Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
Another member suggested a new forum section with new products but it doesn't look like it will be feasible. So I thought I would post this here under General RVing Issues. If enough people post (even...
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I wish we could have a subfolder in here for items that have such great **multiple uses** that we cannot live without them.
One of my favorites is non-slip shelf liner or even the non-slip mesh that goes under rugs. It's cheap and I use it in these ways (and of course the obvious as a shelf liner.)
1) We hung a tabletop fan from the wall (some of them have mounts in the bottom) so I put liner between it and the wall. Now there is less vibration of the fan.
2) Attached some small pieces to the backs of some pictures and clocks I've hung. Now they won't swing during travel and leave marks on the walls.
3) Placed it under the dinette seat cushions so they don't worm out from under us while we're sitting.
4) Cushion glass pie plates (another amazingly multi-purpose item) to protect them during travel.
5) Place under throw rugs so that they stay put. I don't use rubber backed rugs because I've seen them discolor lino and also because I hate the mess when they start to deteriorate. The liner needs to be washed when the rug is washed because it loses its adhesive properties when it gets dusty.
6) Towels slid off of the plastic towel hook rack we use, until I hot glued some pieces to the knobs on the hooks.
7) Cut a rectangle as long as a clothes hanger and about 4" wide. Cut a hole in the middle and thread the clothes hanger through the hole, and then hot glue the liner to the shoulders of then hanger. Presto. Nonslip hangers. It also allows you to use a wire hanger to hang dry items without worrying about rust stains.
8) If I store items in the bathtub while we're traveling, I can stack one on top of another and they will stay put while moving if I put a piece of liner between the stacked items.
Lots of good uses for an inexpensive and easily acquired/stored item.
Denise from Ark
One of my favorites is non-slip shelf liner or even the non-slip mesh that goes under rugs. It's cheap and I use it in these ways (and of course the obvious as a shelf liner.)
1) We hung a tabletop fan from the wall (some of them have mounts in the bottom) so I put liner between it and the wall. Now there is less vibration of the fan.
2) Attached some small pieces to the backs of some pictures and clocks I've hung. Now they won't swing during travel and leave marks on the walls.
3) Placed it under the dinette seat cushions so they don't worm out from under us while we're sitting.
4) Cushion glass pie plates (another amazingly multi-purpose item) to protect them during travel.
5) Place under throw rugs so that they stay put. I don't use rubber backed rugs because I've seen them discolor lino and also because I hate the mess when they start to deteriorate. The liner needs to be washed when the rug is washed because it loses its adhesive properties when it gets dusty.
6) Towels slid off of the plastic towel hook rack we use, until I hot glued some pieces to the knobs on the hooks.
7) Cut a rectangle as long as a clothes hanger and about 4" wide. Cut a hole in the middle and thread the clothes hanger through the hole, and then hot glue the liner to the shoulders of then hanger. Presto. Nonslip hangers. It also allows you to use a wire hanger to hang dry items without worrying about rust stains.
8) If I store items in the bathtub while we're traveling, I can stack one on top of another and they will stay put while moving if I put a piece of liner between the stacked items.
Lots of good uses for an inexpensive and easily acquired/stored item.
Denise from Ark
