How to sharpen the grater at home

How often do you use grater in the kitchen? Grate it. Cheese, chocolate, carrots, or even ginger root is a matter of minutes. But over time, this process becomes more and more difficult. The fact is that grater blades, like knife blades, have the property of blunting.





Sometimes you need to grate soft products, such as tomatoes or soft cheese. Only a sharpened tool can cope with such a task.





Old, time-tested graters are much better than their modern counterparts. Therefore, sharpening is an urgent issue for every person cooking at home. Let’s try to figure out how to sharpen the kitchen grater and feel comfortable at the kitchen table.

How to use the grater that you will need

• grater
• screwdriver
• circular

Preparation

1. First you need to restore the angle of the grater blades. On the new grater, it's about 30 degrees. To do this, use a metal screwdriver rod and blade rot at the correct angle.
2. Now, actually, sharpen the grater. To do this, take a round profile and translational movements of the sharpen each blade for 20 seconds, until the tool begins to walk smoothly on them.
3. If necessary, wash the grater under running water. The tool is sharpened, clean and ready to work.

In general, do approximately as shown in the video:

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But sometimes the old kitchen assistant can not be saved. Do not despair, because even a broken tool can serve you well, just in a different capacity. Turn it on!

Grazing crafts

1. Jewelry stand
   For this craft, as for all others, it is very important to blunt all the blades. No one wants to accidentally cut themselves against them, but even somehow cling to clothes. Paint the grater in some interesting color and attach a stand to it to get away from its usual shape. If you want to use improvised materials to the end, hooks from old hangers are perfect as legs.
   
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   If you wish, make beads or rhinestones.
   
   
2. Pencil
   It looks good in the nursery. Just attach a grater to the wall upside down and store pencils in it. Due to the fact that the holes in the grater are small, pencils will not fall out.
   
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   If you store edges (wax pencils) in such a pencil, then you can even draw its surface with them. If desired, it is easy to clean, and with different colors it will look more authentic.
   
   
3. Candle holder
   Probably the simplest use of an old grater. Just cover her candle and the light from her holes will give an interesting shadow. Such a candlestick will instantly give the environment a romantic mood. Especially good for this. grater. It has the right shape.
   
   
   
   Obviously, the more such candlesticks are used, the better the result!
   
   
4. totem decoration
   A craft that depends only on your imagination. Take the grater as a basis and glue to it various household items you like: lids from cans and bottles, nuts, bolts, unnecessary keys. Surprisingly, the ensemble turns out curious jewelry.
   
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   Who knows, maybe you'll get a masterpiece of modern art?
   
   
5. The dish-holder
   This is a job for professionals. Weld a few tars between you. As a basis, you can take an iron rod with a stand. Then treat the surface of the entire craft with paint with a rust effect. In fact, use any color you prefer. Give freedom to the inner artist!
   
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   Of course, use non-toxic paint. She will be in contact with the dishes. If you varnish your product, all components must be absolutely safe for human health.
   
   

As you can see, even if you can't sharpen the old grater, it can still have a second life. It is not necessary to throw away quality things that have served you faithfully for years.





Things created with their own hands do not lose their popularity. So, having such items at home, you will always be in trend.