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[pebblerocker]

We had a hot water bottle failure last night. It's the sort of tremendously frightening thing you hear about theoretically happening to other people with DEATH AND DISFIGUREMENT and you always assume that although every hottie must die eventually it will never actually happen to you. I imagine floods of scalding water and being trapped in the blankets unable to escape the simmering puddle, but in fact it was just a little dribble causing no injury and only a minor wet patch.

Now you can't put rubber in the recycling bin and it looks sort of useful, what shall I do with it? A quick google reveals that the world is short on ideas: cut the hot water bottle into squares to use as jam jar openers or non-slip mats, stuff it to use as a garden kneeler, or hang it on the wall as a modern sculpture. I expected to turn up pages of results of hot water bottles turned into various things and sold on Etsy, but no such luck. My main plan is to cut out a replacement rubber washer to fit on my vinegar bottle with the wire clamp top... otherwise perhaps I can use the ribbed sides to re-sole shoes, or cut it into gigantic rubber bands for powering big balsa planes.

Comments

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

I strongly recommend having a rubber jar-opener around.

[just-jilly.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you find a good use for your old hot water bottle as I don't know what to do with mine either! I've got three worn out bottles in my cupboard and it seems such a waste just throwing them in the bin. Like you,I've tried googling but no one appears to recycle rubber.

[pebblerocker]

Will do! Still no luck finding a use for mine though...