Aluminum foil is an almost indispensable product in virtually every kitchen. We wrap food with it and put it in the fridge or take it to our mother-in-law. It is also useful for baking. Not everyone knows that it is also worth using it to get rid of unwelcome guests. It turns out that it is also worth throwing the foil into a pot of boiling water.
For the oven, washing machine and ironing board
Apart from its obvious use in the kitchen, foil is also useful in other ways. Many people have probably heard about putting it in the dishwasher or putting it on the ironing board. It helps us in many household chores both due to its thermal properties, but also – as the name suggests – the material from which it is made. It turns out that aluminum perfectly absorbs certain types of dirt, and a ball of such foil thrown into the laundry makes the clothes free of static electricity and soft. If we are already preparing an aluminum ball, let’s make more of them. They will be useful for cleaning the oven from baked-on grease stains.
Put the foil in the pot. You will see the effect after just a few seconds
Let’s also throw some of them into the pot. Then pour about a liter of boiling water inside and add a tablespoon of salt, baking soda or a tablespoon of vinegar. These substances will make clean water a good conductor for transporting tarnish from tarnished cutlery to aluminum foil. Thanks to chemical reactions, aluminum perfectly attracts this type of dirt from our forks and spoons. Sometimes the effect is visible after just a few seconds, if they are heavily tarnished, sometimes we have to wait a few or a dozen or so minutes. Once removed from the solution, simply wipe them with a clean, soft cloth and voila! Our cutlery looks like we brought it straight from the store.
If we are curious about how much rust there was on them, it is worth taking a look at the balls of aluminum foil that we take out of the water. Dirt attracted by aluminum is clearly visible on them. They can be observed in the form of darker, sometimes yellowish streaks.
Source: Gazeta
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