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The cling wrap hack to making leftovers fuss-free

And now we can't do it any other way - by Alex Pierotti
  • 01 Nov 2018
The cling wrap hack to making leftovers fuss-free
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With dinner over and the washing finished, there's one last thing to do: put away the leftovers. You reach for cling wrap, cutting off a strip of plastic. Unfortunately, the easy bit ends there. The plastic starts to double back onto itself, folding every which way. The somewhat sticky nature means this sheet is a write off. 

But perhaps you're storing cling wrap in the wrong draw, suggests TODAY Food. Instead of storing it away in a cupboard, trying moving it to the freezer

The theory behind their suggestion is that when the material is kept cold, it loses annoying static electricity while at the same time, the molecular makeup changes in different climates, losing some of it's adhesive qualities.  

"The adhesion between pieces of plastic may be driven by the molecules in the surface rearranging themselves to form weak chemical bonds," Dr. Chad Orzel, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Union College told TODAY Food.

"And the lower temperature may inhibit that process a bit."

So Prevention magazine recruited Carolyn Forte, Director of Cleaning Appliances & Textiles Lab at the Good Housekeeping Institute to give this nifty hack a test run. And the results seem positive. 

"The plastic wrap was a lot easier to unroll and use," Forte verifies.

"It doesn’t stick to itself when it’s cold, but still works to cover up a dish. As it warms up, it goes back to being sticky, but it’s definitely easier to handle when cold."

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Alex Pierotti
Alex Pierotti
Alex has high hopes of being the next Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. He lives for Pinterest, knows his way around a toolbox and frothed millennial pink before it was in fashion. When he's not catching up on old episodes of Better Homes and Gardens, you'll find him tending to his veggie patch or plating up a mean roast lamb (with all the trimmings).

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