12 Things to Do with Coca Cola
by Louie Jerome on Aug 11, 2007 with 77 Comments
Coca Cola (the real one) is not only great to drink, it also has many uses around the home.
This list of uses was tested on ordinary, original Coca Cola, not the diet kind, or any of the variations there are available.
- Cleaned a burned saucepan by pouring Coke into it and boiling. This takes out all the staining.
- It’s easy to make a modern photograph look like an old sepia one. Just lightly brush the photograph with Coca Cola and dry quickly. Don’t wet it too much or it will buckle. Photocopied black and white pictures make great looking “antique” prints, if you treat them in the same way. Maps photocopied and treated this way, look fantastic in antique style frames.
- If you dye your hair and the result is too intense, flat Coca Cola will help to lighten it.
- Give old coins a soak in Coke. This gives a brilliant shine for collections and decorative items.
- Pour Coca Cola into your kettle and leave all day. This will remove limescale and leaves it clean inside.
- A can of Coke poured into the toilet will clean it. The acid in the drink gets to work right away.
- Make an excellent barbecue sauce by mixing Coke and Ketchup , half and half. Coat chicken, meat, etc with this before cooking. It’s mouthwatering.
- Flat Coke makes a good hair conditioner. Pour it over your hair, rinse and dry.
- Put Coke into flat wide dishes in the garden and it will help to rid your plants of slugs. They are attracted by the sweet smell and once they fall in, they can’t get out.
- Rusty bolts can be loosened by soaking a rag in Coca Cola, and wrapping it around the bolt. Leave for a few hours and it will be easier to move.
- Clean your jewelery in a glass of Coke. Brush with a toothbrush and rinse well. (Not recommended for valuable items, or those with gem stones in them.)
- Flat Coca Cola helps to settle upset stomachs. Don’t use fresh, fizzy Coke as this could irritate the condition. (Take the fizz out by adding a little sugar, if you need to.)
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Gabrielle | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
I’m scared for my stomach lining. I don’t want to drink things that clean toilets…
Therese | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
Not washing my hair with a solution that could loosen rusty bolts.
Garamond | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
It’s just some soda, when has it ever done you wrong? Silly people.
It’s not as bad as old Coke either, that stuff could dissolve a metal nail in about a week!
qbit | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
13. engine degreaser.
14. dissolving teeth for jr. high school science fair.
Relax Levi | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
Chill buddy. Have a coke.
ALEX Johnson | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
OOOOOF Coke is amazing, and you don’t have to be scared for your stomach lining, people eat planes and arn’t bothered about it! I say take in this amazing drink, which serves as a beverage and a handy cheap replacement fot alot of household solvents!
Richard | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
I heard they make Coke out of whale sperm. Is this rumor correct? I imagine if so, that is why the drink possesses all of it’s fantastic properties.
Thanks
Simon
Danny Thwaite | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
Coke is the reason my marriage went down the tubes… seriously, STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRINK! satan lives inside the bottles, which is why they are shaped for his pleasure!
mind | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
what in the hell kind of corporate idolatry is this crap?
coco-cola_rocks | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
it’s definitely much better than pepsi!
cynthia and tony | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
this was a very insightful article, but i have to say we sat here drinking coke while reading it.. lol
Random Guy | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
Cool, wow. To think a bottle of coke would be this useful. All of that for such little money.
Dom | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
coke vs orange juice in the tooth decaying science fair project will see the juice have much worse results.
Fraglessone | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
Pepsi can do any of those things, and so much more.
Loser | Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
It’s not because it’s coke, it’s just because it’s acidic. Orange juice would could probably do all this too. Especially dissolving teeth as someone mentioned, orange juice is great at that.
PutZ | Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
Coke ruined your marriage? Had nothing to do with that winning personality?! It wasn’t me, a soda made me do it…wahaha!
Sceptic | Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
Did anybody check can stomach acid do all these things?
I know it dissolves teethes, and much faster than coke.
I bet it can dissolve mimescale and rust too.
So this is in your stomach all the time…and you’re worried about coke?
