topic Re: Binder Clips in Home

Binder Clips

Kachina624 — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 07:28:16 GMT

Does anyone else use this staple from the office as an indispensable helper around the house? I buy a tub of the assorted sizes and keep a handful in a drawer in every room. They are great for fastening plastic bags like chips or cereal to frozen food in bags in the freezer. They're great for keeping tubes of ointment or toothpaste rolled up, I use a small one as a bookmark, I clip pairs of shoes together so I always have two and no runaway. Clip notes, coupons, recipes, lists onto your purse strap. I attach one to a kitchen cabinet to hold my recipe, I clip pouches of mixes together, clip a hand towel to a cabinet near the sink, use as clothespins, the list is endless. They can be used over and over, never wear out and are cheap.

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qualitygal — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 08:52:25 GMT

I use some sometimes.

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Lucy 13 — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 09:43:52 GMT

I use binder clips all the time they really come in handy.

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gidgetgh — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:28:47 GMT

I maybe have 4 small ones that I keep in the drawer of the desk in our office. I don't use them much, but @Kachina624 you've found some really neat uses for them.

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Hearts4Me — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 11:15:16 GMT

Yep, I couldn't live without them! Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the picture! In fact, I just bought more of them yesterday at Walmart. Super useful.

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Desertdi — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 11:39:21 GMT

I use a BIG one to hold my bath towel wrapped around my "bod"............

Also use them to keep plastic deli cartons closed tightly.............

Have used them to clip fake flowers onto my shrubs............

And I'm sure I can think of MORE after a couple more cups of coffee...........

I buy a whole carton of assorted sizes.

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Reba055 — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 12:02:24 GMT

@Kachina624 Great ideas!!

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CareBears — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:16:11 GMT

@Kachina624 WOW thank you for all the ideas, there are some of your ideas I would never have thought of, I had picked some up at the dollar store but I have not used most of them, now I have a mission thanks to you!

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IlliniGirl88 — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:24:15 GMT

Binder clips are super useful around our home. I use them also in place of chip clips. If I have several papers that need to be clipped together (sometimes I don't want them stapled or to poke a hole in them), I clip them and then pop the back clip up and hang that on a tack on the bulletin board. This is more presentation items and I don't want them out of sight, out of mind.

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Dusty1 — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:00:18 GMT

LOL I use them for everything, too. They are stashed all over my house.

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software — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:21:18 GMT

I used one to fix my toilet. No kidding.

The flapper chain in the tank is a bit too long and always getting hung up then the toilet runs.

So I cinched it up a bit with a binder clip and it's fine.

That was months ago and it's still OK.

I have a drawerful at work, I don't like staples.

I also use them on an open snack bag

I have worn them out. I think I've used a small one to do a job meant for a bigger one, then the small one got wonky. Useless My bad.

@Kachina624

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zitawins — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 18:48:28 GMT

Daughter uses them all the time, but with my arthritic hands I can't even get one open. I use clip clothespins!

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SilleeMee — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 18:58:20 GMT

I use them for all kinds of things but this is my favorite one:

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SilleeMee — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:03:33 GMT

Here's my second favorite:

I own a lot of boots!

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homedecor1 — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:27:52 GMT

I use them when baking to keep parchment paper up the sides of my pan. I use other places, but, I mostly use them for baking. (a tip I learned long ago from Martha Stewart).

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CAMOGIRL — Thu, 04 May 2017 10:48:59 GMT

Definitely chip clips! Or,opened dry macoroni bags, cereal inner bags, or frozen food bags.

Hmmm, actually never thought of the toothpaste tube! Good idea.

Oh, and I used to use the large ones when camping to hang out wet towels or clothes on a line. ( ha, half the time anyhow .... could never find those clothes pins until I got back home!).