Coffee filters are not only a product that has been well designed to prepare your coffee but they also have surprising uses that you may not have thought of.
Trick 1:
Place a filter onto your clean frying pan to absorb any left over fats which will help prevent rust forming.
Trick 2 :
Filters can be used a linen softener, if you don’t have any left. Soak in some white vinegar and essential oils, then place the filter in your machine
Trick 3:
Put in peppers grains, garlic and bay leaves, close the filter shut and tie with a piece of string. Let it soak into your cooking (soups, stews etc.). The flavours held in the filter will add an extra delicious kick to your dish. Don’t forget to pull out the sachet before serving.
Trick 4:
Once you have used your filter for coffee, it can be used to reduce puffiness under the eyes. Simply wait until the filter is cold and dab the humid filter under the eyes.
Trick 5 :
Before planting a plant, place a filter to the bottom of your plant pot, to prevent water from escaping through the holes. This way there won’t be water everywhere.
Trick 6 :
Use the filter to grease your frying pans without getting your fingers greasy.
Trick 7 :
Use them to gently clean your television and TV screens!
Trick 8 :
A great way to separate your bowl into two sections for snacks, saving you precisous space in your dishwasher, or no need to use so many bowls to serve.
Trick 9 :
Apply a filter onto bowls when in the microwave to prevent splashing
Trick 10 :
If you have run out of cupcake cases, you can use your filters.
Trick 11 :
Prefer your loose tea in a sachet? Then make a little sachet yourself using your filter to infuse your tea.
Trick 12 :
Cut your filters into small pieces and dab onto your greasy skin, they will make for perfect oil blotting papers
Trick 13 :
Nothing worse than gegting oil or vinegar on your hands from drips off the bottle whilst cooking. Use an elastic band to secure a filter to the top of the jar to prevent drips over you and your work surfaces.
Trick 14 :
Put a little bicarbonate of soda into a filter held shut with an elastic band and place it inside smelly shoes, gym bag of even the fridge to get rid of nasty odours.
Trick 15 :
Use a filter to remove the threads off you corn on the cob. All you need to do is rub it in the opposite direction to remove them easily.
Source : LittleThings