Jonathan B. | Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
According to Mythbusters, coke will not clean a toliet and won’t de-rust a bolt. Also, coke doesn’t dissolve teeth, unless if it is left in coke for a year maybe. I beleive if you drink around a can or more a day of coke you don’t have any worry about your stomach lining, like Sceptic said stomach acid is much worse then coke, and even any other soft drink. I’d only be worried if I drank like 4 liters a day.
moneir | Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
if there’s more acid in the stomach than in coke, then I’d rather pee to clean my toilet
coke,coke | Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
did you now that coke could be use as tire shine.
Max | Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
“I’m scared for my stomach lining. I don’t want to drink things that clean toilets…”
Lol – you mean, like water?, like… “water outta the toilet?” (Idiocracy)
It’s very dilute phosphoric acid. Presumably no one has a problem with acetic acid on your fish and chips? (vinegar)
Liane Schmidt | Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
Wow…great article Lizzie2uk!!
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
p.s. Congrats on having it be one of the top “hot content” articles!!
Darlene McFarkabe | Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
This is a great article, Lizzie! I have tried several of these tips myself and they work great. I may as well use it for something useful because I don’t drink it.
Lucy Lockett | Aug 14, 2007 | Reply
Puts you drinking the stuff and that has to be good for you! Well done Lizzie2uk!
Miguel | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
When Coke first came out, they started putting cocaine in it. No, i’m not making this up. They put the cocaine in it to make the drink addictive. I’m pretty sure they don’t do it any more.
Red Lieutenant | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
Former artillery officer here. When we were short on mineral solvent, in order to clean copper residue from the gun’s rifling grooves we used Coke instead. Worked beautifully.
tylwe | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
u can also drink it
Trio Girl | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
I’m not washing my hair with coke cuz I might eat it lol. But I drink coke my my stomach turns evil
Iain | Aug 17, 2007 | Reply
It can remove the burns from a frying pan, the rust from a bolt, and the dirt off a coin.
And most people wouldn’t think twice about consuming it.
Julie | Aug 18, 2007 | Reply
This is a good article, although you omitted that you can actually drink it!!! I don’t think I fancy using in my hair though, although it probably does work.
Jessica Fike | Aug 18, 2007 | Reply
WELL LOL I never knew, very would have guessed, but thanks to you now I know!!!
Gail Nobles | Aug 19, 2007 | Reply
Great article.
kellieh hastings | Aug 20, 2007 | Reply
Well I like it.
But one can only wonder what coke does to
our stomachs hahah. Yikes!
Vester | Aug 26, 2007 | Reply
Pour coke on your auto battery posts if you have corrosion. The coke will clean the posts and your car will start. Unless the battery is dead!
m | Sep 8, 2007 | Reply
sweet.
zxtra | Sep 8, 2007 | Reply
16 – taken in quantities will provide you with obesity and diabetes.
Ric | Sep 8, 2007 | Reply
Scooby: that was Mae West…
megan bruce | Sep 11, 2007 | Reply
hey how are you doing.
cokeain | Sep 13, 2007 | Reply
coke is awesome! but i wouldn’t recommend people to drink it everyday ^_^
Dr. H | Nov 13, 2007 | Reply
okay listen here.
it isnt coke its self doing this
it is acids put together that can harm your stomach.
coke is okay but dont only drink it.
water or milk are better for you
can you dont hear about them being able to clean toliets.
-dr.hebiglobi
coke to the max !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Nov 18, 2007 | Reply
I LIKE COKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mandi | Feb 5, 2008 | Reply
What is the point of telling people what coke can do to them because they will not listen. So really there is no point in trying to get people to stop drinking. Look at smoking people are still smoking even though they know what it does to you.
LMH | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
YEAHH!! COKE IS SOO SOO SOO GOOD. ITS SO MUCH BETTER THAN PEPSI. LOL I DONT CARE IF ITS BAD FOR U. WELL I DO BUT… AS LONG AS I BRUSH MY TEETH AFTER. : )
Jensen | Feb 16, 2008 | Reply
I liked this article because I thought it had a lot of great uses in it. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT THIS WEB SITE!
m | Mar 3, 2008 | Reply
actually, they didn’t put cocaine in it to make it addictive. It was originally used as a headache tonic, and they eventually put soda water in it to make it taste better. My mother is the great great granddaughter of Asa Candler, who invested a lot of money into it after one of his slaves discovered the recipe.
