When you’re enjoying a nice picnic in the park or outside your home in the garden, it’s very easy to have your food spoiled by many hungry little insects. One magical quality that aluminum foil has is that it is distinctly reflective, and can be easily wrapped around your food or your containers and plates. How does this help you repel insects? Because bugs often use light as an indicator of where to go next.
Aluminum foil creates a very strong and confusing reflection for the insects, oftentimes making them turn the other way. This means you can effectively use aluminum even as a cheap and abundant bug repellant.
Don’t Let Your Paintbrush Dry
Our final tip for painting enthusiasts is related to your trusty paintbrush. One of the most annoying things when you paint is having the paintbrush dry out during a short painting break. Dry brushes are very frustrating as they become very stiff and lower the quality of your painting.
Next time you take a painting break, take a rubber band and a piece of aluminum foil, then use the rubber band to hold the foil wrapped around the brush's hairs. All that's left is to put the paintbrush in the freezer and take it out a few minutes before you want to use it. This will ensure it remains fresh and useful for a long time
Fortify Your Paint Rollers With Aluminum
Sometimes we could swear that paint rollers have intentionally been made to be as durable as a piece of paper. By the end of a good painting session, your roller is usually far from being used for any future painting needs.
One thing that you can do to dramatically extend your precious roller's lifespan is to wrap it in aluminum foil between uses. This will prevent the paint from ruining your roller and it will remain looking just as good as it did the previous time.
Never Need To Clean Your Oven
Cleaning oven grease is not the most pleasant experience out there. Especially when you’re someone who tends to be heavy on the oil. Grime build-up however really easily avoidable. All you have to do is lay a large sheet of tin foil onto your oven tray whenever you cook. This protective sheet shields your oven from grease drippings, keeping it perfectly clean and oil-free. This can be super time-saving too as scraping off oven grease can be tedious.
Once you're done with the cooking, simply throw away the used foil and replace it with a new fresh sheet. You will probably never have to clean your oven again. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration, but this sure is helpful.
Create Beautiful Cake Decorations
If you're in a really creative mood, one of the coolest things you can do with aluminum foil is create some amazing cake decorations. The material has all the required traits (except being edible) that make it ideal for cake decorations — It's flexible, easy to mold, shiny and reflective, and can be a perfect cake decoration once you put some non-toxic paint on it.
You can play with aluminum foil to make it look like everything from flowers to jewelry or anything else that your imagination can think of. Speaking of foods, in the next entry we'll talk about another huge benefit aluminum has for tasty bread.