(Un)practical uses for coke
- KOBUSL
- Monster Truck
- Posts: 2044
- Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:12 pm
- Town: WOLSELEY
- Vehicle: '96 HILUX 2.8 HILUX DC 3i BMW 540 RANCHERO UTE 4 Li
- Real Name: KOBUS
(Un)practical uses for coke
20 Practical Uses For Coke
Coke acts as an acidic cleaner. The amount of acid in soda is enough to wear away at the enamel of your teeth, making them more susceptible to decay. In tests done on the acidity levels of soda, certain ones were found to have PH levels as low as 2.5. To put that into perspective, consider that battery acid has a pH of 1 and pure water has a pH of 7.
To prove Coke does not belong in the human body, here are 20 practical ways you can use Coke as a domestic cleaner:
Removes grease stains from clothing and fabric
Removes rust; methods include using fabric dipped in Coke, a sponge or even aluminum foil. Also loosens rusty bolts
Removes blood stains from clothing and fabric.
Cleans oil stains from a garage floor; let the stain soak, hose off.
Kills slugs and snails; the acids kills them.
Cleans burnt pans; let the pan soak in the Coke, then rinse.
Descales a kettle (same method as with burnt pans)
Cleans car battery terminals by pouring a small amount of Coke over each one.
Cleans your engine; Coke distributors have been using this technique for decades.
Makes pennies shine; soaking old pennies in Coke will remove the tarnish.
Cleans tile grout; pour onto kitchen floor, leave for a few minutes, wipe up.
Dissolves a tooth; Use a sealed container…takes a while but it does work.
Removes gum from hair; dip into a small bowl of Coke, leave a few minutes. Gum will wipe off.
Removes stains from vitreous china.
Got a dirty pool? Adding two 2-liter bottles of Coke clears up rust.
You can remove (or fade) dye from hair by pouring diet Coke over it.
Remove marker stains from carpet. Applying Coke, scrubbing and then clean with soapy water will remove marker stains.
Cleans a toilet; pour around bowl, leave for a while, flush clean.
Coke and aluminum foil will bring Chrome to a high shine.
Strips paint off metal furniture. Soak a towel in Coke and lay it on the paint surface.
Read it twice, still no mention of brannas. Some people can't get anything right.
Coke acts as an acidic cleaner. The amount of acid in soda is enough to wear away at the enamel of your teeth, making them more susceptible to decay. In tests done on the acidity levels of soda, certain ones were found to have PH levels as low as 2.5. To put that into perspective, consider that battery acid has a pH of 1 and pure water has a pH of 7.
To prove Coke does not belong in the human body, here are 20 practical ways you can use Coke as a domestic cleaner:
Removes grease stains from clothing and fabric
Removes rust; methods include using fabric dipped in Coke, a sponge or even aluminum foil. Also loosens rusty bolts
Removes blood stains from clothing and fabric.
Cleans oil stains from a garage floor; let the stain soak, hose off.
Kills slugs and snails; the acids kills them.
Cleans burnt pans; let the pan soak in the Coke, then rinse.
Descales a kettle (same method as with burnt pans)
Cleans car battery terminals by pouring a small amount of Coke over each one.
Cleans your engine; Coke distributors have been using this technique for decades.
Makes pennies shine; soaking old pennies in Coke will remove the tarnish.
Cleans tile grout; pour onto kitchen floor, leave for a few minutes, wipe up.
Dissolves a tooth; Use a sealed container…takes a while but it does work.
Removes gum from hair; dip into a small bowl of Coke, leave a few minutes. Gum will wipe off.
Removes stains from vitreous china.
Got a dirty pool? Adding two 2-liter bottles of Coke clears up rust.
You can remove (or fade) dye from hair by pouring diet Coke over it.
Remove marker stains from carpet. Applying Coke, scrubbing and then clean with soapy water will remove marker stains.
Cleans a toilet; pour around bowl, leave for a while, flush clean.
Coke and aluminum foil will bring Chrome to a high shine.
Strips paint off metal furniture. Soak a towel in Coke and lay it on the paint surface.
Read it twice, still no mention of brannas. Some people can't get anything right.
Word te vinnig oud en te stadig wys.
- Ultred
- LR 4WD Rear Locker
- Posts: 349
- Joined: Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:14 pm
- Town: Heidelberg
- Vehicle: '00 Hilux 2.7i D/Cab IFS.
- Real Name: Mike
- Club VHF Licence: HC108
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Adding Brannas neutralizes all the bad aspects of Coke. (proven)
Only one way to drink it then
Only one way to drink it then
I MAY GET LOST, BUT NO WAY IN HELL WILL I GET STUCK
- Thunder02
- Moderator
- Posts: 8033
- Joined: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:53 pm
- Town: East Rand
- Vehicle: IFS Hilux
- Real Name: Neil
- Club VHF Licence: HC105
- Location: 4x4 Direct Boksburg
- Contact:
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Use as coolent while turning stainless steel,end up with mirror finish.
