12 Ingenious Uses For Your Coffee Filters Besides Making Coffee

by N/A, 10 years ago | 2 min read

Tap into the potential that is coffee filters...you've been missin' out.

1. Cover foods in the microwave and eliminate splatter.

Because no one likes to scour engrained, 4 month old marinara sauce from their microwave.

2. Keep your sandwiches fresh and free of condensation when keeping them in plastic bags.

Just place a coffee filter inside along with it.

3. Polish your leather shoes.

Their waxy surface is perfect for removing nicks and scuffs.

4. Keep pans drier, and prevent them from rusting.

After washing your pans, a coffee filter will absorb any residual water and keep them from accumulating rust.

5. Use them as disposable snack bowls.

We know you hate doing the dishes. You're not alone.

6. Stinky shoes? Make some baking soda satchels to deodorize them.

7. Before you pot a plant, place a coffee filter at the bottom.

It'll help keep the dirt from running out when you water it.

8. Freshen up your clothes with your own dryer sheets.

Just place a few drops of your favorite essential oils on a filter, and throw it in with them.

9. Clean electronic screens safely and more effectively.

Coffee filters are pretty much great for polishing anything.

10. Add some flavor to boring, broth-based dishes.

Put a variety of spices in a filter, tie it with at the top with some thin twine, and drop it in.

11. Keep that nice china from getting scratched or cracked.

12. Fold up filters to make your own tea bags.

Just staple them at the top to keep them enclosed.