Ten Ways You Can Use Your Clear Nail Polish: A Handy Hack Guide

Hey y'all, I'm Joe with HGTV handmade and happy hack day this year we're changing it up and we're trying a few new things and one of the ways we wanted to do that was bring you some different videos on things you can do with things you already have around the house. First, what I'm gonna start with is ten ways you can use your clear nail polish instead of just using it on your fingertips.

One solution I found for my three-year-old tear who runs around like a hot mess show is that her shoelaces' little plastic tabs fall off after every step. To fix this, I brush in with clear nail polish, rolling my fingers between it and letting it dry, and there's good as new she's cleared for takeoff. Another solution is to make cute garden markers by painting words on small stones or sticks, but once the first rain comes, all my words wash away. So, I realized that putting a top coat of clear nail polish on them would keep them looking great all summer long.

For me, having a screw loose was a constant problem when I wear my glasses on top of my head over time it loosens the screws. A solution to this is to put a dab of clear nail polish on top of each screw to prevent it from happening again. Another cool hack is to brush it on the threads of a screw to hold it in place for furniture and walls.

If you have shaving cream that always leaves brush strings in the bottom of your subway tile shower, one way to stop this from happening is to brush the bottoms of metal pans with a coat of clear nail polish before setting them right side up. I also wanted to share with you an awesome April Fool's joke - let it dry upside down.

For those who enjoy making their own DIY home cleaners and eco-friendly cleaning supplies, one problem that came up was when my labels started falling off my bottle because they weren't sealed properly. But, if you brush a coat of clear polish across the label, it will stop the words from smearing and bonus it'll keep your label stuck on the bottle.

Lastly, I have super expensive taste in jewelry and buy my rings at big box stores, which sometimes turn my fingers green. If this happens to you too, you can prevent that ugly green finger by brushing the insides of your costume jewelry with a thin layer of clear nail polish.

If you found out about any other hacks that helped you, please let me know in the comments below and share them with everyone else. And if you didn't see all the hacks I shared, those were just ten of my favorites so far. So, give this article a like, subscribe to our channel, and watch the next round for more tips on using household items creatively.

One thing that might be less known is how clear nail polish can help prevent buttons from coming loose after they've broken. Instead of resewing the button, you can brush a coat of polish across the threads to stop them from unraveling.

