5 Clever Ways to Use Your Dry Iron That You Should Try

We believe a dry iron isn't just for clothes. If you use a little creativity, you may actually recognize that these 5 ways to use it are quite useful.

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If you think your dry iron is only convenient for your clothes, you should think it over! You can use it for many other things, including cleaning up big mess such as a hot candle wax stick to your furniture. Discover 5 clever ways to use your dry iron. We bet that after reading this text, your iron will always be nearby.

6. Cleaning a hot wax mess

You lit a candle and the wax spilled on your table?

  • Lay dow a paper towel on the wax stain.
  • Iron the paper towel over the stain.
  • Wipe off the wax.

5. Get rid of a mark impregnated in the carpet

If your carpet is marked by a piece of furniture (a sofa, a table, etc.)

  • Leave on a wet cloth.
  • Iron the wet cloth over the mark.

4. Making a crafty project

 

  • Take drawings drawn with a black pencil.
  • Lay over a blank white paper.
  • Paint their outline in white (make sure you can see the pencil marks through the paper).
  • Let the paint dry.
  • Iron the sheet with your dry iron. The painting will have changed color and will have drawn your drawings.

3. Sealing a bag of food properly

 

  • Wrap some aluminium foil around the area your would like to seal.
  • Iron to seal.
  • Remove the aluminium foil.

2. Laminate an drawing

 

  • Insert the drawing in between two plastic sheets.
  • Put a piece of fabric on the transparent sheets.
  • Iron the piece of fabric to seal the sheets together.

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Source:

  • 5-Minute Crafts
  • Macgyverisms