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What are various uses of coffee filters?
By nfeeney from Bergen County, NJ
Use to strain yogurt to make cheese.
Use as a drip catcher under popsicles.
Use to hold snacks,chips etc.
Use to back appliques when sewing.
Put in a funnel, when filtering wine into a decanter.
My favorite way to use them is to cover a hole when planting a flower pot to keep the dirt from going through. I use it in every pot I plant.
Use to make tea bags for my own homemade teas. Tie up with kite string which is very strong and drop in a teapot of boiling water.
Perfect fix to stop bleeding from razor nicks when shaving.
Clean windows, mirrors, television screens and glasses.
Apply shoe polish.
Diffuse the flash on a camera.
You can cut down on washing messy pet food dishes by lining them with inexpensive coffee filters. This is a page about coffee filters as pet dish liners.
This is a page about making a coffee filter doily. You can make a quick paper doily from a coffee filter.
Coffee filters have a variety of repurposed uses including crafting projects. You can make cute little candy bags to hand out at Easter to family members, or at Halloween, Christmas, or other occasions calling for sweet treats.
This is a page about clean windows with coffee filters. Paper coffee filters can be used to clean your windows, leaving them streak and lint free.
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