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10 Clever Rubber Band Hacks You Wish You’d Known Sooner

May 2, 2019

They’re small, red, stretchy and incredibly useful. Yes, we’re talking about rubber bands, something you’ll find in almost every Singaporean home. You probably have a small pile collected from the last meal you ta-paued. As it turns out, these elastic wonders are great problem solvers. We’ve rounded up the top 10 best uses of rubber bands that’ll make life easier:

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10 Clever Rubber Band Hacks You Wish You'd Known Sooner
Rubber Band Hack 1: Control Your Soap Dispenser
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Squirt too much soap? Create a stopper on the dispenser and regulate the amount of soap you want to dispense. Easy peasy.

Rubber Band Hack 2: Pack Your Luggage
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You might know that by rolling your clothes into the luggage saves space but nobody told you that once you take a piece out of the nicely packed row, everything starts unrolling. Secure every single piece of rolled clothes with a rubber band!

READ MORE: 10 Things You Should Never Pack In Your Suitcase When You Travel

Rubber Band Hack 3: Loosen Up Your Jeans
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You don’t have to throw away your favourite jeans that don’t fit at the waist. Grab a rubber band, go through the buttonhole and hook it onto the button.

READ MORE: 10 Money-Saving Fashion Hacks To Remember That Will Rescue Your Clothes

Rubber Band Hack 4: Prevent Apples From Browning
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Going on a picnic and don’t want to bring a knife along to cut your apples? This trick prevents your apple from browning and keeps your apple fresh and crunchy.

READ MORE: 8 Life-Changing Frozen Food Hacks To Get The Most Out Of Your Freezer

Rubber Band Hack 5: No More Dunking Tea Bags
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Secure your tea bag with a rubber band on your cup and voilà, no more strings and paper swimming in your tea.

READ MORE: 15 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Teabags

Rubber Band Hack 6: Stop Your Clothes from Sliding
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Ill-designed clothes hangers can sometimes get on your nerves when your clothes do not get hung properly! It is especially frustrating to see a wide-collared blouse sliding off all the time. All you need to do is to bundle some rubber bands at the ends of the hanger.

Rubber Band Hack 7: Easy Page Flipper
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Do you flip a book by wetting your fingers? Unfortunately, you get unsightly water stains on the paper! Now, wrap a rubber band around your finger. This creates enough friction for you to flip those pages easily.

Rubber Band Hack 8: Unscrew A Stripped Screw
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Tried too many times and the stripped screw just got worse? Simply layer the screw with a rubber band and you will be able to have some grip over the screw.

Rubber Band Hack 9: Close Doors Quietly
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Afraid to wake a sleeping baby? Loop a rubber band around your door knob so that it forms an “X” shape across the latch, which keeps the latch from sliding out. Ta-da! No more noisy door-closing sounds.

Photo: One Good Thing

Rubber Band Hack 10: Shorten Pants
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If your pants are too long, perform this simple stylist trick — loop a rubber band around your pants leg, then roll the fabric over the band to hide it. No alteration needed!

Photo: Reddit

Text: FoodForLife / Additional reporting: Elizabeth Liew

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