When receiving and unpacking packages, various packaging residues, including bubble wrap, accumulate. Although it has been used once, it is usually still in good condition and can be used again. You have no idea what to do with her? It will be useful not only in your home, but also in the garden. In winter, it will create a solid barrier against the cold and at the same time deter pests, which until now there was no way.

Bubble wrap will come in handy before winter

Each online order includes unpacking the packages, which are filled with various packaging materials in addition to the ordered goods. In addition, when buying fragile appliances, home accessories, decorative accessories, glass or kitchenware, sellers also supply additional protective material to the products. It is usually a bubble film that perfectly absorbs shocks during transport and prevents fragile objects from rubbing and hitting each other. What to do with the amount of remaining foil? Can a packaging product used once be reused? Such film is usually in excellent condition and throwing it in the plastic bin would simply be a waste. This material has more than one use.

Bubble wrap will come in handy before winter at home and in the garden. Here are simple patents on how to use it sensibly to protect winter-sensitive plants from the cold and from a certain inconspicuous but very harmful uninvited guest.

  • The first use of bubble wrap in the garden is, of course, to protect plants from frost. Thanks to the bubble structure and the air bubbles retained in this way, the foil forms a thermal insulation layer after being wrapped around the trunk, main shoots or filled with a pre-placed metal mesh barrier.
  • The second use of the film is as a barrier against pestssuch as caterpillars. By building tunnels and nests, they can damage the root system of plants, as well as gnaw bulbs, tubers, offshoots and destroy the bark. Instead of fencing part of the vegetable garden with mesh, it is better to stretch a double strip of bubble wrap over the posts. Do you want rodents to leave your garden crops alone? You can spread the films flat around the plants that are most likely to be attacked by pests.

Use of bubble wrap in the home

An important feature of bubble wrap is that this material perfectly protects objects from moisture. This is one of the reasons why it is used to protect furniture and home furnishings during long-term storage in places such as basements or garages where they could be exposed to its negative effects. Recycled bubble wrapfor example from purchases, however, it can also be used as a home window seal.

If you can feel the cold through the windows and the room is cold, even with the radiators on, it is very likely that your old windows are not airtight and would need an extra layer of insulation for colder weather. According to internet users is a quick way to insulate windows with bubble film glued to water-repellent glass (use a spray bottle for this). You create a layer protecting against heat by: you press the bubble wrap against the window pane – the water that is applied to it beforehand will supposedly act as glue.

Don’t want to risk using water because you’re worried black mold will form on the seals while the film is on the window? That’s really risky, that’s why will be it is safer to stick the film in several places with double-sided tape or to attach it directly to the glazing bars. Do you have small remnants of film left over after securing your windows? Use them to wrap plant pots on the balcony or those standing indoors on a cold windowsill next to a leaky window so that the penetrating winter cold does not damage them.

Put bubble wrap under the sheet. It sounds funny, but you will feel the difference right away