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Need to slice a cake, or cheese?

Or maybe secure a button on your jacket? Not a problem with dental floss…Some clever uses for dental floss:

Slice cake and cheese
Use dental floss to cut cakes, especially delicate and sticky ones that tend to adhere to a knife. Just hold a length of the floss taut over the cake and then slice away, moving it slightly side to side as you cut through the cake. You can also use dental floss to cut small blocks of cheese cleanly.

Repair outdoor gear
Because dental floss is strong and resilient but slender, it’s the ideal replacement for thread when you are repairing an umbrella, tent, or backpack. These items take a beating and sometimes get pinhole nicks. Sew up the small holes with floss. To fix larger gouges, sew back and forth over the holes until you have covered the space with a floss patch.

Extra-strong string for hanging things
Considering how thin it is, dental floss is strong stuff. Use it instead of string or wire to securely hang pictures, sun catchers, or wind chimes. Use it with a needle to thread together papers you want to attach or those you want to display, in clothesline fashion.

Secure a button permanently
Did that button fall off again? This time, sew it back on with dental floss — it’s much stronger than thread, which makes it perfect for reinstalling buttons on coats, jackets, and heavy shirts.

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