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Uses for vinegar
From TipThePlanet
- Vinegar brought to a boil in a new frying pan will prevent foods from sticking
- To clean wooden cutting boards, once a week rub them with baking soda, then spray on full strength white vinegar. Let sit for 5 minutes, then rinse in clear water. It will bubble and froth as these two natural chemicals interact.
- A teaspoon of cider vinegar will take care of too-sweet main dishes or vegetables
- A teaspoon each of cider vinegar and sugar added to salty soup or vegetables will also remedy the salty situation.
- Use a vinegar and water mix to clean glass and the outside of the appliances.
- Kills grass on walks and driveways. Kills weeds. Spray full strength on growth until plants have starved.
- Deters ants. Spray vinegar around doors, appliances, and along other areas where ants are known.
- Polishes car chrome. Apply full strength.
- Removes skunk odor from a dog. Rub fur with full strength vinegar; rinse.
- Keeps dogs from scratching his ears. Use a clean, soft cloth dipped in diluted vinegar.
- Tenderizes meat. Soak in vinegar over night.
- Boil better eggs. Add 2 tablespoons water before boiling eggs. Keeps them from cracking.
- adding a few drops of vinegar to the water when making poached eggs will help stop them running.
- Relieves dry and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons to bath water.
- Fights dandruff. After shampooing, rinse with vinegar and 2 cups of warm water.
- Deodorizes the kitchen drain. Pour a cup down the drain once a week. Let stand 30 minutes and then flush with cold water.
- Eliminates onion odor. Rub on your fingers before and after slicing.
- Removes fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.
- Cuts 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.
- Cleans stainless steel. Wipe with a vinegar dampened cloth. Cleans 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.
- Unclogs 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.
- Cleans 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.
- Gets rid of lint in clothes. Add 1/2cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.
- Freshens 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.
- Cleans eyeglasses. Wipe each lens with a drop of vinegar.
- Freshens 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.
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