Comments on: Plastic card cable organizer

By: Michelle S

Michelle S — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:55:25 +0000

For my laptop I use Laptop Smart Feet to organize my cables and to raise my laptop for better ventilation. I found them at newpcgadgets. Really nice!

By: Dan Done

Dan Done — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:19:09 +0000

I carry a small supply of Gorilla Tape wrapped carefully on a used Costco card. Its flat, and great for travel or lightweight backpacking. You can wrap three kinds of narrow tape on a card: electrical, medical adhesive, even scotch tape. Card can be notched to wrap cordage or wire. I also carry one with two edges sharpened, using a carbide knife sharpener, for cutting food or spreading peanut butter. A half card works for a camping spoon. I’m a “fixit” guy, and use cards for grout, caulking, glue, or thinset (notches made with flat file or hacksaw). You can make a handle with a grooved stick or small branch. Flattened copper pipe stub makes good handle. Or, cut a long slit in handle and mount sideways on card. Mount a small piece of the loop side of adhesive backed velcro, and you have a great paint tool. Create silhouette shapes you need to use on a project, and trace away! Wrap small piece of sandpaper for those inside edges. DanD

By: Aeryn F

Aeryn F — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:42:09 +0000

I’ve also been using expired airlines frequent flyer cards as luggage tags. They’re lots more secure than putting personal identifiable information like your address and phone numbers on a card (helpful if the airline FF number stays the same). Simply punch one hole in a corner, thread a non-removable wire-tie through and voila!

By: Twin XL

Twin XL — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:25:03 +0000

I like this idea! Thanks! Also some of your comments have excellent ideas too.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:32:24 +0000

Zip ties hold cords together and give it a more professional look. That is what professionals do. They are cheap, disposable, less time, and don’t have personal info engraved on it.

By: Cindy Feld

Cindy Feld — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:41:32 +0000

I love to decorate cakes, and I think I could take one of the cards, cut scallops on a long edge, and use it to run around the sides of an iced cake. Looks like it would be just about right for a two-layer cake…

By: Cecil Whorton

Cecil Whorton — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:56:40 +0000

They are handy for spreading and applying body filler and puddy in body shop.
Use them for scraping and cleaning.

“Unclutter” Great idea for group

By: ziggee

ziggee — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:13 +0000

I use the cards to spread glue on my craft projects.

Zig

By: Joyce E

Joyce E — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:26:59 +0000

Who’d'a thunk it?! — grin — I’ve used these cards as ice scrapers, label scrapers, and whatnot too. Great forum! I’d like to stick around and learn more!

By: Mer

Mer — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:30:33 +0000

Club cards make great ice scrapers! I used my old supermarket card one day because I already had the key tag version on a key ring I keep in a pocket in my purse.

I keep the card in my center console and now I’m never left without a scraper when I need it.

By: Roussie

Roussie — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:36:26 +0000

Hmmm… I like this idea. And, I’m thinking to maybe take it one step further– maybe cut some old cards (or other plastic) into strips with a single hole, and attach one to each of the cords on the power source end, as a label. Am thinking that way if I do need to unplug something, I can identify it at the power source, instead of playing ‘musical’ plugs and seeing what turns off when I pull one, or jiggling the one I want and trying to see which one it is on the other end. (My desk is large, and heavy, so it’s not easy to see what is leading to where.)

By: Hestia

Hestia — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:16 +0000

You can also clip a corner off an old club card or credit card and use it as a grout spreader. My husband and I burst out laughing last night when we saw a commercial for some ’space age’ little contraption they’re selling for $19.99 to spread grout. First of all, how often does one spread grout? Yeah, right. Secondly, why buy that unitasker? Use a club card.

By: Kelly Moore

Kelly Moore — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:38:20 +0000

You have to be very careful with the hole punch, however. I bent two of them trying to punch through a couple thicker cards. (I put all my “club” cards on a binder ring that hangs with my keys.)

By: Tania

Tania — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:14:24 +0000

“Great idea–and I think you could use a discarded membership card for an earbud holder, too!”

yeah, that’s what I just did to one of mine.

I like this cable rangling idea a lot. For those who aren’t familiar with the magazine, THIS is an example of “Ready Made” magazine-type thinking. I love stuff like this.

By: Yarrrr!

Yarrrr! — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:53:05 +0000

Plastic cards can be cut into guitar picks. You can shape the edges with a nail file or sandpaper.

By: C

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:58:02 +0000

That’s great! I love the series of re-purposing articles here.

I’ve heard that old plastic cards are good for scraping pans that have baked on mess and tried it with some success.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:21:03 +0000

I love this repurposing of one small annoyance to reduce another annoyance!

Those plastic cards have become major clutter in my purse. Every grocery store and shopping club has their own. Plus, some gift cards and movie passes have accumulated through the year.

Has anyone else found a use for the empty Starbucks and obsolete membership cards?

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:46:28 +0000

Brilliant.

By: Kirsten Christianson

Kirsten Christianson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:23:27 +0000

Great idea–and I think you could use a discarded membership card for an earbud holder, too!

By: Ann - One Bag Nation

Ann - One Bag Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:22:02 +0000

What a great idea! I had a little meltdown the other day trying to deal with all the cords under my new desk; I will give this a try.