How can I reuse or recycle … bodyscrubbers?
Following on from last week’s soggy sponge post, what about those newfangled body scrubber things?
For those that aren’t familiar with them, they seem to be some sort of nylon (?) net, squished together into a puffy ball shape.
They don’t “sog” up as much as sponges but as a commenter on the sponge post notes, all that type of thing are such a fab breeding ground for bacteria, they probably shouldn’t be kept hanging around for too long – and so will be thrown away when there is still a bit of life in them (and I don’t mean the bug life).
I imagine they’d be quite a fun texture for using for paint effects while decorating – but any other suggestions?
(Photo by kitalanya)
painting projects for kids, clip off rope, sanitize, and use inside to play catch with the kids, “sponge” paint walls, cleaning out shower/bathtub
If you clip the center knot of the string that holds the puff together, you will hae a long expandable tube. By cutting and knotting the end you will have a bag like oranges and potatoes come in. I used mine for collecting sea shells at Myrtle Beach. I could easily rinse off the sand and hang the bag up to dry. As a bag/bags the possible uses are endless.
We seem to get a collection of these things during the Christmas. So I used them in place of bio-balls and other filter media for my fish tank. They capture particles and allow bacteria to grow that helps keep the tank healthy.
I have to agree with Stacy. When you’re about ready to pitch these little guys, I’ve found that they are wonderful for scrubbing out the bathtub. Just use a little Softscrub, and it easily eliminates soap scum.
If you open them out, you get a sort of net tube. You can tie the last slivers of scraps of soap bars into this, so that you can use them up completely.
They are very good at cleaning UPVC windows, as they don’t scratch the surface like other scrubbers
I took mine apart and put the stones in them for my garden pots. Now when I have to re-pot I don’t have to sort out the drainage stones, they are kept together in the net bag.
I took one apart and split the long tube in half to make “ribbon” to use when wrapping gifts.
Use it to clean mushrooms or potatoes – then throw it into the washmachine for further use. The bodyscrubber gloves are even handier.
bleach would get rid of any nasties and would not affact the colour, then you can re-use as you wish without fear of bugs!
I like these for cleaning bathroom tiles as well as the tub.
On Instructables there is a tutorial for using the tubing to hold shampoo bottles in the shower
http://www.instructables.com/id/Shower-Thing/
You could put nuts, seeds and oats in a piece of it, tie both ends and you have a birdfeeder.
Cut the tube into strips and use the long strands with yarn to crochet a pot scrubber or scrubbing bath glove.