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10 Uncommon Uses Of Eggs At Home

Eggs are usually seen as kitchen ingredients that can be used only for cooking. However, there are many uses of eggs outside the kitchen. You can solve many nagging problems of home maintenance with the help of eggs.

Here are some of the best uses of eggs that are beyond the purpose of cooking.

1. Glue: Did you know, egg whites can be used as a natural replacement for glue. It is a bit smelly but you can stick things together while working in the kitchen with egg whites. Things like paper stick very well with egg whites.

2. Pest Control: You can banish cockroaches from your kitchen cabinets by keeping empty egg shells there. This home improvement tip to get rid of cockroaches is very commonly used by many homemakers.

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3. Manure: What do you usually do with eggs that have gone bad? Throw them down in the garbage? You can easily break them into the compost pit and prepare manure for your plants.

4. Clean Leather: Egg whites are excellent leather cleaners. Usually, cleaning solutions for leather are expensive. You can easily replace them with eggs that are readily available kitchen ingredients.

5. Grow With Eggs: Empty egg shells can serve as mini-pots for growing tiny plants. You can grow grass in them. You can also grow seedlings in them before planting them in bigger pots.

6. Easter Eggs: The uses of eggs do not always have to be for home improvement. They can also be used for purely decorative purposes. For example, Easter eggs are decorated as presents to give children every year.

7. Watering plants: Eggs are rich in proteins and when they are boiled some of the nutrients seep into the water. Instead of throwing away the water in which you boiled eggs, you can water your plants with it. In this way you are conserving water and also giving your plants nourishment.

8. Moulding: If you make candles at home then eggs are the perfect moulds for you. You can prepare the mix and then set them in empty egg shells to solidify. Your candles will come out nicely rounded.

9. Shellac Collage: Crushed shells of used eggs can also be used as a decorative material. If you paint the pieces of egg shells and stick them together to form a collage, it will look like a magnificent piece of modern art.

10. Egg Facial: Eggs are used commonly to make hair mask. But egg whites are also very good for the skin. You can use eggs in combination with other kitchen ingredients like corn flour to make face packs for glowing skin.

These are some of the most unusual uses of eggs outside the kitchen. How many of these have you tried?

Story first published: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 15:44 [IST]
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