I also wanted to share with you one of my favorite hacks - using clear nail polish to waterproof a match. I didn't really know if it would work at first, but after trying it out, I was amazed by how well it worked and now I'm hooked on using this trick for all my matches too.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey y'all I'm Joe with HGTV handmade and happy hack day this year we're changing it up and we're trying a few new things and one of the ways we wanted to do that was bring you some different videos on things you can do with things you already have around the house first what I'm gonna start with is ten ways you can use your clear nail polish and instead of just using it on your fingertips I'm gonna tell you ten other hacks that you can do with your bottle clear nail polish number six is my favorite stick around see what that is here we go alright guys I have a three year old tear who runs around like hot mess show his runs and steps on her shoelaces and the little plastic tabs fall off one of the solutions I found is brushing in with clear nail polish rolling my fingers between it and letting it dry there good as new she's cleared for takeoff so I made these really cute garden markers but I notice after the very first rain all my words washed away so I realized that I could waterproof them by putting on a top coat of clear nail polish and keep them looking great all summer long got a screw loose I always wear my glasses on top of my head and over time it loosens the screws I found a way to prevent this is to put a dab of clear nail polish on top of each of the screws to prevent this from happening another cool hack is to brush it on the threads of a screw to hold it in place for furniture and walls so I really hate when my shaving cream cams leave brush strings in the bottom of my subway tile shower so one way to stop that from happening is to brush the bottoms of metal pans with a coat of clear nail polish just make sure you let it dry before you set them right side up for your cans maggots this doubles is a awesome April Fool's joke let it dry upside down so when I was researching all of these tips my very favorite one was how to waterproof a match and I didn't really know if it would work but these are just plain kitchen matches brush with a couple coats of clear nail polish and let it dry and wait till you see what happens so I have super expensive taste in jewelry and I buy my rings at big box stores and sometimes they turn my fingers green so if you brush the insides of your costume jewelry with a thin layer of clear nail polish you can prevent that ugly green finger recently I've gotten super into making my own DIY home cleaners and eco-friendly cleaning supplies and my labels were kind of falling off my bottle and smearing so I realized if you brush a coat of clear polish across the label it will stop the words from smearing and bonus it'll keep your label stuck on the bottle that's pretty cool I think it works because it seals the label and bonds it onto the bottle and doesn't let water get underneath that label if you found that you may have gained a few pounds recently and your buttons start to come loose an easy fix instead of rese owing the button is to brush a coat of polish across the threads and it stops the unraveling now go hit the treadmill okay guys between me you and the fence post I'm they work on a crafting show but I can't so worth the darn especially have trouble even getting started because I can't thread a needle through that little hole oh it makes me so mad so I read if you dip the ends of your thread and nail polish and let it dry supposed to be super easy to thread through the eye that needle bingo so it really actually does work now if it can help me so better don't be in better shape but that hack works all right thanks for watching that's our roundup comment below let me know which one was your favorite hack I loved the waterproof mattress I had no idea that that was even a thing and it worked I could not believe that it worked also let me know if I missed any hacks I'm sure there's a million that we didn't cover but those were just ten of my favorite give me a like subscribe and watch the next round see you laterhey y'all I'm Joe with HGTV handmade and happy hack day this year we're changing it up and we're trying a few new things and one of the ways we wanted to do that was bring you some different videos on things you can do with things you already have around the house first what I'm gonna start with is ten ways you can use your clear nail polish and instead of just using it on your fingertips I'm gonna tell you ten other hacks that you can do with your bottle clear nail polish number six is my favorite stick around see what that is here we go alright guys I have a three year old tear who runs around like hot mess show his runs and steps on her shoelaces and the little plastic tabs fall off one of the solutions I found is brushing in with clear nail polish rolling my fingers between it and letting it dry there good as new she's cleared for takeoff so I made these really cute garden markers but I notice after the very first rain all my words washed away so I realized that I could waterproof them by putting on a top coat of clear nail polish and keep them looking great all summer long got a screw loose I always wear my glasses on top of my head and over time it loosens the screws I found a way to prevent this is to put a dab of clear nail polish on top of each of the screws to prevent this from happening another cool hack is to brush it on the threads of a screw to hold it in place for furniture and walls so I really hate when my shaving cream cams leave brush strings in the bottom of my subway tile shower so one way to stop that from happening is to brush the bottoms of metal pans with a coat of clear nail polish just make sure you let it dry before you set them right side up for your cans maggots this doubles is a awesome April Fool's joke let it dry upside down so when I was researching all of these tips my very favorite one was how to waterproof a match and I didn't really know if it would work but these are just plain kitchen matches brush with a couple coats of clear nail polish and let it dry and wait till you see what happens so I have super expensive taste in jewelry and I buy my rings at big box stores and sometimes they turn my fingers green so if you brush the insides of your costume jewelry with a thin layer of clear nail polish you can prevent that ugly green finger recently I've gotten super into making my own DIY home cleaners and eco-friendly cleaning supplies and my labels were kind of falling off my bottle and smearing so I realized if you brush a coat of clear polish across the label it will stop the words from smearing and bonus it'll keep your label stuck on the bottle that's pretty cool I think it works because it seals the label and bonds it onto the bottle and doesn't let water get underneath that label if you found that you may have gained a few pounds recently and your buttons start to come loose an easy fix instead of rese owing the button is to brush a coat of polish across the threads and it stops the unraveling now go hit the treadmill okay guys between me you and the fence post I'm they work on a crafting show but I can't so worth the darn especially have trouble even getting started because I can't thread a needle through that little hole oh it makes me so mad so I read if you dip the ends of your thread and nail polish and let it dry supposed to be super easy to thread through the eye that needle bingo so it really actually does work now if it can help me so better don't be in better shape but that hack works all right thanks for watching that's our roundup comment below let me know which one was your favorite hack I loved the waterproof mattress I had no idea that that was even a thing and it worked I could not believe that it worked also let me know if I missed any hacks I'm sure there's a million that we didn't cover but those were just ten of my favorite give me a like subscribe and watch the next round see you later\n"