Below are twenty one (21) ideas and tricks for around the yard, house and garage. Take a look and see if you can implement these ideas yourself!

1. Remove grease stains from clothing and fabric (I had to start there)
2. Remove rust; methods include using fabric dipped in Coke, a sponge or even aluminum foil.
3. Remove blood stains from clothing and fabric.
4. Clean oil stains from a garage floor; let the stain soak, hose off.
5. Loosen a rusty bolt; pour on some Coke and wait for the magic to happen.
6. Kill slugs and snails; a small bowl of Coke will attract them, the acid will kill them.
7. Help a lawn become lush and green (see my lawn tonic article here )
8. Defrost a frozen windshield. Apply liberally and wait (I’ll see if this works in winter)
9. Cure nausea; let a can of Coke go flat then take a teaspoon of Coke every hour.
10. Also, flat coke can help relieve an upset stomach (aka “the runs”)
11. Get rid of hiccups; gargle with a big mouthful of ice-cold Coke.
12. Clean your engine; Coke distributors have been using this technique for decades.
13. Relieve congestion; boil and a can of Coke and drink while hot to clear you up.
14. Clean tile grout; pour onto kitchen floor, leave for a few minutes, wipe up.
15. Make better compost; Coke increases the acidity, adds sugars and feeds microorganisms.
16. Remove gum from hair; dip into a small bowl of Coke, leave a few minutes. Gum will wipe off.
17. Pour a little in a cup and set it out an hour before a picnic, away from your site; it will attract wasps and bees so they’re not bugging you and your grub.
18. Add Coke to your laundry to remove bad smells, especially fish.
19. Clean a toilet; pour around bowl, leave for a while, flush clean.
20. Supposedly, drinking an 8oz can of Coke every day can prevent kidney stones.
21. Strip paint off metal furniture; soak a towel in Coke, sit it on the surface for days. Make sure you keep adding Coke to keep the towel wet. (Seems like a hassle, I’d rather buy paint stripper.)

Not bad, eh?

And this is just half of a list you can find over on Homestead and Survival.

It is always interesting and amusing to see what a product we’ve been using and enjoying for years, in this case as a simple tasty soda, can be used for with a little imagination!