Catch ice cream cone drips
Aluminum foil hacks extend far beyond keeping your best cookie sheets clean. You can actually prevent children from making a mess of their clothes by wrapping the bottom of an ice cream cone with a piece of aluminum foil before handing it to them.
Sharpen your scissors
If your scissors are struggling to make cuts, you can sharpen them with tin foil. Take a piece of tin foil and fold it in half at least 3 times. Use the scissors to make several cuts on the foil, and your scissors will be noticeably sharper.
Speed your ironing
Aluminum foil reflects heat, so try placing a sheet under your ironing board cover, to smooth wrinkles a bit quicker.
To speed things up, put a piece of aluminum foil under your ironing board cover. This foil will reflect heat back through the clothing, smoothing the wrinkles more quickly.
Polish your silver
Is your silverware looking a bit dull these days? All you have to do is line a pan with a sheet of aluminum foil, fill it with cold water, and add two teaspoons of salt. Drop your tarnished silverware into the solution, let it sit for two to three minutes, then rinse off and dry.
Keep matches dry
It’s a tried-and-true soldier’s trick worth remembering: Wrap your kitchen matches in aluminum foil to keep them from getting damp or wet on camping trips.
Move Heavy Furniture
With this hack, there’s no need to waste your money on furniture moving sliders. If you want to reorganize your space, but the prospect of moving your side table seems daunting, slip some foil under the legs and start sliding.
Protect Door Handles During Painting
When you’re doing a home renovation, wrap aluminum foil around your door handles to keep them paint-free. The foil is easy to shape around any doorknob and can be tossed when it gets dirty.
