Get garlic smell off hands with Apple TV remote or other steel appliance

Trick will also get the dangerous spice of chillies off

Andrew Griffin
Tuesday 28 April 2015 15:33 EDT
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The stainless steel of the Apple TV and other remotes could rid hands of the annoying smell of garlic and the potentially harmful residue of chilli.

Stainless steel is often recommended as a way of cleaning off stubborn chilli and garlic smells, in addition to other solutions like lemon juice. Some companies sell steel soap and other specialist products as a way of doing so — but one enterprising chef has pointed out that many people have an easily-found source of stainless steel, in our remotes.

The solution would also work with other stainless steel remotes, though most tend to be made from plastic. Other products made of the metal — such as the new Apple Watch — would also have the same effect.

Stainless steel can clean the garlic smell off hands because of the way that the chemistry of the two things work together. Unlike water, which heightens the smell of the sulphur that makes your hands garlicky, the molecules of the steel bind with the sulphur and help transfer it off your fingers.

The same technique works with chillies, garlic, fish and onions.

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