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Uses for Vinegar

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• Use a vinegar and water mix to clean glass and the outside of the appliances.

• Kill grass on walks and driveways.

• Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until plants have starved.

• Deter ants. Spray vinegar around doors, appliances, and along other areas where ants are known.

• Polish car chrome. Apply full strength.

• Remove skunk odor from a dog. Rub fur with full strength vinegar; rinse.

• Keep dogs from scratching his ears. Use a clean, soft cloth dipped in diluted vinegar.

• Tenderize meat. Soak in vinegar over night.

• Boil better eggs. Add 2 tablespoons water before boiling eggs. Keeps them from cracking.

• Relieve dry and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons to bath water.

• Fight dandruff. After shampooing, rinse with vinegar and 2 cups of warm water.

• Deodorize the kitchen drain. Pour a cup down the drain once a week. Let stand 30 minutes and then flush with cold water.

• Eliminate onion odor. Rub on your fingers before and after slicing.

• Remove fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.

• Cut grease and odor on dishes. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to hot soapy water.

• Clean a teapot. Boil a mixture of water and vinegar in the teapot. Wipe away the grime.

• Clean the refrigerator. Wash with a solution of equal parts water and vinegar.

• Unclog a drain. Pour a handful of baking soda down the drain and add 1/2 cup of vinegar. Rinse with hot water.

• Clean and deodorize the garbage disposal. Make vinegar ice cubes and feed them down the disposal. After grinding, run cold water through.

• 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.

• Clean stainless steel. Wipe with a vinegar dampened
cloth.

• Clean china and fine glassware. Add a cup of vinegar to a sink of warm water. Gently dip the glass or china in the solution and let dry.

• Clean the microwave. Boil a solution of 1/4 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of water in the microwave. Will loosen splattered on food and deodorize.

• 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 position. Then unplug and allow to cool. Any loose particles should come out when you empty the water.

• Clean a scorched iron plate. Heat equal parts vinegar and salt in a small pan. Rub solution on the cooled iron surface to remove dark or burned stains.

• Get rid of lint in clothes. Add 1/2cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.

• 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.

• Clean eyeglasses. Wipe each lens with a drop of vinegar.

• Freshen cut flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar for each quart of water.

• Run a solution of vinegar and water through the coffee machine to get rid of built up taste.

• Occasionally wipe cooking pots and pans and cooking machines with vinegar then rinse with water.