For a long time, I’ve found all sorts of uses for dryer sheets. I love the smell, but I also need to make money go as far as I can.
That’s why I do a lot more with (new and used) dryer sheets than simply toss them in my laundry.
25 Uses for Dryer Sheets
1. Shine up chrome. Dampen a used dryer sheet and shine up the bathroom faucet or toaster.
2. Keep your scissors sharp by wiping the blades with a used sheet between uses.
3. Buh-bye pet hair! Rub a dryer sheet over your sofa, bed, etc and it’ll gather up all that hair from your fur baby.
4. Clean oven racks. Soak them overnight in some Dawn dishwashing liquid with some dryer sheets thrown in. The dirt and grime will wipe off easy the next day.
5. Put them in your drawers and they’ll make your clothes smell fresh and clean for a long time.
6. Ward off gnats and mosquitoes. Put a fresh sheet in your pocket and leave a little sticking out. Those flying little monsters don’t like the smell. Same with Mice!
7. A used dryer sheet is the best dusting cloth ever. Shelves, floors, lamps, you name it.
8. Dirty pots and pans are no match for a dryer sheet. Soak your pan in water, dishwashing soap, and a dryer sheet for about an hour.
That burned on goo that was stuck before will come right off.
9. One of the great uses for dryer sheets is the smelly shoes solution. Cut a fresh sheet in half and put one half in each shoe.
10. Clean paint brushes. Soak the in warm water with a dryer sheet for a couple hours.
11. Banish soap scum on shower doors. One of the uses for dryer sheets most people don’t know is how to use them to clean shower doors. Just wet a fresh sheet and scrub. They’re amazing.
12. Flyaway hair can be tamed by rubbing a used dryer sheet on your hair.
13. Discourage dust from accumulating on your TV by wiping it down with a used sheet.
14. Instantly make your car smell better by placing a fresh dryer sheet under a seat.
15. Got deodorant streaks on your shirt? Rub it off with a dryer sheet!
16. Get rid of toilet bowl rings by scrubbing with used dryer sheets.
17. Pop a dryer sheet inside your folded sheets to make sure they have that “just washed” fresh smell when you make a bed.
18. Keep a dryer sheet in your stored luggage. It won’t smell musty when you need to use it.
19. Hide dryer sheets around your house to make everything smell fresh and clean.
You can put them under sofa cushions, in baskets, anywhere you can find a hiding place.
20. Wipe your blinds down with dryer sheets once a month. It’ll help repel dust accumulation.
21. Dust and clean baseboards by rubbing them with a used dryer sheet.
22. Used dryer sheets packed in empty toilet paper rolls make great fire starters.
23. Clean hairbrushes by soaking them in warm water with a dryer sheet. Fresh and clean!
24. Send one with your kiddo to place in their school locker. It’ll smell so much better!
25. Make your own Swiffer pads. All you need is a few dryer sheets and you’re good to go.
Do you have more uses for dryer sheets?
Please tell me what they are? I want to know and I’m sure readers want to know, too!
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283 comments on “25 Uses for Dryer Sheets You Need To Know”
This belongs in this section, I’m sorry, feel free to remove and you have my permission to edit.Thank you so much for these I’m making a list and making sure that I credit everything to your website (plagiarism laws are any three words in a row, you must provide credit for, so nicely done on your end!! Believe it or not there’s actually a certificate that people must obtain when going to school for this. Although I will be sharing it with friends and family you will be cited for each idea. **One thing for dryer sheets, you can use a cut dryer sheet behind your canister on your vacuum if you have an upright, and where the HEPA filter is, you can place part of a dryer sheet over it. Now instead of nasty dog smell coming out of it while you vacuum, you will have fresh smells coming out of it and it works multiple times with the same sheet. I’m assuming the dust also gets through it to the filter since my vacuum is still going strong. This prevents you having unscrew a 2012 Eureka and clean the entire thing out, I wish I had more dryer sheets, Thank you so much for this website! Please feel free to edit and borrow the idea to post with less words LOL.
I use new dryer sheet to rub on my clinging clothing. Releases static electric. No more skirts clinging to my thighs.
I HAVE A DOWNS SON 56 AND THE SITTER SAW HIM PUT SHEETS 2 INSIDE HIS BED, WHY BECAUSE NEEDS TO SMELL FRESH, DO NOT MY SHEETS CHANGED THIS WEEK, MUM SAYS YES
I put a dryer sheet in my hamper
Clothes don’t stink before you get to wash them
You can place them in forced air vent throughout your house! Makes your whole home smell fresh and they’re easy to change out!
take a dryer sheet and put it under your books on the bookshelf keeps books from the old book smell and keeps the dust away
I place dryer sheets everywhere in my camper at the end of the season. The mice don’t like the wax, and in the spring my camper smells fresh.
Use a dryer sheet to clean dead bugs off your car after a road trip.
Omg fantastic! And no issues with the paint? Does this work on the plastic ‘sport frame’ too? It’s very glossy and I have tons of issues getting them off!
I use dryer sheets to dust lamp shades . Our mailman always wants a dryer sheet in our mail box. …Bees won’t want to make a nest.
They are excellent in getting cigarette smoke smell out of cars and furniture
Dryer sheet for cleaning bugs off windshields, works great
Bounce dryer sheet in pockets, tucked in baseball cap. Bungee onto kayak while paddling. All in regards to ridding gnats and mosquitoes.
1) We put a few sheets on the furnace filter. As the air blows through the filter it smells nice and fresh. 2) We put a couple of sheets in the bottom of the cat litter pan. It always smells fresh and clean. 3) We tack up a couple of sheets inside the pantry closet. Every time you open the door you get a very pleasant whiff.
Wonderful information that I will use. Thank you.
I keep one in my purse, one in the den and one beside my bed to clean my eye glasses.
Thank you! Great information! I did not know!! Going to try them all!
Love all of these ideas
You can wet the dryer sheet and place it on the back of a box fan and turn the fan on and that makes a good frangrance smell like for a bedroom.
Use a used dryer sheet to remove nail polish or toe polish! Works like a gem with acetone remover