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Cleaning Up:  Vinegar and what it can be used for  |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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 Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 7:10:40 PM
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found this and thought I'd share the info.
Vinegar--An All-Purpose Wonder!
1. Kill grass on walks and driveways. Pour full strength on unwanted grass.
2. Kill weeds. Spray full strength on tops of weeds. Reapply on any newgrowth until plants have starved.
3. Increase soil acidity. In hard water areas, add a cup of vinegar to agallon of tap water for watering acid loving plants likerhododendrums,gardenias, or azaleas. The vinegar will release iron in thesoil for the plants to use.
4. Neutralize garden lime. Rinse your hands liberally with vinegar after working with garden lime to avoid rough and flaking skin. Clean pots before repotting, rinse with vinegar to remove excess lime.
5. Deter ants. Spray vinegar around door and window frames, under appliances, and along other known ant trails.
6. Keep car windows frost free. Coat the windows the night before with a solution of three parts vinegar to one part water.
7. Polish car chrome. Apply full strength with a soft cloth.
8. Remove skunk odor from a dog. Rub fur with vinegar.
9. Keep cats away. Sprinkle vinegar on an area to discourage cats from walking,sleeping,or scratching on it.
10. Keep dogs from scratching ears. Clean the inside of the ears with a soft cloth dipped in diluted vinegar.
11. Keep away fleas and mange. Add a little vinegar to your pet's drinkingwater.
12. Keep chickens from pecking each other. Add cider vinegar to their drinking water.
13. Tenderize meat. Soak in vinegar overnight.
14. Freshen vegetables. Soak wilted vegetables in a quart of cold water and a tablespoon of vinegar.
15. Replace a lemon. Substitute 1/4 teaspoon of vinegar for 1 teaspoon oflemon juice.
16. Boil better eggs. Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar to each quart of water before boiling eggs, keeps them from cracking.
17. Prepare fluffier rice. Add a teaspoon of vinegar to the water when itboils.
18. Debug fresh vegetables. Wash leafy greens in water with vinegar and salt. Bugs float off.
19. Scale fish more easily. Rub with vinegar 5 minutes before scaling.
20. Dampen your appetite. Sprinkle a little vinegar on prepared food to take the edge off your appetite.
21. Soothe a bee or jellyfish sting. Douse with vinegar. Will soothe irritation and relieve itching.
22. Relieve sunburn. Lightly rub white or cider vinegar on skin. Reapply as needed.
23. Conditions hair. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to your rinse to dissolvesticky residue left by shampoo.
24. Relieve dry and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar to your bathwater.
25. Fight dandruff. After shampooing, rinse with a solution of 1/2 cup vinegar and 2 cups of warm water.
26. Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of water.Gargle, then swallow. For another great gargle: 1 c. hot water, 2 tbsp.honey, 1 tbsp. vinegar, gargle then drink.
27. Clear up warts. Apply a lotion of half cider vinegar and half glycerin.
28. Treat sinus infections and chest colds. Add 1/4 cup or more vinegar to the vaporizer.
29. Feel good. A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water, with abit of honey added for flavor, will take the edge off your appetite and giveyou an overall healthy feeling.
30. Deodorize the kitchen drain. Pour a cup down the drain once a week. Let stand 30 minutes and then flush with cold water.
31. Eliminate onion odor. Rub on your fingers before and after slicing.
32. Clean and disinfect wood cutting boards. Wipe with full strength vinegar.
33. Remove fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.
34. Cut grease and odor on dishes. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to hot soapy water.
35. Clean a teapot. Boil a mixture of water and vinegar in the teapot. Wipeaway the grime.
36. Freshen a lunchbox. Soak a piece of bread in vinegar and let it sit in the lunchbox over night.
37. Clean the refrigerator. Wash with a solution of equal parts water and vinegar.
38. Unclog a drain. Pour a handful of baking soda down the drain and add 1/2 cup of vinegar. Rinse with hot water.
39. Clean and deodorize the garbage disposal. Make vinegar ice cubes and feed them down the disposal. After grinding, run cold water through a minute.
