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The Hard-To-Clean Cooking Tool That Wax Paper Shines Effortlessly By Ashley M. Jacobs Nov. 16, 2025 7:00 pm EST

As a left-handed person, I've always had a love-hate relationship with can openers. The knob is on the wrong side unless you buy a left-handed version (yes, they exist). Electric is my personal preference, but all can openers share the same fatal flaw: their design leads them to be harbingers of bacteria. The cutter that pierced your can of salmon last week is the same cutter that's getting tomato paste on it today. While you should clean your can opener thoroughly after every use, there's one trick that will remove all the gunk and make it shine: wax paper.

To remove grime on your can opener, use the can opener to "open" wax paper. Rip off a sheet o

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