Uses for Vinegar:
- Keep a spray bottle of water, vinegar and baking soda in the shower to spray down
the shower, wipe down and rinse (great on glass shower doors)
- Clean a shower head by taking it down and removing the rubber washer and placing the head in a pot with equal parts of water and vinegar and bring to a boil and simmer for about five minutes
- Use vinegar and water spray on refrigerator door water dispenser and
tray for calcium deposits
- Run a cup of white vinegar through a dishwasher cycle at least once a month
- Use vinegar to clean coffee pots fill the reservoir with vinegar and run through a cycle then run two cycles of water
- Deodorize a microwave oven or lunch box by soaking a paper napkin in vinegar and leaving it inside overnight
- A teaspoonful of vinegar added to the water in which eggs are poached or boiled keeps the whites from spreading and makes the whites cook over the yolk and peeling easy
- To help rid the house of the odor of cooking vegetables, put a little vinegar in an open saucepan on the stove
- Vinegar is a great room deodorizer and air freshener just put in a spray bottle and spray a room
- Used jars (peanut butter, mayonnaise etc:) have odors which can be rinsed in vinegar
- Garbage disposals can be cleaned and smell fresh by mixing one cup of vinegar in water and freezing it in an ice cube tray. Just throw a few cubes down the disposal flushing with water and it will also keep your blades sharp
- Keep drains open and smelling fresh follow these directions
1/2 box old baking soda
one cup white vinegar
Combine these two items down the drain followed by hot water
- To unclog a drain drop three alka seltzer tablets down followed by a cup of vinegar and wait a few minutes then run hot water down the drain
- To prevent the odor of boiling ham or cabbage permeating the house add a little vinegar to the water in which they are boiled
- Use vinegar at least once a month in the washing machine to keep it clean from soap scum build
up by running it through a cycle
- If you want clothes to hold there color and not fade try soaking them in vinegar before washing for about ten minutes
- Use half cup of vinegar to each wash load to keep lint from clinging
to blue jeans and corduroys
- Perspiration stains apply one part vinegar to four parts water then rinse
- When the glue thickens in the bottle, moisten it with vinegar instead of
water. Glue spots may also be dissolved in this way
- All-Purpose Cleaner
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup baking soda
1/2 gallon water
Mix ingredients above to store and keep
- Toilet Bowl Cleaner
1/4 cup baking soda
1 cup vinegar
Mix ingredients above. Pour into basin and allow to set for three minutes. Scrub with brush and rinse
- Glass Cleaner
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 quart warm water
Mix ingredients above. Pour into a spray bottle or apply with a sponge. For
lint-free results, wipe dry with crumpled newspaper instead of paper towels.
Buff to a shine
- Pour white vinegar in crevices and between bricks to kill unwanted grass
- Keep a spray bottle with equal amounts of vinegar and water to spray around where ants may want to enter (windows, doors, pipes and foundation cracks etc:)
- For great Azaleas
Two tablespoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 quart water
Water them occasionally, they love acidic soil
- Vase flowers can be kept fresh by adding
Two tablespoons vinegar
Three tablespoons of sugar per quart of warm water
Stems should be in three to four inches of water
- Stained furniture upholstery or clothes apply white vinegar directly on the stain, then wash accordingly to manufacture's instructions
- Carpet stains from animal's need to be blotted or picked up and rinsed with lukewarm water then apply a mixture of equal parts vinegar and cool water. Blot, rinse and let dry
- clean rust from tools and bolts etc: just soak in undiluted white vinegar overnight
- Remove decals or bumper stickers etc: Sok a cloth in vinegar and cover the decal or bumper sticker for several minutes and peel off easily
- Winters up north can form ice on car windshields, coat the window with a solution of
2 tablespoons white vinegar
3 parts vinegar (white or apple cider)
1 part water
- To clean your iron use equal parts vinegar and water turn the iron to steam setting and wipe with a soft cloth to clean ports. Pour out solution and rinse with clean water three times and dry out iron before using
- Try removing scorch marks from ironed fabric by lightly rubbing vinegar on the mark and wiping with a clean cloth
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