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What Uses Does the Eraser Have In the Household?

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By Patricia GravesPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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What Uses Does the Eraser Have In the Household?
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An eraser is a commonplace object that we don't think of using for anything other than cleaning pencil marks. However, if we used our imagination, we could find many other uses, which are more and more useful for us in the household. Find out how you can use an ordinary household eraser to make it one of the most useful items!

Eraser in the household

Given that we do almost everything on the computer, from writing to drawing, it is no wonder that erasers are seen as useless objects. They are not like that at all, and we will show you this in the following lines.

The eraser can be used to …

protect the wall from scratches caused by frames. You can take the eraser of the pencil and put it in each corner of a frame so that it does not come into direct contact with the wall and does not scratch it. At the same time, it is a useful trick to prevent the frame from being set aside.

remove labels/stickers from newly purchased items. Do you know how many of the stickers can't be easily removed, and you often need to moisten them with warm water to remove them? Well, you can use an eraser to peel them off in just a few minutes.

clean the joints of the tiles. When they get dirty, the bathroom or kitchen starts to look dirty, even if it isn't. It is easier to use an eraser to clean them, instead of using detergents and other substances. All you need is patience because it's a very painstaking job. Find out how to clean tile joints with a candle!

polish jewelry and precious metal objects. The rubber from which the eraser is made immediately absorbs the oils and layers of grease that accumulate on the surface of metal objects.

clean the soles of his boots. If the soles of the boots have deep grooves, they are probably full of mud and dirt, and the easiest way to get rid of the problem is to take an eraser and use it to remove dirt from the grooves and He makes your boots look like us.

stick the needles in it. We want, we don't want, tailoring, we still need to know a little, at least to make small adjustments to our clothes or to fix small defects. Erasers can be good support for needles, which are dangerous when you lose them because you can get hurt with them.

fixes the scratches on the TV screen. You need a soft eraser to gently rub the scratched area. After that, wipe the area with a soft cloth and the scratch will not be seen at all.

extend the life of rechargeable batteries. It seems that they often last much less precisely because of the dirt that accumulates on the contacts. If you wipe the ends of the battery with an eraser, you have a good chance of prolonging its durability.

clean the keyboard. No matter how much you care, it's impossible not to get your computer or laptop keyboard a little dirty, and the eraser can be used to remove dirt on the keys. Once you have wiped them, all you have to do is use a hairdryer to remove any residue.

clean suede shoes or UGG boots. These two types of shoes should never be washed with a damp cloth, but you can easily remove stains with an eraser to gently rub the affected areas.

remove the pencil stains from the wall. Everyone who has children knows what it means to find all kinds of drawings on the walls. Even if the paint is washable, try wiping the eraser first, and you may not need to use a damp cloth.

correct the traces of a stretched dermatographia pencil. Some dermatographia pencils have a special eraser to correct imperfections when applying makeup, but you can also use the eraser of an ordinary pencil to do the same.

You can do a lot with erasers around the house, so you don't have to throw them away, even if you don't use pencils for drawing or writing.

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