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Fabulous Vinegar Uses
When you are prepared you know that re-using and repurposing items is very important. That’s why vinegar is such a great thing! Vinegar can be used for just about everything from daily use to cleaning, emergency situations, food storage and more!
Clear dirt off PCs and electronics
Computers, printers, fax machines, and any home office electronics seem to be dust magnets but did you know that your gear will work better if you keep them clean and dust-free. Try this solution to remove all the dirt and dust. Turn off the electronics and wash with an equal mix of white vinegar and water. Wash with a soft cloth, never use a spray bottle. Cotton swabs can also be used for tight spaces.
Kill weeds and grass growing in unwanted places
Pour full-strength white distilled vinegar on them. This works especially well in crevices and cracks of walkways and driveways.
Get rid of smoke odor
Have a long lasting smell from that burned dinner. Vinegar can help you. Start by placing a shallow bowl about three-quarters full of white or cider vinegar in the room. To help remove the smell moisten a cloth and wave it in the air.
Wash fresh vegetables
Use a mixture of 1 tablespoon of white distilled vinegar in 1 ½ quarts of water.
Wipe away mildew
Use undiluted vinegar to wipe away heavy mildew stains. Mix with water to clean light mildew stains. You can even use a vinegar mist in a spray bottle to prevent mildew stains from forming in rugs and carpets.
Clean chrome and stainless steel
to clean chrome and stainless steel fixtures around your home, apply a light misting of undiluted white vinegar from a spray bottle. Buff with a soft cloth to bring out the brightness.
Make stained white socks and dingy dishcloths white again.
Add 1 cup white distilled vinegar to a large pot of water, bring it to a rolling boil and drop in the articles. Let soak overnight.
Unglue stickers, decals, and price tags
Use full-strength white vinegar and gently scrape it off the product. Use an expired credit card or razor blade to scrape. This solution can also get glue off of glass, plastic and walls.
Get water and salt stains off shoes and boots
Wipe down shoes with a solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and water.
Brighten up brickwork
Have dingy bricks around your fireplace? Use 1 cup of white vinegar mixed with 1 gallon of warm water to scrub the area. Your bricks will be looking shiny and clean.
Revitalize wood paneling
you can also use vinegar to shine up your dull wood paneling. Mix 1 pint warm water with 4 tablespoons white or apple cider vinegar and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Let the mixture soak for a few minutes and then polish.
Remove carpet stains
Many stains can be lifted from your carpet with vinegar.
• For light stains, mix 2 tablespoons salt with ½ cup white vinegar. Rub into the stain, let try and vacuum.
• For tough, ground-in dirt and other stains, make a paste of 1 tablespoon vinegar with 1 tablespoon cornstarch, and rub it into the stain using a dry cloth. Let it set for two days, then vacuum.
Keep car windows frost-free
Vinegar is a great way to keep frost from forming on your car windows. Spray the outside of your windows with a mixture of 3 parts white vinegar to 1 part water.
Get cleaner laundry
Add 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar to the last rinse. The acid in white distilled vinegar is too mild to harm fabrics, yet strong enough to dissolve the alkaline in soaps and detergents. Besides removing soap, white distilled vinegar prevents yellowing, acts as a fabric softener and static cling reducer, and attacks mold and mildew.
Refresh your refrigerator
Have you ever smelled a refrigerator that hasn’t been used for a long time? You can freshen up your fridge with a mixture of equal parts white vinegar and water. You can use the solution to wash the interior and exterior of the fridge.
Steam-clean your microwave
Fill a bowl with 1 cup water and ¼ cup vinegar. Set the bowl in the microwave and cook on high for 5 minutes. Once the bowl cools down, use the solution to wipe off the walls of the microwave.
Disinfect cutting boards
Use full-strength white vinegar to clean wood cutting boards or butcher block countertops. This is a great alternative to dishwasher detergent because it can weaken surfaces and wood fiber. It disinfects against E.coli, salmonella and staphylococcus.
Clean china, crystal, and glassware
Have soap spots and dingy spots on your dishes after you put them in the dishwasher? Simply add a few ounces of vinegar to your dishwasher. It will prevent those hard-water stains from showing up.
Remove soap scum and clean the hoses of your washing machine
Periodically run the machine with only a cup of white distilled vinegar in it—nothing else added to the wash cycle.
Remove perspiration odor and stains on clothing
As well as those left by deodorants, by spraying full-strength white distilled vinegar on underarm and collar areas before tossing them into the washing machine.
Tenderize and purify meats and seafood
Soaking a lean or inexpensive cut of red meat in a couple of cups of vinegar breaks down tough fibers to make it more tender. You can also use vinegar to tenderize seafood steaks. Let the meat or fish soak in full-strength vinegar overnight.
Control dandruff
After shampooing; rinse your hair with a mixture of 2 cups apple cider vinegar and 2 cups cold water.
Ease sunburn and itching
Gently rub a sunburn or rash with cotton balls or a soft cloth soaked with white or cider vinegar. Try to apply this before the sunburn begins to sting. You can use this to help treat insect bites or rashes from poison ivy or poison oak.
Clean your eyeglasses
Applying a few drops of white vinegar to your glass lenses and wiping them with a soft cloth will easily remove dirt, sweat, and fingerprints, and leave them spotless. Don’t use vinegar on plastic lenses, however
Stop reds from running
To prevent red washable clothes from ruining your wash loads. Soak your new clothes in a few cups of undiluted white vinegar for 10-15 minutes before their first washing. You’ll never have to worry about running colors again! This also works with other bright colors that you worry might run.
Eliminate bad breath and whiten your teeth
Brush them once or twice a week with white distilled vinegar.
