Household Uses For Vinegar

Household Uses for Vinegar Farmer's Almanac
From cleaning shower curtains, to relieving insect bites, vinegar
Certainly has many functions. Here are some of our favorite household
Uses for vinegar.

Molasses catches more flies than vinegar.

* Bring a solution of one-cup vinegar and four tablespoons baking
Soda to a oil in teapots and coffeepots to rid them of mineral deposits.
* A solution of vinegar and baking soda will easily remove cooking
Oil from your stovetop.
* Clean the filter on your humidifier by removing it and soaking it
In a pan of white vinegar until all the sediment is off.
* Vinegar naturally breaks down uric acid and soapy residue, leaving
Baby clothes and diapers soft and fresh. Add a cup f vinegar to each
Load during the rinse cycle.
* Saturate a cloth with vinegar and sprinkle with baking soda, and
Then use it to clean fiberglass tubs and showers. Rinse well and rub dry
For a spotless shine.
* To remove chewing gum, rub it with full-strength vinegar.
* For a clean oven, combine vinegar and baking soda, then scrub.
* Clean and deodorize your toilet bowl by pouring undiluted white
Vinegar into it. Let stand for five minutes, then flush. Spray stubborn
Stains with white vinegar, then scrub vigorously.
* Clean windows with a cloth dipped in a solution of one part white
Vinegar and ten parts warm water. This works for dirty TV screens, too!
* For brunettes, rinsing hair with vinegar after a shampoo makes hair
Shinier. Use one-tablespoon vinegar to one-cup warm water.
* Soak paint stains in hot vinegar to remove them.
* To clean drip coffeemakers, fill the reservoir with white vinegar
And run it through a brewing cycle. Rinse thoroughly by brewing two
Cycles with water before using.
* To remove bumper stickers from car chrome, paint on vinegar and let
It soak in. Next, scrape off the stickers. Decals can be removed
Similarly.
* Rid your refrigerator and freezer of bad odors by cleaning the
Insides with a solution of equal parts vinegar and water, then wiping
Dry.
* Apply full strength vinegar to mosquito or other insect bites to
Relieve the itching. (Caution: Do not do this if the affected area is
Raw.)
* White vinegar takes salt and water stains off leather boots and
Shoes. Wipe over the stained area only, and then polish.
* To remove smoke odors on clothes, hang them above a steaming
Bathtub filled with hot water and a cup of white vinegar.
* To prevent mildew, wipe down surfaces with vinegar.
* Place a vinegar-soaked brown bag on sprains to ease pain and aid
Recovery.
* Use a sponge dampened with vinegar to clean shower curtains.
* To remove salt stains from winter boots, rub with a solution of 1
Tablespoon white vinegar and 1 cup water.
* To loosen a stuck jar lid, hold the jar upside down and pour warm
Vinegar around the neck at the joint between the glass and the top.
* Rub cider vinegar on your skin to repel insects.
* Clean windows with a mixture of 1 part white vinegar and 10 parts
Warm water.