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15 Genius Aluminum Foil Hacks That Almost Nobody Knows About
Boredom Therapy ^ | aug 10, 2017 | Staff

Posted on 08/10/2017 7:19:06 AM PDT by ptsal

Even if your idea of cooking falls well short of professional, you still probably use aluminum foil fairly regularly. As a fantastic insulator, this handy item is essential to any kitchen supply cabinet.

Nevertheless, aluminum foil has a whole ton of other uses that most people are tragically unaware of. The next time you buy a roll for your culinary endeavors, grab a second one; as you’ll see, it can make your life much easier!

Here are 15 clever uses for aluminum foil that will make your life outside of the kitchen super simple. You’ll never look at tin foil the same way again!


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To: Excellence

“Aluminum bubble wrap is used for insulation.. We hang it on the inside of the sliding glass doors in summer.”

It is a reflector, not an insulator.


41 posted on 08/10/2017 7:58:47 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Real Cynic No More

We use foil ALOT in cooking. Most anything going in the oven has either foil or parchment paper. Saves ALOT of cleanup!


42 posted on 08/10/2017 7:59:02 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: SandRat
Wrap California in foil and apply heat.

That reserves the shape.

The transfer of heat will sterilize the contents.

43 posted on 08/10/2017 8:02:36 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: ptsal

Wrap it around your head to keep the government from knowing your thoughts.
“Imaginative uses” not hacks.


44 posted on 08/10/2017 8:03:53 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Insanity, even when disguised by a nice-sounding name, is still insanity.)
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To: DBrow

It can be used for proton dosimetry if the protons are over 30 MeV. Expose the foil to the proton beam, then put it in a
HPGe scintillator and look for Na24 gamma photons. Determine the amount of Na24 that was created at exposure time,
and using the cross section, calculate how many protons hit the foil. This method avoids the obvious problems using
CaF2:Mn as it’s not sensitive to beam photons.


45 posted on 08/10/2017 8:04:06 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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To: All
don't use in the microwave....


46 posted on 08/10/2017 8:04:11 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: ptsal

Should work the same on Detroit, New York, Pittsburg, Atlanta, New Jersey and Seattle then.


47 posted on 08/10/2017 8:12:08 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: ptsal

It takes a bit of getting it just right but it can be used as a condom


48 posted on 08/10/2017 8:13:38 AM PDT by al baby (May the Forceps be with you Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: mrsmith
cut out the inside of a piece of foil so it’s an annulus


49 posted on 08/10/2017 8:15:49 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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To: ptsal

When was the last time we could actually buy “tin” foil?


50 posted on 08/10/2017 8:18:58 AM PDT by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
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To: ptsal

I might try to WiFi router reflector.


51 posted on 08/10/2017 8:23:51 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Tyranny can hide within decorum.)
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To: al baby
It takes a bit of getting it just right but it can be used as a condom


52 posted on 08/10/2017 8:31:01 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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To: IronJack

Headgear for everyone who wants to look this cool!

53 posted on 08/10/2017 8:32:11 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: al baby

“It takes a bit of getting it just right but it can be used as a condom”

And you can use it to clean your grill in an hysterical fashion.


54 posted on 08/10/2017 8:36:08 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (I'm tired of the Cult of Clinton. Wish she would just pass out the Koolaide)
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To: FreedomPoster

I want to connect it to the internet and track usage by day as well as a reorder point. First I need to get my wife to get it off the roll right and not get funny shaped half pieces out.


55 posted on 08/10/2017 8:37:53 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: bigbob; ptsal

“As a fantastic insulator...”

That’s where I stopped reading.


56 posted on 08/10/2017 8:51:18 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: ptsal

Aluminum foil makes a great fuse when you don’t want to run to the store to get a replacement. I like to use foil fuses for strands of Christmas lights. Not UL approved!


57 posted on 08/10/2017 8:52:10 AM PDT by Rad_J
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To: Excellence
Aluminum bubble wrap is used for insulation..

It's not the aluminum that's doing the insulating. The insulation comes from the air trapped in the bubbles. The aluminum reflects the heat.

58 posted on 08/10/2017 8:53:25 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: ptsal

Making a pipe when you don’t have a Coke can.


59 posted on 08/10/2017 8:54:18 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: ptsal
Take a flat sheet of foil 10x10 and solder a wire to one corner. Take a sheet of wax paper 11x11 and lay it on top centered. Now take another sheet of foil 10x10 with a wire soldered to the opposite corner and lay it on top centered. Roll the assembly into a tight roll and tape closed.

Makes a dandy capacitor.

60 posted on 08/10/2017 8:54:59 AM PDT by loucon
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