Comments on: 16 Extraordinary Uses For Grandma’s Hairspray

By: Louie Jerome

Louie Jerome — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:50:12 +0000

No, anon, I don’t mean flammable. Something that is inflammable is likely to catch fire! At least that’s what it is in British English. Maybe you should check your grammar before correcting me, or anyone else!

By: anon

anon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:34:21 +0000

inflammable? dont you mean flammable? smh

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:09:03 +0000

Any hairspray that is lacquer-based (even if slightly) will produce those effects, so that's why this all works so well.

I like to use on dried flowers - they stay 'put', and don't fall off when I lightly dust them (or blow on them when getting the surface dust from them).

You can lay out photos to scan; lightly spray the backs, and they won't move about.

Just think 'stay put' - and whatever you want to work with will do that if you use the hairspray on it.

Protect something from moisture? Hair spray will give a certain amount of that as well.

I use it in craft projects. I use it on my charcoal drawings and my pastel drawings as a 'fixative'.

The cheap stuff works as well (or better) than the expensive stuff.

I make fly paper from it - strips of newspaper and hair-spray - it gets mosquitoes too.

When you have glitter, but no glue, use hair-spray to get the glitter to 'stick'.

By: Dee Huff

Dee Huff — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:32:04 +0000

Very useful information. I like No. 5

By: Rebecca Anne Grant

Rebecca Anne Grant — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:40:37 +0000

I really liked this article! I sure do use a lot of hairspray myself. On my hair that is. I didn’t know that it could be so handy around the house. My husband would have a fit if I started buying even more of it though, even if to use it for things around the house. I do a lot of drawing so maybe I’ll try it out on one of my drawings to keep it from smearing. That fixative you buy for drawings is higher than hairspray so my husband can’t complain there. It might save us money. Thanks for the idea!

By: lanne

lanne — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:04:51 +0000

Thanks for the tips.

By: Darlene McFarlane

Darlene McFarlane — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:25:19 +0000

Great Information! I would have never known about hair spray keeping a zipper in place. I have a wayward zipper on my favorite pair of jeans and I will try it out. Number 5 is another good one.

The kids and I gathered bulrushes one year and sprayed them with hair spray to keep them from going to seed.

By: Anne Lyken-Garner

Anne Lyken-Garner — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:56:24 +0000

Fine and useful tips. I hadn’t heard of most of these before.

By: Lucy Lockett

Lucy Lockett — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:58:48 +0000

Many new thoughts here!

By: Judy Sheldon

Judy Sheldon — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:41:26 +0000

Thanks, Louie, I learned a few new ones.