9 Ways Ice can Save Your Life, Besides Chilling Your Drinks and Keeping you Cool

Ways to Use Ice

Ice can be magical but maybe not save your life, however it will help solve some everyday life problems. Ice has a number of uses you might not know yet but you will know in less than a minute of reading this article.

Some of the things in the list are so helpful you will be thanking me for writing this piece. from making drinks cool, blending slushies and keeping you cool when the whether is warmer than usual, ice has many other helpful uses. In fact I have compiled 9 of these for you to start using.








1. Remove Gum off carpet


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We have seen it happen sometimes. gum on carpet, put ice on it and it will harden after a while then easily scrap it off. Use the same trick on clothes or just put the garment in a freezer for a while that will do the trick.
2. Steam away cloth wrinkles in the dryer

Placing a few ice cubes into the dryer with your clothes will create steam, which in turn will smooth out wrinkles in lighter fabrics. For heavier ones, stick to an iron. The last part was joke.
3. Reheat rice





I wish i had known this trick before. Do you find that when you microwave rice it dries out and becomes starchy. Well that is a thing of the past now with this ice trick. Just place an ice cube in the center of the rice and then wrap the top with plastic wrap, with a few punctures in then reheat.
4. Remove carpet dents.







A carpet can really surfer when furniture has been on it for years, dents almost become permanent features. Drop an ice cube into the dent and let it melt. Now that the carpet fibers are wet and pliable, brush out the dent.
5. Water plants without splashing water everywhere







Place an ice cube in a potted plant for slow-release watering. It’s the perfect solution for when you’re going to be out all day. Just don’t let the cube touch the roots, because that can cause tissue damage.
6. Make medicine taste better





bitter-tasting medicine is not good, it can taste horrible and leaves a lingering taste in your mouth afterward. Suck on an ice cube after swallowing the medicine to both wash out the taste and numb your mouth slightly, which will mask the taste even more. especially effective for kids.
7. Skim the fat from soup



Drop an ice some ice cubes into warm soup. Scoop them out a few seconds later and you will see the hardened fat sticking to them.
8. Make salad dressings thicker instantly



Before shaking your salad in a bowl add ice cubes to thicken your oil based dressings. The ice will cause the oil to cool and harden slightly, and you’ll have a thicker, creamier dressing.
9. Smooth out caulk and quicken drying time.



Run an ice cube along the caulk seam. This will both smooth out any imperfections and make it harden more quickly.


Now that you know these ice tricks, what are you going to do about it?