5 Smart Uses for Rubber Bands
Real Simple|April 2024
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TEDDY WILLSON
5 Smart Uses for Rubber Bands

Keep Clothes on a Hanger

Why are your most precious pieces (that stunning chiffon blouse, that silk dress that makes you feel amazing) always the ones to fall to the closet floor? Because there's not enough friction between the hangers and the buttery-smooth fabrics. Rubber bands to the rescue! Wrap one around each side of a hanger, looping until the elastic is tightly secured. Then hang those pesky garments as normal. The fabric will catch on the rubber, so no more sliding down.

Open Stubborn Jars

This story is from the April 2024 edition of Real Simple.

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