Actually, the blow dryer is mainly used to dry hair.
There are so many other possible uses.
You can find out what these are here.
A hair dryer is likely to be found in every bathroom.
After all, the hair is dried in no time at all.
But a hair dryer can do a lot more than that. We have a few clever tricks on how you can use the hair dryer at home.
Blow-dryer trick 1: Dust off inaccessible areas
The spaces between the radiators * are particularly inaccessible.
A quick trick helps to remove dust from these.
Place a
damp towel under the heater and carefully blow air through the small spaces with the hairdryer
.
The dust collects on the damp cloth and the spaces between the heating elements are dusted.
The hair dryer also helps against food moths in the kitchen cupboard.
After you have tidied up and cleaned everything, you can blow into the cracks of the closet again with the hairdryer.
This destroys deposited eggs.
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Hair dryer trick 2: remove stains
A blow dryer can be used to remove stains from candle wax.
Proceed as follows:
Gently scrape off most of it.
Now put blotting paper on the stained area.
Set the hair dryer to the highest level and hold it on the blotting paper.
Check that the blotting paper has completely absorbed the wax.
Stains can also be removed from waxed wood with a hairdryer.
If, for example, water stains have formed on a wooden table or the worktop, they can be blown away.
All you need
to do is hold
the
hairdryer on the wet area for a few minutes
.
For this method it is even sufficient if the hair dryer (promotional link) is only set to medium level.
Blow-dryer trick 3: pest control
This is mainly about aphids.
The
myHOMEBOOK
portal
advises you to hold the infected plant over a tub and blow it off lightly with the hairdryer.
You will see the little lice jump away and the plant is free.
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Hair dryer trick 4: remove wrinkles
With a hair dryer, wrinkles can be easily ironed out of the T-shirt - without having to iron.
Moisten the wrinkled area a little and blow-dry it on medium heat.
If you
find
a
crease in the carpet
, the hair dryer will help here too.
However, you can use the hairdryer at the highest level here.
Hold the hairdryer on the crease for a few minutes.
Bend it straight and place a heavy object on it.
The crease is also straightened by the weight.
Blow-dryer trick 5: optimize cake icing
The hair dryer can also be a quick help in the kitchen.
At least when it comes to cake icing.
If it doesn't want to look so beautiful, it is blown on at the lowest level.
The cake icing should now melt and spread better.
Hair dryer trick 6: remove adhesive residue
Regardless of whether it's a stubborn sticker or a plaster.
The heat of the hairdryer makes it easy to remove adhesive residue
.
The days of painful peeling off of a plaster are numbered.
(swa)
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