More than 15 ways to use white vinegar for your home - and save money
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1. Exterminating ants…wipe cabinets, floors, and counters with 50/50 solution of water and vinegar.
2. Oven cleaner…using a 50/50 solution of water and vinegar, wipe out oven with dampened rag.
3. Odor remover…small bowls of vinegar around a room gets rid of cooking odors and one cup of vinegar in the washing machine removes sour smell in towels. To remove onion smells from your hands, simply rub them with vinegar.
4. Carpet cleaner…1 teaspoon white vinegar, 1 teaspoon liquid detergent, 1 pint of lukewarm water mixed together, spray on carpet and remove with dry rag to remove odors and stains.
5. Remove mortar residue…combine 1 cup of white vinegar to 1 gallon water.
6. Fabric softener…place 2 cups of white vinegar into rinse cycle to soften cotton and wool blankets.
7. Ceramic tile cleaner…one gallon of water and ¼ cup of white vinegar applied with rag will clean your tile.
8. Degrease suede…slightly dampen a rag with vinegar and dab away.
9. Toilet cleaner…1/2 cup vinegar and 1 tablespoon baking soda makes a great scouring solution.
10. Window and glass cleaner…can be diluted up to 50 percent depending on how much dirt is on the windows.
11. Drain cleaner…pour ½ c white vinegar and ½ c baking soda down the drain, cover, let stand for a few minutes, and rinse it down with a pot of boiling water.
12. Bronze and brass polish…1 cup white vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, and enough flour to make a paste.
13. Shine stainless steel…no need to dilute. Just rub on, wipe off.
14. Catch moths…2 parts vinegar and 1 part molasses placed in a yellow container will attract and contain moths.
15. Removes skunk odors.
Watch and listen below as a caller initiates conversation about white vinegar with Keith A. Paul and Co-host Kevin Gillespie.
Paul is a State of Michigan Licensed Builder. Paul serves as President and founding member of HandyPro Handyman Service and nationally franchised HandyPro International. Listen to Paul every Saturday at 11:00am on “It’s Your Home, Let’s Talk About It” WAAM Talk 1600AM.
Comments
a2ete
Fri, Mar 5, 2010 : 8:43 a.m.
I've used white vinegar for years to clean the mineral residue out of my coffee brewing machine. one cup white vinegar and then fill the caraf the rest of the way with water and then brew with out coffee in the basket or the top filter. Rinse brew twice with plain water and you're ready to go again.
Debra Yeager
Thu, Mar 4, 2010 : 3:39 p.m.
Great tips! Thanks. I really enjoyed the video.