Clean off crayon marks
Your toddler has gone wild with the crayons, but he drew on the walls and not on paper. You’ve tried everything to get it off, but not this: an eraser. Try “erasing” the crayon marks to get the wall back to a clean slate.
Remove scuff marks on vinyl floors
Those new shoes of your husband’s have left black streak marks all over the kitchen floor. An eraser will take them off in no time. Give him the eraser and have him do it.
Clean your piano keys
Whether it’s a baby grand piano that fills the corner of the living room, a more conventional upright, or just a fold-away electronic keyboard, cleaning the keys can be a nightmare project of dust and finger marks. And when you clean it, it’s hard to reach some spots to remove dirt. The sides of the black keys are especially difficult to clean. Find an eraser that fits between the ivories and the black keys and you’ll have 86′ed the dirt on the 88s. This works well whether you have a piano with real ivory keys or the more common plastic ones.
Cushion picture frames
Don’t you hate it when that heavy mirror or picture frame gets slightly crooked? Tired of worrying about the black marks and scrapes the frame is making on the wall? Glue erasers to the bottom corners of the frame. The pictures will now hang straighter and not leave their mark.
Remove residue from stick-on labels
That gray gummy substance on the new picture frame you just purchased is a sight to behold and not coming off with plain soap and water. Rub the residue with an eraser and watch the stuff just peel away.
A pencil eraser can do much more than just erase written mistakes, it can improve phone call quality, fix a scratched LCD TV screen, keep earring secure, remove scuff marks and much more. Read this to discover 10 unique uses for ordinary pencil erasers.
Improve Phone Call Quality
Landline reception on a cordless handset phone can be interrupted by static caused from dust. The metal squares at the bottom of handset and inside the phone charger cradle get covered with dust causing static and possible loss of connection. Improve call quality by rubbing a pencil eraser over the metal squares to clean away dust and ensure a steady flow of electricity and phone conversation.
Fix a Scratched LCD TV Screen
A minor scratch in an LCD TV screen can be fixed in a flash with a pencil eraser. Gently rub the eraser along the length of the scratch in one smooth movement. The eraser will create friction, causing the screen’s liquid crystals to heat up and become malleable. As the soft rubber glides across the scratch, it smoothes the jagged edges and makes the scratch disappear.
Keep Earrings Secure
If you lose the back of an earring while away from home, use a piece of an eraser to hold the earring secure until a replacement back is found. Just pinch off a piece of a pencil eraser and push it over the back of the earring post to secure.
Remove Scuff Marks
Certain types of shoe soles leave unsightly scuff marks on flooring. Erase the scuff marks with a pencil eraser. Erasers contain a gentle abrasive called pumice, which will dislodge the residue left behind by shoes and make it easy to wipe them away with a damp cloth.
Polish Jewelry
To quickly clean and polish jewelry, rub a pencil eraser over the items. The rubber particles will absorb body oil and grime while buffing away fingerprint smudges to leave behind a bright shine.
Clean Computer Keyboard
Computer keyboards develop a sticky, grimy mess across the keys, but liquid cleaners are out for cleaning away the mess. Grab a pencil eraser and dry clean the keyboard. The abrasive in the eraser will dislodge the stuck on grime and you can blow it away with a blast from a hair dryer set on cool.
Remove an Ink Stain from Suede
To remove an ink stain from suede, rub a pencil eraser across the ink mark in the direction of the suede’s grain. The eraser will create crumb-like particles that will get under the suede’s surface and lift out the ink stain.
Paint Brush for Kid’s Craft
Kids enjoy creating painted crafts with the round pencil erasers. Set up craft project to be painted, along with paints and one pencil for each paint color. Have kids dip erasers into paint and press onto craft item for a perfect painted circle. The rubber acts like a stamp and can be used to paint on any surface.
Garden Planting Holes
Use the eraser end of a pencil to create the perfect size planting holes in flower and herb planters. Push the eraser into the potting soil about ½ inch, pull pencil out and drop garden seed into hole.
Scuff Proof Paint
Prevent scuffs on fresh paint when hanging wall art with this trick – remove erasers from pencils, cut in half crosswise and glue half of an eraser to each corner of a picture or other wall art décor item before hanging on wall. The rubber erasers will prevent the wall art from scuffing the paint and keep the item from shifting after hanging.
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