39 Wacky Uses for
Bounce®

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Clean baked-on food from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in the pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The antistatic agents apparently weaken the bond between the food and the pan while the fabric softening agents soften the baked-on food.
Repel skunks. Hang fresh sheets of Bounce from your fence posts, shrubs, or trees. The fragrance (oleander, a natural repellent) keeps skunks away. Misting the Bounce sheets with water every so often revives the scent.
Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
clean burned-on food from a casserole dish. Fill the casserole dish with hot water, lay a sheet of Bounce in the water, and let sit overnight. In the morning, the burned-on food will wipe right out.
Freshen the air in your bathroom. Insert a sheet of Bounce into the hollow cardboard tube inside a fresh roll of toilet paper before putting it on the toilet paper holder.
Clean a soiled desk of plastic-coated playing cards. Wipe the cards with a clean, used sheet of Bounce.
Polish chrome. After cleaning, polish chrome with a clean, used sheet of Bounce.
Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
Eliminate static electricity from venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
Prevent musty smells when storing winter coats, sweaters, scarves, and mittens. Place a sheet of Bounce on the bottom of the storage container, and place sheets of Bounce between layers of clothes. When you open the storage container months later, you’ll be greeted by a fresh scent.
Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sandpapering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight so they'll smell great in the morning.