How To Use Your Old Tights And Pantyhose

Sunday, August 29th, 2010 | Women's Interest

When your tights and pantyhose reach the end of their useable life, you don’t have to throw them out but can instead re-use them in a variety of ways. Here are a few practical uses for your old tights and pantyhose.

 

· old tights can come in very handy in the kitchen, providing of course that you wash them first.You could perhaps use them as a strainer for jam making or anywhere else that a strainer is needed, or as a wine filter.

· In a similar vein, you can use them to pour old paint through them to remove lumps and make it useable again.

· Strips of of torn tights can be a great way to remove nail varnish. The nylon in the tights is excellent as removing nail polish.

· Don’t think you are unable to use laddered tights as an item of clothing. They can still be worn in winter as an extra layer under clothes.

· If you roll them up or put a sock in one they act as a great shoe buffer, and can give an amazing shine!

· Cut off the feet of your tights and use as a carrier bag holder – just pull one out when needed.

· They could be a great emergency fan belt, so keep a few pairs in your glove compartment.

· Do you suffer from draughts in the home, if so you may wish to look into making old tights into draught excluders.

· Use as cushion filling.

· You can make fragrant sachets out of them by filling them with, for example, lavender. Lavender scented balls can make great wardrobe or drawer refreshers.

· Higher denier versions or wool blends make great cleaning cloths.

· Old tights have a variety of first aid uses. They could be used as a flexible sling, or tie them around a bandage to give extra pressure to the wound.

· They have a number of uses in the garden. They can be used to tie in tree branches and support young plants – even the botanical gardens in London use tights for this purpose! You may stretch them out over vegetable patches to protect them from children and animals, and similarly can be pulled up over potted plants. Because they’re porous they’re breathable and will still let water through.

· Your children may also be able to make good use of old tights. They can be stretched out over coat hangers to make fairy wings, stuffed with tissue or newspaper to make a cats tail for fancy dress, and you can even make stuffed animals out of them with a bit of imagination.

· Stockings have often been used as a disguise for bank robbers. Tights could give the same effect, if you don’t mind the bunny ears, but bear in mind that robbing banks is illegal, dangerous and certainly not a very good use for your old tights.

 

As you might have guessed right now there are many uses for old tights and pantyhose. Before you throw them out, think about all the things you may be able to do with them!


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