Spills are bound to happen. Especially the big spills that keep spreading and expanding on your just-cleaned floor. They’re a part of life that eats up your paper towels, rags, and expends all of your absorbing resources. There’s no need for that, guys. Just toss some flour onto the liquid problem to help absorb the spill, making it much more manageable for clean up.

Needless to say, this flour spill trick is best used on hard floors. I’m thinking carpet just isn’t going to cut it this time. Flour is an expendable resource that most of everyone has in their kitchen pantry—it’s a lot more cheaper than going through a roll of paper towels, that’s one thing for sure. Jacob over at WonderHowTo goes over why you should go for the flour to clean up a spill and even the science behind it.

Since flour is made up of starch and gluten, it is the ideal material to absorb water out of the spill you have splattered on your kitchen floor…it is a thickening agent after all. Even if you have a lot going on, let’s say, multitasking in the kitchen, flour is easy enough to toss over a spill before it spreads into a bigger mess.

All you have to do is sprinkle a handful over the liquid spill, use a spatula or your hand to press the flour in, and scoop the congealed dough (gross, do not even think about eating that) into a dust pan, and right into your trash.

Toss Flour on Liquid Spills for Easy Clean Up