Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle wire coat hangers?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:35:56 +0000

next they’ll try to get you to believe the earth has a magnetic field! stupid is as stupid does.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:33:48 +0000

i heard heath rules prohibit it and they take them to make you feel better or use in violation of law?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:50:50 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions. The one I’ve always liked is from the movie THE BLUES BROTHERS: bend the sides in to make about a 45-degree angle and then scrunch it down a couple inches. Voila! You’ve made a toaster for your fifth burner. Of course there’s the what am i cooking into my toast that’s on these hangers problem…Dave

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:44:45 +0000

A-hole it is real they are devining rod’s ……if you believe in god … you believe in satan ……satans demons controll those

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:01:40 +0000

Never knew there were two people so stupid as to believe in water witching. This is 2011–no longer the dark ages.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:58:22 +0000

Utter hogwash!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:20:19 +0000

Usually I take wire hangers back to the dry cleaner – almost the only place I still get them from

On the other hand I was thinking of buying a pair of ‘Grand Pa Fire Fork’ (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travel-outdoors/ac1c/)

But I think it would be easy enough to make them out of wire coat hangers – http://ukbushcraft.blogspot.com/2008/03/tutorial-how-to-make-fire-fork.html.

I haven’t tried it yet but I will next time I get a suit cleaned.

By: Hunting Wabbits

Hunting Wabbits — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:37:52 +0000

If you bend it into a circle, leaving the hook, tear a hole in about 100 sandwich baggies (without the ziplocks) and tie them all around until you have a wreath. Tie a ribbon around the hook and ta-da! Cheap and cute Christmas wreath!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:01:27 +0000

Good lord, don’t use a metal coat hanger for this! Who knows what kind of coating they put on them so they don’t rust. That will evaporate onto your marshmallow and you’ll eat it. Not good for you…

By: Judi Johnsey

Judi Johnsey — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:16:15 +0000

I am interested in help recycling a metal hanger to use as a boot hanger for my hip waders, I don’t want them to dryrot.
judijoe@yahoo.com

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:21:55 +0000

http://archive.davidmach.com/sculpture/wireimg/imgwin/dad_imgwin.htm
Davd Mach, scottish sculptor who works with unusual materials including hangers

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:20:26 +0000

David Mach is a scottish sculptor who works with unusual materials including a series with coat hangers
http://archive.davidmach.com/sculpture/wireimg/imgwin/dad_imgwin.htm

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:18:39 +0000

http://www.instructables.com/id/Wire-coat-hanger-toilet-roll-Holder…/
Toilte roll holder from wire coat hanger

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:17:13 +0000

I help a tiny bit at our local charity shop and we usually have more hangers than we can deal with. I did notice at a big superarket near me that they had a coathanger recycling box, whether it was just for their hangers I don’t know.

I have also noticed at the scrap yard I buy my metal from that they had a hook mountain of the metal from plastic hangers and have been trying to think of something to do with them.

By: Maureen Kelly

Maureen Kelly — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:52:00 +0000

takethem to the thrift shop

By: Tomomoko

Tomomoko — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:29:29 +0000

How can I reuse and recycle wire?
And do you know recycle sysytem of wire indestry?

Thank you

By: Nyla Vollmer

Nyla Vollmer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:10:49 +0000

My husbacnd received his uniforms weekly from a uniform company and they don’t want the hangers back. I have lots.
I would love an idea to use them. Willing to share with anyone!

By: Maria Sanchez

Maria Sanchez — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:53:57 +0000

You can take a Wire Coat Hanger and turn it into a baby hanger to hang toys and such

By: Nigel

Nigel — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:24:12 +0000

Wire coat hangers can be used for so many things.

Cut into 6 inch lengths and form S shapes butchers hooks. Make sure you cut the metal at 90 degrees to prevent cuts.
Keep one inside your car in case you loose your keys if u cannot get in with it a passer by may well be able to.

In the garden use lengths to brace or scarf wood together hold in place with fence staples or make your own staples
out of the hangers!

Bend a few together to make a round flat mesh and you can use it as a simmer plate to go under your saucepan or a steamer to go into your wok (wash them first!)

wrap a piece of straightened wire around a thick screwdriver and you have a good coil spring I have used these as sleeves for umbrellas in photography before.

Make a simple door handle for your shed or green house just bend into shape and form rings at the ends so that you can screw it in place.

Ideal for making light shades bend to your desired shape and just add card or paper.

The car ariel must be the favourite. Just stick it in the hole where the retractable one broke off and pull up to make a diamond shape… simples!!!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:19:04 +0000

Children’s consignment sales only use metal hangers and I am always searching for metal hangers during these times of the year. You could donate them to these sales. They are usually held in the spring and fall. To find one in your area search this website…
http://www.kidsconsignmentsales.com/

By: fashion frenziie

fashion frenziie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:07:01 +0000

the metal hangers could have been taken to the scrap metal places… also u could make sculptures,, fashion hangers by pimpin the wire hangers n much more you can get various info from google on what to do will ur old hangers…x

ly
:P

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:44:21 +0000

TV Aerial

By: PainChaud

PainChaud — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:48:10 +0000

I guess one could bring them to a metal recycling place.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:22:10 +0000

Insert them in a money plant pot n let the creeper grow on them, join more of them n change the patterns across the walls..

By: matchbookhymnal

matchbookhymnal — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:37:31 +0000

I bent mine into a toilet paper holder. It’s heart-shaped. You can also bend them into other shapes to use as trellises for small vine plants.

We use them to unclog drains and toilets as well, but that is a less glamorous use. :)

You can bend them into pegboard hooks. You can even do customized shapes for different tools.

By: Alexander Beattie

Alexander Beattie — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:55:06 +0000

I work for a company called Wannabeco. We have worked with UK dry-cleaners to design a paperboard replacement called the Becohanger. It is made from recycled card and paper material and is totally biodegradable. We supply these to dry-cleaners for free because we sell space on the hanger to brand sponsors. Do take a look… All the best Alex.

By: jasna nikolic

jasna nikolic — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:44:15 +0000

I am looking for wire hangers for an art project.
If you give me yours, that could be nice way of recycling them.

Thanks in advance,
regards,
Jasna.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:39:12 +0000

Wreath using a wire coat hanger :

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=5c8e9086a1ab5110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=wire%20coat%20wreath&rsc=header_5

By: Kara

Kara — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:47:45 +0000

I use wire coat hangers to make wings! Cut off hook, bend the rest to desired shape, cover with interesting hosiery or tights. They make good lampshade and candle holder forms, too.

By: Tony Williams

Tony Williams — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:45:13 +0000

I once used one in combination with a bit of piping and some cardboard to rescue my girlfriend’s gold ring from a closed recycling bin she happened to lose it in.

They also make really good paint stirrers when you’re decorating the house.

But I have so far failed to find a use for the other couple of hundred I have cluttering my house. I suppose some kind of deranged sculpture would also be possible.