49 things you had no idea you could do with Coca-Cola

A spoonful of Coca-Cola with regular lotion can give skin a silky look.

Like using Coca-Cola to clean a toilet bowl, the soft drink can be used on other vitreous china surfaces around the home like a sink.

People have used Coca-Cola and other soft drinks as a homemade tanning solution but it’s a seriously dangerous idea because it provides no protection from the sun. According to a 2017 Global News article, the trend started in 2006 when Peter Andre, an Australian entertainer, said he soaked himself in Coca-Cola before sunbathing. Ingredients like citric acid and lime juice can make skin more sensitive to sunlight.

Ham tastes sweeter with a couple of cups of Coca-Cola.

It isn’t so much the ingredients of what goes into a can of Coca-Cola as it is what holds the cola that can transform a can of Coca-Cola into a battery. Grab a penny, perhaps that shiny one you just washed in Coca-Cola, some crocodile clips, wire wool and some tools to make a battery.

Let the acid of Coca-Cola go to work on mother’s jewellery to give it a nice lustre. Many claim Coca-Cola as a good source for cleaning jewellery as well.

Mythbusters tried using Coca-Cola as a chrome cleaner and found when used with aluminium foil it did a better job than the leading chrome cleaner.

Sweet 2 Eat Baking has an awesome Coca-Cola fudge recipe. It takes a total of ten minutes to make from start to finish.

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Still sweet on Coca-Cola even though it can remove rust? Try making cherry coke cupcakes.

Some people swear by a folksy remedy of Coca-Cola as a sore throat healer. Others combine it with lemon and ginger for a sore throat. Still many say drinking soda while sick isn’t a good idea because it can dehydrate at a time when more fluids are best.