My grandma taught me the best tip for rescuing mangled tinfoil – it’s the ‘hack of the century’ & a must for Christmas
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GRANDMOTHERS are famous for their good advice, backed by years of life experience. One generous TikTok user has shared a pearl of wisdom from her own grandmother, just in time for Christmas. Many of us can relate to the struggle of opening a fresh roll of tinfoil, only to find one strip stubbornly refusing to unfurl neatly - leaving a gigantic tear that gets worse the further you unroll.
![[Grandmothers are renowned for their valuable advice.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/aws_5138jpg-JS958742132.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It can be hard to pry the foil apart, and quickly leave you frustrated and flustered. You may even resort to chucking the whole roll away!. Natali captioned the video: "This kitchen hack will save you money on buying a new foil.". She showed viewers a foil roll with a large chunk stuck together - as she began to unroll the foil, a tear started to form.
![[Avoid extra Christmas stress with this handy hack.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/692baf7f-1d3d-486c-9752-39d1b887f7e0.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Within seconds, the entire roll was a mangled mess. To fix the issue, Natali ripped off a piece of the foil and scrunched it into a ball. She used the scrunched foil to rub at the stuck area and strip-by-strip the foil released itself. As Natali freed the last strip, she continued to unroll the foil.
![[Natali showed a badly mangled roll of foil.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/vlcsnap-2024-12-20-09h21m22s323png-JS958742068.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
And this time, the foil unrolled neatly and ready-for-use. Viewers in the comments were blown away by how easy and effective the hack was. One commented: "If this works …… this could be the hack of the century, I'm definitely trying it.". A frustrated viewer wrote: "Not me seeing this after I threw a whole new pack in the bin 'cause it just wouldn't roll out evenly.".
![[The TikTokker then took a scrunched up piece of foil and gently rubbed the stuck area.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/vlcsnap-2024-12-20-09h21m40s587png-JS958742077.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
