15 Genius Aluminum Foil Hacks That Almost Nobody Knows About

Boredom Therapy ^ | aug 10, 2017 | Staff

[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!

[TexasGator]

“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.

[NEMDF]

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

[ptsal]

Wrap California in foil and apply heat.

That reserves the shape.

The transfer of heat will sterilize the contents.

[I want the USA back]

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

[Vlad The Inhaler]

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.

[smokingfrog]

don't use in the microwave....

[SandRat]

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

[al baby]

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

[Vlad The Inhaler]

cut out the inside of a piece of foil so it’s an annulus

[bruin66]

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

[Rebelbase]

I might try to WiFi router reflector.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

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

[Pollster1]

Headgear for everyone who wants to look this cool!

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“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.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

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.

[aquila48]

“As a fantastic insulator...”

That’s where I stopped reading.

[Rad_J]

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!

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

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.

[lefty-lie-spy]

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

[loucon]

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.