When the weather is nice, I like to have friends and family over. We
hang out on the back porch, grill food, listen to music, and have a few
drinks. It's a great time but the cleanup is a pain, especially dealing
with all that waste. Most weekend mornings I wake up to a few bottles of
half drank beer and even more bottles of brands I don't like. I used to
just dump out what I wouldn't drink, but now I reuse that leftover beer
around the house. Here are the best ways I've found to reuse beer.
Trap cockroaches
I live in the Louisiana where giant cockroaches are not uncommon. No
matter how hard I try to keep the pests away from my house, I always end
up finding one or two in my kitchen throughout the year. Since I'm a
big chicken and cannot just step on them myself, I made a trap out of
old beer. I soaked a piece of bread in beer. Stuffed the bread in the
bottom of a jar and coated the inside of the lid with petroleum jelly.
The cockroaches are attracted to the soaked bread, they climb in and
can't climb out. In the morning, all I have to do is toss the jar in the
trash.
Remove stains on clothing
Surprisingly, flat beer works wonders on most clothing stains,
including some of the tougher ones like blood and coffee. As soon as I
spot a stain on my clothing or my rugs, I pat the area down with a dry
towel to soak up the moisture. Then I soak the stained area in beer for a
few hours before tossing the stained shirt or soiled rug into the
washing machine. So far, every stain I've treated with beer has come out
clean.
Polish brass pots
I own some antique brass pots that were handed down from a family
friend. They pots have been well-treated over the years, but they do
have a problem with grime and other stains that regular cleaning will
not take care of. Recently I started using old beer to polish my brass
pots. I dip a clean rag in to the beer and then rub the rag along the
inside and outside of the pots. After they're coated, I let the pots sit
for about an hour before I wash and dry them normal. The acid in the
beer pulls off most grime and stains and leaves the pots shining like
they're brand new.
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