Not all those who wander are lost!
Scout motto:be prepared....
www.4x4direct.co.za
Email: boksburg@4x4direct.co.za
IFS is like a swambo, soft, sexy and expensive!
Scout motto:be prepared....
www.4x4direct.co.za
Email: boksburg@4x4direct.co.za
IFS is like a swambo, soft, sexy and expensive!
- Donkey
- Monster Truck
- Posts: 5132
- Joined: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:33 am
- Town: Johannesburg
- Vehicle: 2002 3.0KZ-TE 4x4, Eazyawn RTT, Snorkel, NudgeM Bumper, 38mm Ball Joint Spacers, 35" Maxxis Bighorns, Dastek Unichip, 60 ltr Snomaster fridge/freezer, 40mm body lift, Mikem front/rear with extended shackles, Bilsteins shox rear
- Real Name: Tumelo Thebe aka Baas John
- Club VHF Licence: X122
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Thanks for sharing, might help the coke addicts, as for me I'm a happy Coca Cola addict
Tumelo Maketekete
Donkey, simple and often misunderstood.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, but we grow old because we stop playing!
2002 - 3.0KZ-TE Toyota Hilux (Letebele)
1994 - 1.6i Gl Toyota Corolla (Platkar)
1990 - Gli TwinCam 16v (ZuluBoy)
Donkey, simple and often misunderstood.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, but we grow old because we stop playing!
2002 - 3.0KZ-TE Toyota Hilux (Letebele)
1994 - 1.6i Gl Toyota Corolla (Platkar)
1990 - Gli TwinCam 16v (ZuluBoy)
- Mud Dog
- Moderator
- Posts: 29858
- Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:18 am
- Town: East London
- Vehicle: '90 SFA Hilux DC 4X4, Full OME, 110mm lift. Brospeed branch, 50mm ss freeflow exhaust. 30 x 9.5 Discoverer S/T's on Viper mags. L/R tank. (AWOL) '98 LTD 2.4 SFA, dual battery system. Dobinson suspension, LR tanks, 31" BF mud's.
- Real Name: Andy
- Club VHF Licence: HC103
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Yep, I can believe it. Have self already used it to clean paintbrushes that have not been cleaned after use and the paint has gone hard. Have also used to loosen rusted bolts and clean various things.
When your road comes to an end ...... you need a HILUX!.
Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
- Thunder02
- Moderator
- Posts: 8033
- Joined: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:53 pm
- Town: East Rand
- Vehicle: IFS Hilux
- Real Name: Neil
- Club VHF Licence: HC105
- Location: 4x4 Direct Boksburg
- Contact:
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Pour a glass and drop a 5 sent piece in thereDonkey wrote:Thanks for sharing, might help the coke addicts, as for me I'm a happy Coca Cola addict
Not all those who wander are lost!
Scout motto:be prepared....
www.4x4direct.co.za
Email: boksburg@4x4direct.co.za
IFS is like a swambo, soft, sexy and expensive!
Scout motto:be prepared....
www.4x4direct.co.za
Email: boksburg@4x4direct.co.za
IFS is like a swambo, soft, sexy and expensive!
- Donkey
- Monster Truck
- Posts: 5132
- Joined: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:33 am
- Town: Johannesburg
- Vehicle: 2002 3.0KZ-TE 4x4, Eazyawn RTT, Snorkel, NudgeM Bumper, 38mm Ball Joint Spacers, 35" Maxxis Bighorns, Dastek Unichip, 60 ltr Snomaster fridge/freezer, 40mm body lift, Mikem front/rear with extended shackles, Bilsteins shox rear
- Real Name: Tumelo Thebe aka Baas John
- Club VHF Licence: X122
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Will have to wait for month endThunder02 wrote:Pour a glass and drop a 5 sent piece in thereDonkey wrote:Thanks for sharing, might help the coke addicts, as for me I'm a happy Coca Cola addict
Tumelo Maketekete
Donkey, simple and often misunderstood.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, but we grow old because we stop playing!
2002 - 3.0KZ-TE Toyota Hilux (Letebele)
1994 - 1.6i Gl Toyota Corolla (Platkar)
1990 - Gli TwinCam 16v (ZuluBoy)
Donkey, simple and often misunderstood.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, but we grow old because we stop playing!
2002 - 3.0KZ-TE Toyota Hilux (Letebele)
1994 - 1.6i Gl Toyota Corolla (Platkar)
1990 - Gli TwinCam 16v (ZuluBoy)
-
- LR 4WD Rear Locker
- Posts: 424
- Joined: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:25 pm
- Town: Klerksdorp
- Vehicle: 1995 SFA
- Real Name: Jaco
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Helps loosen up carboned up diesel injectors....
- Pote
- LR 4WD Full Lockers
- Posts: 687
- Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:13 pm
- Town: Hartbeespoort
- Vehicle: Fortuner D4d 4x4 & VW Passat
- Real Name: Johan
- Club VHF Licence: X228
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Can be used for "Track Bite" (The stuff they throw on the wheels of dragsters to make it stick.
