Did
you know that vinegar has uses that extend beyond food? Vinegar is an
inexpensive and environmentally friendly cleaning product. You can visit online for a complete
list of ideas and tips for using vinegar around the house. The following are
just a few of our favorite tips and ideas from that website that we would like
to pass along.
Gardens
- Preserve fresh cut flowers by adding a tablespoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of sugar to a quart of vase water.
- Sanitize outdoor furniture by wiping the furniture down with a vinegar soaked cloth.
- Wash fresh vegetables with a mixture of 1 tablespoon of white distilled vinegar in 1½ quarts of water.
Cleaning
- To make your drinking glasses and silverware spot free, add a ½ cup of white vinegar into the dishwasher before you start the wash.
- To shine chrome sink fixtures that have a lime buildup, use a paste made of 2 tablespoons salt and 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar.
- Clean and deodorize a drain by pouring in 1 cup baking soda, then 1 cup of hot white distilled vinegar. Let this sit for 5 minutes or so, and then run hot water down the drain.
- Deodorize and clean the garbage disposal with white distilled vinegar ice cubes. Make them by freezing full-strength white distilled vinegar in an ice cube tray. Run several cubes down the disposal while flushing with cold water.
- Clean the microwave by mixing ½ cup white distilled vinegar and ½ cup water in a microwave-safe bowl. Bring it to a rolling boil inside the microwave. Baked-on food will be loosened, and odors will disappear. Wipe clean.
- Remove soap buildup and odors from the dishwasher by pouring a cup of white distilled vinegar inside the empty machine and running it through a whole cycle. Do monthly.
- Get rid of fruit flies by setting out a small dish of undiluted white distilled vinegar.
- To clean and disinfect baby toys add a good-sized splash of white distilled vinegar to soapy water.
Laundry
- Prevent lint from clinging to clothes by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the wash cycle.
- To remove soap residue that makes black clothes look dull use white distilled vinegar in your final rinse.
- Forgot that you left wet laundry in the machine and it now smells moldy? Pour a few cups of white distilled vinegar in the machine and wash the clothes in hot water. Then run a normal cycle with detergent.
- Eliminate manufacturing chemicals from new clothes by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the water.
- Bring out bright colors by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the rinse cycle
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