ThriftyFun News
Volume Eight, Number 7, March 3, 2006
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This week we have some Uses for Nylons that were sent in by readers.
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Uses for Nylons
Winterizing
marnan (Guest Post)
You could take a thin bladed knife and stuff the hose legs into cracks around doors/windows to keep cold air out. Works here.
Baby Quilt
Post by ndgirl
If you sew, you can make a neat baby quilt. Find two coordinating pieces of fabric and put them together, wrong sides together. Next sew parallel seams about 2 inches apart. Now, put a safety pin in the end of the nylon and pull it through one tube and secure it on both ends. Keep on till all the tubes are filled. Then sew around all 4 sides and then bind it. Presto! A neat quilt, lightweight but warm and very washable and durable.
Finch Feeders
Post by Great Granny Vi
The Finches love them as feeders. Just pour in Finch seeds. USer Nyger/flax seeds, tie a knot to close it and hang in a tree or plant hook.
Wear Under Pants
Memere (Guest Post)
Where under long pants, nobody sees the runs then and you will have extended their useful lifetime.
Shoe Shining and Fan Belt
darrellg in Oklahoma (Guest Post)
Shoe Shining
If you have shoes or boots that have to be polished use them to shine shoes after brushing the shoes after applying polish. They work great!
Makeshift Fan Belt
Also keep an old pair of pantyhose in trunk of car they can be used for a fan belt if caught away from parts store, they won't last long but maybe long enough to get to a phone or a parts store.
Make Use of the Good Leg
Post by badwater
If you were to happen to have one good leg still in your pair of pantyhose and have several pairs of them you can try this. Cut the leg off at the thigh on all the pantyhose legs with runs in them. Then you can wear the two of the remaining good legs. You can get some more good wear out of them before it's time to toss them out. Then go ahead and use the pantyhose legs that you cut off at the thigh for some of the uses that these other fine folks have mentioned. Pantyhose aren't cheap, might as well get as many wears out of them as possible.
Scarecrow Craft
I use old panty hose to make scarecrows or "people" for fall decorations. Stuff 2 pairs of panty hose with leaves up to the waist band. Attach the two pairs together by taping or sewing the waist together. you will have two legs and two arms to put clothes on. use your imagination for the head. Sometimes i will stick a 2x4 inside the waist so it will be more ridged.
Cutting Down on Window Draft
Stacey Liddle (Guest Post)
I fill them with old worn out clothing, towels, jeans, just about any type of material and put them in-between my window and storm/screen window, it helps keep the drafts down.
Stuffing for Dolls
Post by Steamer
You can stuff cloth dolls or teddy bears with them. When they are washed they dry more quickly than with the poly batting.
Straining Paint
Jacquelyn (Guest Post)
My husband uses them to strain paint. They are great for getting any stray matter out of the paint that you have just used before storing for the next use.
Used as a Filter
Post by bulrush
People with fish tanks or live shrimp use them as pre-filters on their filter intake tube. This way baby fish and baby shrimp don't get sucked into the filter and ground up.
For Plants
Post by jerryno1
I have used them for years to tie up, outside plants. They are especially good to use on large scrubs due to their (the panty hose) strength.
Storing Onions
Sharon
They also will work for storing Vidalia onions for long term use. put an onion in the toe and tie a knot between each onion in the stocking. Hang the onions in a cool dry place. the onions will keep longer with the air flow in the nylon. works well here in the south.
Various Uses
Post by PrairieLady
For the Washer Hose
I put one on the end of my washer hose and fasten with another piece of nylon or elastic. You would not believe all the gunk it catches from the washer, which eventually clogs your drains. This idea came from a guy who cleans out the drains!
Cord Organizer
Also, if you have a lot of cables and cords you want to coil up and hold together neatly, use strips of nylons to tie them together. I use it for all my computer cords; black nylons on black cords. Then I use a little hook on the back of my desk to hang the nylon on and the cords are hidden between the desk and wall. It also keeps them off the floor.
Storing a Garden Hose
This also works well to keep your garden hosed neatly rolled up when you store them in the winter.
Storing Rugs
You can also tie them around rolled up area rugs when you store over the summer. Nylons are a good alternative to rope or twine.
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