firmly shut.
6. Stop the Slide: A remote control pad. Wrapping the base with a band keeps your remote from sliding off the coffee table—and prevents your furniture from scratching.
7. Make a broom last: When the bristles on a broom get tired and start to splay out, wrap a couple rubber bands close to the base to keep them tight (and cleaning more effectively).
8. Kitty proof the TP: To keep kittens (or puppies) from pawing at the ends, wrap a band around a roll of toilet paper.
9. No brown Apple trick: Keep a sliced apple fresh. Supposedly, after you slice an apple into wedges, if you reassemble the wedges so the apple looks intact again and wrap a (clean!) band around it, it slows down the browning process—a good thing to keep in mind for brown bag lunches.
From the blog Marc and Angel Hack Life
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