Please get your story straight before posting things like that.
your dumb | Apr 1, 2008 | Reply
yea so te he
your dumb | Apr 1, 2008 | Reply
shut up john ur stupid ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
te he | Apr 1, 2008 | Reply
ryan id kick ur ass
hey | Apr 1, 2008 | Reply
every1 shutup ur all stupid!!!!!!!!!>:)
hey john | Apr 1, 2008 | Reply
shut the he ll up john then i’d get my highshooler friends 2 beat u up john
te he | Apr 1, 2008 | Reply
k der
te he | Apr 1, 2008 | Reply
o darn
sibbs | Apr 3, 2008 | Reply
#12 worked for me when I was prego and had “morning sickness’ all day long.
Mike | May 5, 2008 | Reply
Coke is great with Rye and Rum. Try it. It really works.lol
~Renee Elizabeth~ | May 15, 2008 | Reply
wooo hooo adoy coke rock!!!!!!!!!
love ya all lots
mr nine | May 23, 2008 | Reply
if this drink really bad? what about liquor,beer,tequilla,wain,whiskey etc? is that bad also?
Starlight | Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
I love coke, but this is really quite worrying haha!g
Paulwasanapostle5 | Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
HALARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jaz | Aug 24, 2008 | Reply
COKE
cheryl lett | Sep 11, 2008 | Reply
i like it
Phoebe | Oct 22, 2008 | Reply
This is such an interesting article, I’m actually doing a science fair project on it right now; The Effects of Coke on Teeth. I am using dog teeth and soaking them in Coke for 3 hours a day for a week. I just finished soaking them yesterday, the results are really disgusting. ALL THE TEETH ARE BROWN. This article helped me with my research paper.
N.S.PADMANABHAN | Oct 29, 2008 | Reply
Thanks I made a good reading
parker | Nov 20, 2008 | Reply
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lyn | Dec 10, 2008 | Reply
good for science project help
Slush Puppie | Dec 27, 2008 | Reply
It’s great as a slushie as well you know… REFRESHING!
Cfes student | Dec 28, 2008 | Reply
i’m doing my science project on #4 that is crazzzzyyyyyy i have heard it but never thought it was true. im not drinking that agian mabe when im older.
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10 page Coca-Cola Company Essay due soon | Feb 7, 2009 | Reply
If coca-cola cleans coins and toilets
just imagine what it does to ur insides
….
Capitalistpig | Mar 28, 2009 | Reply
If one cleans old coins with anything,he will destroy any numismatic value.
fred blogs | Apr 5, 2009 | Reply
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Bradley | Jun 21, 2009 | Reply
In regards to the person who is afraid to wash their hair with coke.
When you use shampoo in your hair, the shampoo is a base and it alters the PH balance of your hair. What counteracts a base? Acid.
The acidity of coke will re-balance your hair shaft. I’m a licensed cosmetologist, and I’ve spent year studying these types of things.
Pegasus33 | Jul 10, 2009 | Reply
I have herd that you can actually use Diet coke to remove hard-water buildup on shower-heads. You can use it to remove greasy stains from the kitchen stove. Grandma tot me how that you can use Diet coke to clean tarnished silver, my friend was over at her house and she nearly freaked out when see saw wut see was doing!
Matt | Aug 1, 2009 | Reply
Use it to clean dirty battery terminals.
ufo | Aug 5, 2009 | Reply
Jezz the most obvious thing was left out – drink it.
Louie Jerome | Aug 6, 2009 | Reply
ufo: You are wrong! The very first line says that it is a drink!
rooly | Sep 30, 2009 | Reply
You can use it to wash blood of coths, american highways use it after a large crash to remove the stains from the road.
sunshine926 | Sep 30, 2009 | Reply
This is awesome. thank u:) Going to use it as a hair conditioner.