50 Vinegar Tips
Source of Recipe
Ezine
Recipe Introduction
List of Ingredients
+ Kill grass on walks and driveways.
+ Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until plants have starved.
+ Increase soil acidity. For hard water: One gallon of tap water for
watering rhododendrons, gardenias, or azaleas.
+ Deter ants. Spray vinegar around doors, appliances, and along other areas where ants are likely to be.
+ Polish car chrome. Apply full strength.
+ Remove skunk odor from a dog. Rub fur with full strength vinegar; rinse.
+ Keep cats away. Sprinkle vinegar on areas you don't want the cat walking, sleeping, or scratching on.
+ Keep dogs from scratching his ears. Use a clean, soft cloth dipped in
diluted vinegar.
+ Keep chickens from pecking each other. Put a little in their drinking
water.
+ Tenderize meat. Soak in vinegar over night.
+ Freshen vegetables. Soak wilted vegetables in 2 cups of water and a
tablespoon of vinegar.
+ Boil better eggs. Add 2 tablespoons water before boiling eggs. Keeps them from cracking.
+ Soothe a bee or jellyfish sting. Dot the irritation with vinegar and
relieve itching.
+ Relieve sunburn. Lightly rub white vinegar; you may have to reapply.
+ Condition hair. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to dissolve sticky residue
left by shampoo.
+ Relieve dry and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons to bath water.
+ Fight dandruff. After shampooing, rinse with vinegar and 2 cups of warm water.
+ Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of water.
Gargle, then swallow.
+ Treat sinus infections and chest colds. Add 1/4 cup or more vinegar to a vaporizer.
+ Feel good. A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water, with a bit of honey added for flavor, will take the edge off your appetite and give you an overall healthy feeling.
+ 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.
+ Clean and disinfect wood cutting boards. Wipe with full strength vinegar.
+ 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.
+ Freshen a lunchbox. Soak a piece of bread in vinegar and let it sit in the lunchbox over night.
+ 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 and deodorize jars. Rinse mayonnaise, peanut butter, and mustard jars with vinegar when empty.
+ 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.
+ Get stains out of pots. Fill pot with a solution of 3 tablespoons of
vinegar to a pint of water. Boil until stain loosens and can be washed away.
+ 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.
+ Dissolve rust from bolts and other metals. Soak in full strength vinegar.
+ Get rid of cooking smells. Let simmer a small pot of vinegar and water solution.
+ 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 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.
+ Keep colors from running. Immerse clothes in full strength vinegar before washing.
+ 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.
+ Brighten fabric colors. Add a 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse cycle.
+ Take grease off suede. Dip a toothbrush in vinegar and gently brush over grease spot.
+ Remove tough stains. Gently rub on fruit, jam, mustard, coffee, tea. Then wash as usual.
+ Get smoke smell out of clothes. Add a cup of vinegar to a bath tub of hot water. Hang clothes above the steam.
+ Remove decals. Brush with a couple coats of vinegar. Allow to soak in. Wash off.
+ 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.Recipe
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