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Don't rush to pour out the coffee grounds after drinking the coffee. Do you know that it actually has many uses? According to the Daily Mail, coffee grounds are actually good things to make good use of!

Coffee grounds can deodorize and... huh? 10 unexpected practical tricks

1. Remove stubborn dirt

Mixing coffee grounds with soapy water is a natural detergent. The key is that coffee grounds contain activated carbon that can absorb a lot of fine dirt and stains, so whether it is a difficult-to-wash barbecue pan or barbecue grill, you can try adding coffee grounds to dishwashers and detergents.

two。 Cover up scratches on wooden furniture

After wetting the coffee grounds with some water, use cotton swabs to get the coffee grounds and gently smear them on the scratches of wooden furniture. If you are worried that this trick won't work, you might as well try it in an inconspicuous corner first.

3. Mosquito repellent

Taiwan's humid climate, the most mosquitoes, do not want to use chemical pesticides? Try sprinkling some coffee grounds in the house or in the yard! Because mosquitoes don't like the smell of coffee. If you have pets at home, you can also sprinkle some wet coffee grounds on your body before bathing them. Use a brush to drive away fleas.

4. Drive away the ants

As above, ants also reject the smell of coffee, so if there are a lot of problems with ants at home, try sprinkling coffee grounds near the ant nest or in the flower bed, you can eliminate the smell left by the ants and let the ants go away obediently!

5. Fertilizer for growing plants

Because coffee grounds contain nutrients that plants need to grow, pouring them into flowerpots can act as fertilizer without the smell of fertilizer, killing two birds with one stone.

Coffee grounds can be used to exfoliate the body, making the skin a little smoother--

©coffee grounds provided by PIN NETWORK CO LTD can be used to exfoliate the body to make the skin a little smoother--

6. Exfoliate and eliminate orange peel

Pour coffee grounds into body massage oil, massage for a few minutes in places with orange peel tissue such as thighs and buttocks, every day, after about two weeks, you can feel the difference. In addition, such as heels and elbows, coffee grounds can also be used to slightly exfoliate and smooth the skin.

7. Dehumidification of cabinets and shoe cabinets

The cabinets near the kitchen counter are so humid that the places where you are most afraid to put cutlery are full of mildew! Coffee grounds have dehumidification effect, can be put into tea bags or gauze bags, put on cabinets or bowl shelves can play an effect. Stuffed into the shoe cabinet, in addition to dehumidification, but also can be used as an aromatic agent, directly in the wet shoes on rainy days, deodorization, dehumidification effect is more obvious!

8. Elimination of odor from kitchen waste

As mentioned earlier, the coffee grounds itself has the ability to absorb peculiar smell, and the kitchen waste bucket at home is easy to smell because of the food with soup and water. what should we do then? Put the dried coffee grounds into garbage bags, then drain the kitchen waste water and wrap it in the old newspaper, because the newspaper ink has carbon content, can absorb moisture and moisture, plus coffee grounds deodorization, dehumidification function more times!

9. Removal of odor from microwave and refrigerator

The microwave oven heats all kinds of food, and it is also a small confined space, which will inevitably smell bad under the mixed smell. You can follow the following steps to reduce the smell:

Prepare a wide-mouthed plate and pour in water and coffee grounds.

Put it in the microwave oven. Microwave for 2 minutes and let stand for 1 minute. Let the steam fill the interior.

Finally, brush with warm coffee dregs.

As for the refrigerator, it is also a clean dead corner that many people will overlook. Sometimes if you freeze a strong-smelling food, you will find that other Kaifeng food will also be infected with the smell, which is very disturbing. Give it a try.

Put the dried coffee grounds into paper cups or glass cans, fill them with 5% full, cover with plastic wrap and poke a few holes, put them in the corner of the refrigerator to deodorize and dehumidify.

10. Removal of odor from plastic box

Office workers bring their own lunch at noon, will use the plastic bento box, after the increase in the number of use, there may be some bacteria, oil and other infiltration into the scratches, resulting in a peculiar smell. Both coffee grounds and tea grounds can decompose and adsorb Amonia. Put the dried coffee grounds or tea grounds in a tea bag or plastic bag, put the lid on the washed plastic container and place it for a few days.

Key summary

Coffee grounds reuse methods: deodorization, dehumidification, mosquitoes, ants, but also can be used as the body exfoliating, orange peel auxiliary tools! It can even be used as a cleaner. The stubborn dirt of baking pans and pots and pans can be removed by coffee grounds.

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