10 Ways To Use Vaseline Petroleum Jelly For Your Home

Petroleum Jell as a lip balm. That’s probably the most famous way to use petroleum jelly or as a first aid treatment to burns. That’s what petroleum jelly to us!

Anything skin blister and we’d dab it with petroleum jelly. Soo it was a surprise for me to learn that Vaseline Petroleum Jelly has 101 uses! And as much as I want to list it all here, I picked 10 that every homemaker needs to know.

10 Ways To Use Vaseline Petroleum Jelly For Your Home

1. Protect Stored Chrome: Before storing your bike away for the winter, or any other chrome item or machinery you’re not planning on using for a while, rub it with petroleum jelly to keep it from rusting over.
2. Utilize a small touch to put a quick shine on your shoes.
3. Dab on leather bags to remove dirt.
4. You can rub Vaseline on the neck of your nail polish bottles, and they will not get stuck to the caps.
5. Clean Watermarks From Wood.
6. Keep Ants Away From Pet Bowls: Ring the base of the bowl with petroleum jelly and the ants won’t be able to reach the kibble.
7. Mask Doorknobs While Painting: Rub petroleum jelly over any metal surface you don’t want to get painted. It will prevent the paint from sticking, so once you are done you’ll only have to wipe the paint off.
8. Lubricate Cabinets and Windows: Apply petroleum jelly to the window sash channel and cabinet door runners with a small paintbrush and you wont hear them creak ever again.
9. Keep An Outdoor Lightbulb From Sticking: Next time you change your outdoor lightbulb apply petroleum jelly to the base of the bulb and you’ll won’t have any trouble unscrewing it when the time comes.
10. Remove Chewing Gum From Wood.

I bet nagulat ka din ano? Check out the other uses of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly here: Vaseline Petroleum Jelly 101 Uses

Here’s my favorite:

Burn more fat during a workout: Apply a thin layer to desired areas especially around your abs. Vaseline acts as a heat trap by holding heat created during your workout. As a result, you sweat more from the extra heat trapped within your body. The whole process increases your metabolic rate which in turn helps burn off fat. It’s an old trick that boxers use to drop weight fast to make their fight weight.

I’m gonna try this one out! Let’s burn more fats!