Unlock Your Dryer Sheet's Full Potential
Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Shep McAllister 
Making you smell good is just the beginning. Photo by Flickr user admiller licensed under CC BY 2.0 If you prefer your clothes to smell nice and feel soft, then odds are you have a box of dryer sheets sitting around. They are plentiful, cheap, and have a lot of surprising uses outside of the laundry room.
Insect Repellant
You can rub yourself down with a dryer sheet, or just keep them nearby if you're going to lounge outside for a prolonged period. You could use this in combination with Hackcollege's tanning tips.
Air Freshener
Stick them in your car, at the bottom of your trashcans, in your drawers. Dryer sheets can make just about anything smell good. Especially useful if you're bringing that special someone back to your dorm. On that note, hide one in your pillow case and thank me later.
Cleaning Agent
If you've designated yourself the neat freak of the dorm room, a few dryer sheets can make your job easier. Dust on your TV and soap scum in the shower are no match for them.
Hair Clinger
Cutting your own hair to save beer money, but hate that noise your roommate makes when they see the remains on the bathroom floor? The leftover hair will cling to a dryer sheet, making cleanup a breeze. If you really like the smell I suppose you could rub the hair that's still on your head too.
Static Discharger
Anybody who's ever tinkered with the internals of a computer before know that you want your body to be free of static electricity. If you're adding more RAM or popping in a new hard drive, rubbing your hands on a dryer sheet is a lot cheaper than buying a pair of anti-static gloves.
Shoe Deodorizer
My personal favorite. Nothing can make a whole room smell quite like old shoes. If you're not going to throw them out, do everybody a favor and put dryer sheets in the toes.
Have any other great uses for dryer sheets? Let us know in the comments.
Reader Comments (7)
Put dryer sheets in a toilet paper tube and make a sploof
Dryer sheets in the pillow case? Really? Haha if I went back to someones dorm to get a little hot and heavy - I would not want to find anything in their pillow case haha, that's kind of creepy, no matter how good the smell!!
if you stick them on the back of a fan (they will stay because of the air that's being pulled through it) they will make your room smell super nice! we did this in our barracks last fall at basic training
Awesome idea Duncan
Thank you very good and a healthy writing.I appreciate the tips and the recommendation.Totally informative post.I have bookmarked it already
Such good tips!!!!
If you think old shoes smell bad, try wet dogs. When your dog comes in out of the rain -- after he shakes water all over -- wipe him down with a Bounce dryer sheet. No dog smell! Don't know if he likes it, but I do.