What do you do with your old socks?

Old socks I use for dusting.....put it right over my hand...it's also nice for protecting your hand when you are painting....if you don't have a glove around...old toothbrushes are used for painting in my craft room for "spattering" different things.....also for cleaning in the bathroom to get nooks and cranny's I might otherwise miss!

I use the old socks for something dirty . For example, i`m getting the socks wet, and i`m cleaning the jamb . There it`s a lot of dust with water, i mean it`s a lot of dirty . So , i clean the jamb with my old socks , and then i`m throwing them . The toothbrush .. that will make you think a little. With the toothbrush ( the old one ) i`m cleaning the sole of my adidas . And maybe the hole adidas if it works better . The sole will be so clean after a little brushing ..

This is sooo funny. Usually I cut mine up and use them for cleaning rags, you know instead of my good towels, or paper towels. And if they get really messed up I simply throw them out....well I was watching rachel ray last week and on there a lady was showing how you can recycle old towels into a shag style throw rug. You get some carpet wire thing...well I forgot what it was called but I had some plastic fencing I used for outside and cut it down to a small size cut up the socks into strips and tied them onto the wiring....now I have a cute little fluffy throw rug. I figured if you could do it with old towels you can with old socks and it worked. It took less than a week....really probably a day or two depending on how much time you want to devote to it....I did mine while I was watching tv at the end of the day. I plan on making more.

I use them for rags, to clean things that are really yucky, like the dip stick when I check my oil in my truck, I always keep a couple under the seat. I'll slip them over my hand if I have to pick something yucky up! tdemex

Old socks are used for our extented ladders..My husband puts them on the ends so they don't scare the paint on the gutters. I use them for dusting and the toothbrush is good for cleaning in spots you can't normally get to with anything else like to scrub behind the bathroom sinks for instance.

When our socks get worn out they usually just get thrown out. I kept them at one time and used then for dust rags, but i don't anymore.

Hi, I use old socks for rags to clean oily or dirty spots on the floors and old toothbrushes for cleaning out corners, or digging out dirt and hair stuck in drain-holes in the bathrooms. I use old tshirts and towels mostly as floor rags; especially for wet feet. I also keep glass jars, especially those with wide openings to store candies and sweets - I find these airtight.

i do have lots of old socks. anyways, i do just keep them so when i will have a need of them that i can just use them. i always remember where i place them . they are mostly used for waxing the floor. we often do that. sometimes when we need some piece of cloth for whatever purpose it will need. any need for a cloth for one time use only and would not be washed after using it cause it may be used for some very dirty work that would not save the cloth with any washing or will just render the cloth after one time use or work. so those are the purpose of my old socks.

Yes, I feel that I have made very good use of my old socks! I am a keen cyclist and I found my old socks very useful when it comes to cleaning my bicycle chain. I have a stockpile of them which are used for old rags. They say that it's good to get into the habit of recycling well this I'm doing by finding other uses for my old socks. Andrew

I usually throw old worn out socks in the garbage. If I can remember I will put them aside for dusting or scrubbing.

Thanks for this very interesting discussion. No, I don't throw away old socks right off the bat. First of all, they make for great rags for cleaning the windows so some of our old socks go to that purpose. The fact that they are mostly cotton makes them work a lot better than using paper towels. The don't leave as much lint behind. The other use that we've found for old socks is that they make great tug of war toys for our dogs. We will put a knot in the middle of them so that the dogs can fight fair and that we can differentiate the dog's socks from the still wearable socks.

If a sock gets a hole in the toe or heel you can mend it if they are in good shape otherwise. Back in the day they called it "darning". Basically you get out a needle and some thread and closely stitch back and forth across the hole. Then you still have a good pair of socks. This is the least wasteful thing to do in my opinion. There is the obvious dust rag or cleaning cloth idea. If the sock is long and not disgusting you could cut off the part with the hole in it or "darn" it then fill it will rice, sew both ends and use it for a neck warmer. You heat it in the mircrowave and drap it across your neck to heat and relax tense muscles. You could cut several socks into strips, braid them tighttly together, knot both ends and make a dog chew toy. I did this once with yucky old kitchen towels. How about making a sock monkey? I saw one in target the other day for $15!!

Ok at the risk of sounding completely weird I will tell you what I sometimes did with my old socks in middle school. Now of course they have to be washed and clean but I found that they serve as a very neat way to create the perfect hairbun! Here's how ya do it. It works best with shoulder length hair i suppose since too much hair can make it look messy and too short of hair won't wrap all the way around. But anywho....first you take your sock and snip of the toe section. Roll the sock from the ankle part all the way down creating a donut. Put your hair in a pony then slide the donut shaped sock over the pony covering your rubber band. take the hair spouting out from the pony tail and hide the sock underneath your hair by flipping some hair up to both sides and down. of course you'll need to conseal the sock completely by spreading the hair out in the diagnal directions too then put either a rubber band or scrunchie around to hold the hair in place. Now you have a perfectly round donut shaped bun!!! :-D

I throw them out. When it come's to being worn out I still wear them. I don't care if they have a hole in them or not. It's my socks not yours. My mom laughs at me for doing that. I guess that's just me. XD

hello kykidd, i'm just throwing my old socks. can't think of anything to make them useful except that to use them to make me warm when i'm not feeling well like if i have a high fever. i don't use my socks in going out when i'm sick. i use the old ones. other than that, no more.

it depends. if money is tight and i cannot afford new ones i mend them. if the hole is really big i throw them out and if the socks are really worn in the garbage they go. socks usually last a long time though so if they are to the point that they have holes most times they are at the end of their life cycle and i just chuck them.

i just throw them into dustbin do you know earliar middle class people useed to wash the utensils with the help one socks itwas used to rub the dishsoap to utensils otherwise there is no use of it

Hi friend, Actually i will do my old socks with as a waste cloth to clean my shoes,sandals I will also never waste a old things.It will be using for usfulness. Old socks are uses for good purpose. have a great day.

I use my socks for rags, especially my husband's tube socks. Toothbrushes are great to scrub the grout in your tiles and to get hard to reach narrow places. I also use nice big plastic butter and yogurt containers to put leftovers or old oil in. Same for glass jars. Some cardboards and tin foils, if clean can be reused, or my daughter can use for craft materials. Old stained and/or ripped clothing can also be used for rags or my daughter takes the nice parts and uses it for making doll clothes or crafts. Also save the buttons before throwing the clothes out. Great for crafts. I save cardboard boxes to reuse when I'm shipping something. Also, save shoeboxes and bigger boxes for my cats. They love playing in them. There are a lot of things you can clean and paint and use as decorations, flower pots etc. I don't think I can think of anything else right now.

I would make it into a mop for the floor. It is very effective and clean the tiles thoroughly. I throw away socks that are no longer clean and nice to look at I rather throw them than keeping them for no purpose at all. As long as it is still usable I would still keep them and wear them. Socks are really expensive now a days you know.