Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Anyone ever tried ANY of this? It was handed to me at work the other day.

It will chase away ants when you lay a sheet near them.

It also repels mice, spread them around foundation areas, or in trailers or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don’t get opened too often.

Repels mosquitos. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

Eliminates static electricity from your television or computer screen.

Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.

Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.

Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang one in the closet. Put Bounce sheets in the vacuum cleaner.

Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.

Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.

Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.

Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill wiwth water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bonds between the food.

Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.

Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.

Eliminate static electricity from venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sandpapering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.

Golfers put a sheet of Bounce in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. Keeps them smelling fresh.

Rub a sheet over your panty hose before or after you put them on, your clothing won’t stick to your legs.

Put a sheet under the sheets in your bed for a fresh smelling bedroom.

Put a sheet in your bowling bag to eliminate odors.

Put a sheet in your school or office locker.

Rub a sheet over your pets’ fur in an area where it cannot lick, to eliminate static and odor.

Rub a sheet on the bottom of your shoes to eliminate static electricity on carpet.

Some of this sounds like U.L. to me, some sounds kind of workable. Any Dopers who actually DO this stuff??

Cartooniverse

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I know for sure about using it to de-static TVs/computer monitors.

I used to work in an electronics store, that’s what we used. Just make sure that you clean the screen well with glass cleaner and a towel first, or you get waxy mud streaks.

i’ve also used them as deodorizers as mentioned above. I had a friend who need a place to sleep it off at, and I offered my couch. The upside is that he didn’t drive home. The down side is that he puked under the cushions in the couch. After the cleaning, the odor wouldn’t go away. I unzipped the cushions, stuffed with dryer sheets, and viola!

For that matter, I have some comic books that smell of mildew since my basement flooded a few years ago. I think I might put some dryer sheets in them when I go home…

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Chew one sheet of Bounce in the morning for fresh breath.

Use them instead of toilet paper for avoid any embarassing odors.

Keep a few scattered around your computer desk to keep away trolls.

Throw one in the microwave and nuke for 20 seconds for that “fresh, clean scent” in your kitchen.

Place a couple of sheets between the layers of your cakes.

Finely grate them and use in place of mozarella on your pizza.

  • Note: These are suggestions only. Void where prohibited. Please consult your doctor first before using. Not applicable in NY, CA, WY, NJ, FL, Canada, Afghanistan, Lichtenstein, Easter Island, or anywhere on planet Earth. Use with caution.
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They do seem to repel some, but not all, mosquitos. Don’t know about any of that other stuff, however, 'Cause we both think they smell vile.

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Attach one to your furnace filter, it will freshen your house.

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That info sounds like it came from Joey Green over at www.wackyuses.com, most of his stuff checks out with me (but a lot of it just barely works).

unclviny

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Damn, I put a comma in there! try www.wackyuses.com

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I’ve used them for soaking pans that have burnt/baked on food. It definitely helps.

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Arrayed in a protective circle, they’re also handy for repelling the evil dead.

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Ivylad has put a couple of sheets in his shoes for odor prevention.

Trust me.

That DOES work. Thank God.

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Can’t attest to the above uses. But I do know that if you put one inside your ski-cap style hat before wearing the hat, it keeps your hair from going all fly-away when you take off your hat.

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For a more pleasant smelling world, tear a sheet in half,* roll up each half and insert halves into nostrils.
*Adjust number of pieces in accordance with number of nostrils.

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In college, we would tape fabric softener sheets in front of the outlet vents of our heater/AC units in the dorm rooms. Kept the rooms smelling much nicer (they had a tendency to be musty) and seemed to reduce the static electricity in the air. That may be overreaching, but I remember getting shocks from doorknobs and light switches in rooms without the sheets, but not in my own.

They definitely help reduce static cling, and I’ve known people who’ve kept a few in their desks at work to rub over static-y skirts/hose and on their hair in the winter when hats would cause flyaways. And with their strong scent, they’d certainly help keep things smelling better in general.

But I’m skeptical about the ant and mouse claims. That seems a bit much. I’d need to see something empirical about that.

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That’s surely one of the better first posts I’ve ever read.

At my college we would stuff them into toilet paper rolls or plastic gatorade bottle with holes in the bottom, to make blowtubes. In theory you would blow smoke though them and it would filter out the smell. In reality there were two flaws: A) It made the room stink like bounce and smoke. B) If you were being smart and blowing the smoke out a window or though a fan it would have a tendency to disperse the smoke and not as much would go out the window as it would if you had just blew it stright out the window. Oh, and if you were to cough, laugh or otherwise inhale while it was over your mouth it had a pretty gross taste.

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I have tried the shower door use. It works pretty well, but it takes 10-15 sheets to really clean two doors. Over time, the water seems to bead up. But with the amount of laundry I do it takes me about 2 months to save up enough sheets to work. Not really worth it for me.

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As for the static uses, have these people not heard of Static Guard in the convenient spray bottles?

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As far as the static goes, I’m able to ground it to a #10 AWG copper grounding wire to a driven copper stake. And I swear, using it as a ground plane, my radio reception has never been better.

Tripler
And my satellite TV reception works, and I only have cable!

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Just make sure it’s not actually touching the paper. The residue could cause damage.

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They’re great for when your dress statics to your legs, also - rub legs with dryer sheet, voila. Especially good for skirt + pantyhose. Calmed down a crisis-state bride with this once. :slight_smile:

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I use and like these for my laundry, but I know nothing about them.

What are they and why do they work?