Screeching fanbelt? Pour some coke over it...
Screeching fanbelt? Pour some coke over it...
Last edited by Pote on Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
- Thunder02
- Moderator
- Posts: 8033
- Joined: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:53 pm
- Town: East Rand
- Vehicle: IFS Hilux
- Real Name: Neil
- Club VHF Licence: HC105
- Location: 4x4 Direct Boksburg
- Contact:
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Drop a dollar in itDonkey wrote:Will have to wait for month endThunder02 wrote:Pour a glass and drop a 5 sent piece in thereDonkey wrote:Thanks for sharing, might help the coke addicts, as for me I'm a happy Coca Cola addict
Not all those who wander are lost!
Scout motto:be prepared....
www.4x4direct.co.za
Email: boksburg@4x4direct.co.za
IFS is like a swambo, soft, sexy and expensive!
Scout motto:be prepared....
www.4x4direct.co.za
Email: boksburg@4x4direct.co.za
IFS is like a swambo, soft, sexy and expensive!
- hendrik.earle
- Low Range 4WD
- Posts: 165
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:06 am
- Town: Potchefstroom
- Vehicle: Toyota Hilux 4.0 V6 d/c a/t, 60mm lift, steeltop canopy, Custom Bullbar, Custom roofrack, WHEELS:vacancy open for 35x12.5r15
- Real Name: Hendrik
- Location: Potchefstroom
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Mythbusters have tested some of these things, and in most cases hot water gave the same results as Coke.
But I know about a car wash in Klerksdorp that uses coke to shine the black tonneau covers on bakkies. At first I thought it was polish in a Coke bottle, but after tasting it, it was coke they used. It worked very well and doesn't attract dust once its dry.
But I know about a car wash in Klerksdorp that uses coke to shine the black tonneau covers on bakkies. At first I thought it was polish in a Coke bottle, but after tasting it, it was coke they used. It worked very well and doesn't attract dust once its dry.
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
- Mud Dog
- Moderator
- Posts: 29858
- Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:18 am
- Town: East London
- Vehicle: '90 SFA Hilux DC 4X4, Full OME, 110mm lift. Brospeed branch, 50mm ss freeflow exhaust. 30 x 9.5 Discoverer S/T's on Viper mags. L/R tank. (AWOL) '98 LTD 2.4 SFA, dual battery system. Dobinson suspension, LR tanks, 31" BF mud's.
- Real Name: Andy
- Club VHF Licence: HC103
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Might attract a lot of ants though with all the sugar in Coke.hendrik.earle wrote:Mythbusters have tested some of these things, and in most cases hot water gave the same results as Coke.
But I know about a car wash in Klerksdorp that uses coke to shine the black tonneau covers on bakkies. At first I thought it was polish in a Coke bottle, but after tasting it, it was coke they used. It worked very well and doesn't attract dust once its dry.
When your road comes to an end ...... you need a HILUX!.
Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
- FJCruiser-ZN
- LR 4WD Rear Locker
- Posts: 458
- Joined: Wed May 19, 2010 9:52 pm
- Town: Durban
- Vehicle: FJ Cruiser 4.0 V6 4x4
- Real Name: Tony
- Club VHF Licence: X224
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
I've seen it used to clean black plastic bumpers...hendrik.earle wrote:Mythbusters have tested some of these things, and in most cases hot water gave the same results as Coke.
But I know about a car wash in Klerksdorp that uses coke to shine the black tonneau covers on bakkies. At first I thought it was polish in a Coke bottle, but after tasting it, it was coke they used. It worked very well and doesn't attract dust once its dry.
If you don't own an FJ Cruiser you probably won't understand...
Until we meet on a dusty road someday, somewhere, keep on Cruisering....
2013 FJ Cruiser 4.0 V6 4x4 AT
2012 Jurgen's Xcape
Until we meet on a dusty road someday, somewhere, keep on Cruisering....
2013 FJ Cruiser 4.0 V6 4x4 AT
2012 Jurgen's Xcape
- FJCruiser-ZN
- LR 4WD Rear Locker
- Posts: 458
- Joined: Wed May 19, 2010 9:52 pm
- Town: Durban
- Vehicle: FJ Cruiser 4.0 V6 4x4
- Real Name: Tony
- Club VHF Licence: X224
Re: (Un)practical uses for coke
Use coke on construction site to clean concrete residue from electrical piping in slabs.
If you don't own an FJ Cruiser you probably won't understand...
Until we meet on a dusty road someday, somewhere, keep on Cruisering....
2013 FJ Cruiser 4.0 V6 4x4 AT
2012 Jurgen's Xcape
Until we meet on a dusty road someday, somewhere, keep on Cruisering....
2013 FJ Cruiser 4.0 V6 4x4 AT
2012 Jurgen's Xcape