40. Clean and deodorize jars. Rinse mayonnaise, peanut butter, and mustard jars with vinegar when empty.
41. Clean the dishwasher. Run a cup of vinegar through the whole cycle once a month to reduce soap build up on the inner mechanisms and on glassware.
42. Clean stainless steel. Wipe with a vinegar dampened cloth.
43. Clean china and fine glassware. Add acup of vinegar to a sink of warm water. Gently dip the glass or china in the solution and let dry.
44. Get stains out of pots. Fill pot with a solution of 3 tablespoons ofvinegar to a pint of water. Boil until stain loosens and can be washed away.
45. Clean the microwave. Boil a solution of 1/4 cup of vinegar and 1 cup ofwater in the microwave. Will loosen splattered on food and deodorize.
46. Dissolve rust from bolts and other metals. Soak in full strength vinegar.
47. Get rid of cooking smells. Let simmer a small pot of vinegar and water solution.
48. Unclog steam iron. Pour equal amounts of vinegar and water into the iron's water chamber. Turn to steam and leave the iron on for 5 minutes in an upright postion. Then uplug and allow to cool. Any loose particles should come out when you empty the water.
49. Clean a scorched iron plate. Heat equal parts vinegar and salt in a smallpan. Rub solution on the cooled iron surface to remove dark or burned stains.
50. Get rid of lint in clothes. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.
51. Keep colors from running. Immerse clothes in full strength vinegar before washing.
52. Freshen up the washing machine. Periodically, pour a cup of vinegar in the machine and let in run through a regular cycle (no clothes added). Will dissolve soap residue.
53. Brighten fabric colors. Add a 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse cycle.
54. Take grease off suede. Dip a toothbrush in vinegar and gently brush over grease spot.
55. Remove tough stains. Gently rub on fruit, jam, mustard, coffee, tea. Then wash as usual.
56. Get smoke smell out of clothes. Add a cup of vinegar to a bath tub of hotwater. Hang clothes above the steam.
57. Remove decals. Brush with a couple coats of vinegar. Allow to soak in.Wash off.
58. Clean eyeglasses. Wipe each lens with a drop of vinegar.
59. Freshen cut flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar for each quart of water.
60. Make buttermilk. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to a cup of milk and let it stand 5 minutes to thicken.
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garliclady
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Reidsville
NC
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earthcore
Farmgirl in Training
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Kate
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2006 : 1:17:50 PM
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| Great list! Thanks for posting it! |
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Alison
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
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Posted - Jul 03 2006 : 2:50:48 PM
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Thanks for posting that Tina! I think I may print it off and hang it on my fridge!
"God's gift to you is life. What you choose to do with that life is your gift to God" |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2006 : 1:26:42 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by Tina Michelle
found this and thought I'd share the info.
Vinegar--An All-Purpose Wonder!
Great list! May I add a few more things?
Recently, I let a load of laundry sit in a closed washing machine for two days during beastly hot weather. (My laundry room is in an uninsulated part of our house; we're working on that, believe me!) Anyway, the wash got moldy. Yecch! Having heard that vinegar is an even better weapon against mold than toxic chlorine bleach is, I re-washed the load using a couple of cups of vinegar with my washing soap (a combination of liquified homemade soap, borax and washing soda). I also used vinegar in the fabric softener cup. The wash came out mold-free and smelling sweet. I hung it out to dry in the sun and congratulated myself for averting disaster. (There was some expensive clothing in that load!)
Which reminds me: try using vinegar instead of fabric softener when laundering towels. It softens well enough, without adding that layer of who-knows-what that makes softener-treated towels less absorbent.
Acne-prone? QUIT USING FABRIC SOFTENER on towels and other things that intereact with your skin, especially on your face, if that's where you tend to break out. Water softener on towels leaves a greasy residue on your skin that can irritate it, clog pores, and make acne worse. Use vinegar instead of fabric softener for towels. It's a good disinfectant, and when you dry off, you might even be giving your skin a little of the pH it craves.
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