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  1. 03-07-2009, 07:16 PM #1
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    Thumbs up Coffee Filter Uses

    Not sure if these tips have already been posted. Sorry if it's a repeat.

    COFFEE FILTERS Coffee filters ..who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar store for almost nothing.



    1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.
    Coffee filters make excellent covers.



    2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.


    3. Protect China. Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.


    4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.


    5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.


    6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.


    7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.


    8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.


    9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.


    10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent
    the soil from going through the drainage holes.


    11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.


    12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters.


    13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them.
    Soaks out all the grease.


    14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers." OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS TOO
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  2. 03-07-2009, 08:00 PM #2
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    Default coffee filters

    Don't know if your ideas have been posted before, but I sure appreciate reading them!!
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    Coffee filters can take the place of cheesecloth in a pinch as well.

    I use them for straining my kefir grains & for making yoghurt cheese!
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  4. 03-08-2009, 12:29 AM #4
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    I like #13. I always wondered how I would drain grease from bacon if I didn't have paper towels or newspaper or paper sacks. Thanks!
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    Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.
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  6. 03-08-2009, 11:47 AM #6
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    They are also good potty chair liners...makes clean up from #2 a breeze.
    Thanks for the post!
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    They also make awesome snowflake crafts for the kids. They're the perfect size and shape.
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    You can put them in the bottom of a flower pot with a hole before you put the dirt in

    sorry i didn't read down far enough and u already put this one
    Last edited by craftypam; 03-11-2009 at 05:22 PM.
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    I've used them under planter or anything else that might scratch my counter or wood surfaces if it gets moved around.
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