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You’ve been making ice cubes all wrong — here’s the best way to avoid a big, wet mess
By Taylor Knight,
3 hours ago
It might be time to put your method on ice.
Life hack experts at @lifehackerau on TikTok revealed how people have been filling old-school ice cube trays incorrectly — and in the sloppiest way possible.
“You’ve been doing it wrong this whole time,” the video narrator said.
The water is supposed to run onto the flat areas dividing the molds, filling each section before moving on to the next one. nadisja – stock.adobe.com
This process usually entails filling an empty tray of ice cube slots, but many people struggle to get water inside every pocket without making a mess.
Typically, they’ll lay the tray flat as the water pours on it — with it splashing up and not allowing every slot to be filled equally.
In the resurfaced clip , uploaded in 2023, a man demonstrates his correct way to fill a tray without water splattering all over the kitchen counter.
“All you have to do is angle at the square in the middle and it will just run down,” he said, showing that the water streams onto the flat areas dividing the molds, filling each section before moving on to the next one.
It’s recommended to hold the tray near vertically so the water runs down instead of laying it flat and having the water splash out of the slots. Sebastian Duda – stock.adobe.com
Another content creator, @4jmjcbitxh, unveiled this discovery in 2020, calling it a “life-changing” hack.
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