{"id":371,"date":"2010-03-01T20:28:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T01:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2014-01-02T14:36:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T19:36:25","slug":"dryer-sheets-dont-use-them-but-if-you-do-reuse-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/dryer-sheets-dont-use-them-but-if-you-do-reuse-them\/371\/","title":{"rendered":"Dryer Sheets – don’t use them – but if you do, REuse them!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So first off I should say that I never use dryer sheets. I don’t think we need them (the only thing that ever gets static-y is the few silk things we’ve got, and I’m totally willing to deal with that). I think it is a deliberate Proctor-and-Grumble-ish advertising invention to make us think<\/em><\/strong> we need them. And, we have birds. The fake perfume in the dryer sheets is poison to birds (and to us too, only we are bigger). <\/p>\n

But a whole lot of people do use them, and think they need them. So I’m just asking, if you buy them, please do reuse them! Turns out there are a bunch of nifty things to do with them. These ideas aren’t original with me – I’ve gotten this handy list from Daily Green Cheapskate<\/strong><\/a> over on Yahoo. (Love that name, by the way.)
\n\"DryerA few highlights from the “how to reuse dryer sheets” list: <\/p>\n

1. Use them more than once. (Back when I did use them, years ago, this totally worked. They’re good for three-four washes at least.)<\/p>\n

2. Anti-static dust wipes (use them to clean your monitor and TV screen – they’re great for that). <\/p>\n

3. Pot scrubbers and sink \/ tub scrubs.<\/p>\n

4. Dust-free blinds: Not only do spent dryer sheets make a handy wipe for metal and plastic blinds, but the chemicals in them help to repel dust. <\/p>\n

5. Get your shine on: When used as a polishing rag, dryer sheets make mirrors and chrome appliances shine. They’re also great for cleaning windows and other glass. <\/p>\n

They’re also recommended as sort-of-sachet. Put one in your glove box or underwear drawer so you can smell that creepy sweet scent for ages. (Can you tell I don’t like the smell? Yeah.) <\/p>\n

Check out the full article here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n

And for even more super useful info on how to go green easily, go to The Green Cheapskate Blog<\/strong><\/a>. There are TONS of good ideas there. <\/p>\n

And it’s fun. And you’ll feel good about it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So first off I should say that I never use dryer sheets. I don’t think we need them (the only thing that ever gets static-y is the few silk things we’ve got, and I’m totally willing to deal with that). I think it is a deliberate Proctor-and-Grumble-ish advertising invention to make us think we need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,77,1,280,16],"tags":[217],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-eco_friendly","category-general-interest","category-uncategorized","category-reuse-recycle-repurpose","category-shopping","tag-recycle_reuse_repurpose","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperjewels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}