Deodorize with Coffee Grounds
Coffee grounds will get rid of onion, garlic, or fish smells that cooking often leaves behind on our hands. They can even neutralize the smell of cigarettes left on your fingers after a smoke!
Contents
Steps
- Take a handful of used coffee grounds.
- Rub your hands together (as if using soap).
- Rinse your hands with warm water.
- Repeat as necessary, if the smell is not totally neutralized!
Tips
- Coffee grounds can also be used to deodorize refrigerators (similar to the method of using baking soda).
- Coffee grounds will also neutralize the odor of dead animals caught in crawl spaces or attics.
- If using coriander or parsley leaves in your cooking, put aside the thicker parts of the stems that are usually discarded. When your cooking is done, squeeze and wring these stems and rub them between your palms. This will remove even the strongest smells of onion, garlic, chilis and ginger.
- Be careful not to make a mess...it's easy to do with coffee grounds! If you use a used a coffee pod, take care not to tear it to avoid making a mess.
- This can also be done by rubbing lemon on your hands, washing your hands in cold water with table salt.
Warnings
- Another way of deodorizing fish smells, etc., is to wash the item with white vinegar, then rinse with baking soda (followed by a clear water rinse) to remove the vinegar.
- Don't pour coffee grounds down the drain or in the garbage disposal. This could clog your drain.
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