Dryer Sheet Uses and Reuses

15 Ways to use and reuse dryer sheets

Garbage Cans Before you put a bag in the garbage can make sure to put a dryer sheet on the bottom, it makes changing the garbage a whole lot fresher.

Dusting Wet down a dryer sheet and use it to wet dust the television, cabinets, and book shelves. They keep the dust from resettling due to the static cling. Also works great on computer monitors.

Pet Hair Dryer sheets are amazing at picking up pet hair. Take a dryer sheet and run it over the couch, chairs, and on the curtains. It removes static cling, freshens the fabric, and eliminates that pesky pet hair that is gets stuck right where you don't want it. You can also keep dryer sheets with you as an emergency lint remover.

Floor Vents You can put dryer sheets in the floor register. Not only will the fabric softener sheets spread a fresh scent throughout the house when the furnace is on, but in the air returns the sheets will do double duty by preventing dust, pet hair, and other miscellaneous items from falling down in your ducts.

Powder Mess Cleanup Use old dryer sheets to easily wipe up talcum powder, flour, and other messes of this type.

Kitchen and BathroomUsed dryer sheets make great little cloths for quick shine ups in the bathroom and kitchen too. Great at picking up hair and shinning up chrome faucets.

Freshen Up Used sheets usually have enough fragrance in them to freshen up other areas in your home. Stuff them in tennis shoes, place them in closets, in laundry hampers, in diaper pails, in luggage, under your seats in your car and anywhere else that could use a burst of fragrance and refreshing.

Eyeglasses Use sheets to clean and polish the glass lens of your eye glasses. They're not recommended for plastic lens.

Old Books Place a dryer sheet in a plastic bag of old books for a day or within a single book pages to get rid of the old musty smell.

Insects When outdoors place a dryer sheet around your belt loop to keep the bugs away.

Auto You can use dryer sheets to clean and polish the chrome on your vehicles.Scrub the bugs from your car: Simply wet your car down, and use a dryer sheet to scrub away bugs with ease.

Soap Scum Is there a build-up of soap scum on your glass shower door? Simply use an old dryer sheet to eliminate an otherwise difficult job with ease.

Hair Static Gently wipe a used dryer sheet over your head to get rid of it.

Window Blinds Keep your blinds clean longer by wiping them periodically with used dryer sheets. The anti-static properties of the product will actually help to repel dust and dirt.

Scissors Are your scissors not cutting as smooth as they should? Wipe the blades clean with a used dryer sheet to remedy this problem.