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by **Shirley** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:13 pm

ok... I was searching for a post about wine bottles... and I came across the cork thread from earlier this year... Shiney asked whether there was a 101 uses for a cork... and there wasn't... BUT THERE IS NOW!!!!!

So....

1. cork board
2. cork curtain to screen out flies
3. insulation/permanent cork board

by **PurpleDragon** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:33 pm

4. to hang round your hat (which is almost like 2. but mobile)

by **Chickpea** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:45 am

5. Char the end and use it to camouflage your face like the SAS.
6. Cut little slivers off them to seal up this and that (usually gaps in my dodgy DIY).
7. Dare I say - stopping the wine from falling out of the bottle?

by **cat** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:02 am

8. paint stamps for children to print with

9. stick a slice on the wall to stop the door handle bashing

10. same thing under chair legs to stop them scraping on the floor

by **Shirley** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:49 pm

spotted this one on another forum...

float lots of them over the top of your water butt so that there are no spaces... to stop mozzies etc breeding in your water butt

by **paradox** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:48 am

compost them

by **Ranter** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:46 pm

Use one to rub cream cleaner into stains on ceramic baths. Shifts them no problem.

Think it's one of Kim & Aggie's tips.

by **Christine** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:38 pm

14. Use them in the bottom of flower pots instead of broken crocks
15. stick them on the ends of sharp knives kept in drawers

by **Ranter** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:18 pm

16. stick on the end of knitting needles (when not in use) to stop stitches falling off.

by **duncang** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:42 pm

17. Make a bird house out of them by threading them together with some old wire. (pics to come for those interested, not quite finished)
Good link about it here though:
http://www.stratsplace.com/graphics/cor ... dhouse.jpg

18. Use to cover a wall like this guy did... truely amazing:
http://www.stratsplace.com/graphics/cor ... wall_1.jpg

19. I plan to hand them at the end of lengths of thread, themselves hung on a horizontal line extended between the planting rows... their swinging in the wind will hopefully ward of birds...?

by **Thomzo** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:02 pm

paradox wrote:compost them

I was thinking about shredding them and using instead of vermiculite. I've not tried it yet though.

by **the.fee.fairy** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:48 pm

Put a few in the bottom of a vase, and then stick flowers in them to make an arrangement.

Here's on from the Guradian Craft magazine:

Glue one to a CD, then stick in bits of wire. On some of them, make hooks and add jam jars for candles, on others, thread beads in.

I'll dig out the proper instructions when i get home.

by **PaulDavidSumner** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:27 am

21. Sink any fishing hooks you have attached to paternosters into a cork at all times when the hook is not being baited or 'in use', to help prevent hooking yourself instead of fish.

by **Ranter** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:44 pm

Any tips on threadin corks? I've been threading them onto fishing line, with the aim of creating a fly curtain over my back door. As I'm not exactly strong I've ended up using pliers to pull through the needles. I've broken several needles & have blisters on my hand from the pliers.

There must be an easier way. Has anyone found it?

by **PaulDavidSumner** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:51 pm

Try a power drill using the thinnest drill bit in the set, and a low speed setting to avoid severely cracking the cork.

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