Uses for White Vinegar ~ White Vinegar Solutions
White Vinegar is one of the most diversified products in the home. I have several uses here I have researched but there are hundreds literally hundreds more. If you do an online search you can find hundreds of more uses for White Vinegar
Feel free to add your own uses for white vinegar in our comments section.
40 Uses for White Vinegar
1. Remove musky smells from cotton clothes by sprinkling them lightly with white distilled vinegar and then pressing them.
2. If your leafy veggies are wilted, soaking them in cold water with a little vinegar can perk them right up.
3. Before washing a mustard stain, dab with white distilled vinegar.
4. When cooking any vegetables from the cabbage family (like broccoli or cauliflower), adding a little vinegar to the water will perk up the taste and reduce the gassiness they can induce. This also works when cooking beans, making Mexican food a far more attractive option.
5. When cleaning an outdoor fountain, soak the pump in white distilled vinegar to remove any mineral deposits.
6. The steam from a boiling a bowl of vinegar and water can loosen caked-on food and get rid of odors in the microwave, too.
7. Get rid of rust on spigots, tools, screws or bolts by soaking the items overnight or for several days in undiluted white distilled vinegar.
8. Clean cloudy stemware, wrap the glasses in paper towels soaked in vinegar, let them sit, and the cloudy deposits will rinse right off.
9. There’s no need to use bleach on tile grouting when you can let vinegar soak on it and then scrub with a toothbrush.
10. Bring lightly scuffed or dirty DVDs back to life by wiping them down with some vinegar on a soft cloth.
11. If you have water condensation marks on your wood, just rub the piece of furniture with equal parts vinegar and vegetable oil to remove them. Make sure to rub with the grain, and then invest in a set of coasters.
Cleaning Clothes: Vinegar works magic on upholstery and fabric, too.
12. If a child has an “accident” on a mattress, clean it with a solution of vinegar and water. Afterwards, pour some baking soda onto the mattress, and brush or vacuum the residue once it’s dry.
13. Spraying vinegar onto deodorant-stained shirts before the wash can remove the discoloration. It’s also great for fighting mustard, tomato sauce, or ketchup stains.
14. Adding a cupful of vinegar to the rinse cycle of your washing machine can freshen up bright colors and give you cleaner laundry. Acetic acid won’t harm fabrics, but it dissolves the soap residue that can dull dark clothing. It also acts as a fabric softener, a static reducer, and a mildew-inhibitor.
15. Vinegar will also loosen chewing gum stuck to car upholstery, rugs, and carpeting.
16. If your car still sports a bumper sticker from two elections ago, remove it by spraying the decal with white vinegar to saturate the area, and the sticker will peel off in a few hours. (You might need to spray it a few times.)
17. Wiping down your car windows and windshield with a three-to-one vinegar-water mixture can keep them frost-free in the wintertime.
18. Kill weeds and crabgrass growing in sidewalks and driveways by pouring vinegar onto them. A half-and-half solution of vinegar and water can even kill garden slugs if it’s sprayed directly onto them.
19. To extend the life of cut flowers, add a few tablespoons of vinegar to the water in their vase, along with a teaspoon of sugar.
20. Wipe out itchy ears with undiluted vinegar to keep dogs and cats from scratching at them.
21. Cats avoid vinegar, so to keep them from scratching furniture or sitting on certain areas, spray a vinegar solution onto the spot.
22. For outdoor areas, soak a sponge in vinegar and place it in the forbidden area to keep cats away. If kitty likes to mark his territory, spraying the area with vinegar can help eliminate the smell and deter recurrences.
23. Vinegar gets rid of skunk odor. Soak the animal with a half-and-half vinegar and water solution, and then rinse with fresh water.
24. Wash fresh vegetables with a mixture of 1 tablespoon of white distilled vinegar in 1 ½ quarts of water.
25. Keep rabbits from eating your plants. Put cotton balls soaked in white distilled vinegar in a 35mm film container. Poke a hole in the top and place in the garden.
26. Remove berry stains on your hands by rubbing them with white distilled vinegar.
27. Clean plastic patio furniture with a solution of 1 tablespoon white distilled vinegar to 1 gallon of water.
28. Kill slugs by spraying them with a mixture of 1 part water and 1 part white distilled vinegar.
29. Eliminate anthills by pouring in white distilled vinegar.
30. Avoid skin problems after working in the garden by rinsing your hands in white distilled vinegar.
31. . Use white vinegar remedies against fruit flies set out a small dish of white vinegar and some smashed fruit, covered with plastic wrap with some holes in it–the flies crawl into the trap, but can’t get out.
32. Vinegar is a leading household cleaner and can be used on everything from kitchen sinks, tubs, floors, garden soil, pets, planters, etc. The list goes on and on!
33. Clean and deodorize the garbage disposal by mixing equal parts white vinegar and baking soda and putting it down the drain. After letting this fizzing mixture sit for a few minutes, flush out the drain with warm water for a clean and stink-free sink.
34. After chopping an onion, you can eliminate the odor from your hands by rubbing them with a bit of white vinegar.
35. Adding a few tablespoons of white vinegar to the water when poaching eggs helps the whites stay formed. Add a few tablespoons to the water when boiling eggs, and if any shells crack, the whites won’t leak out.
36. Get water and salt stains off shoes and boots by wiping them down with a solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and water.
37. Give patent leather shoes and bags a better shine by wiping them down with white distilled vinegar.
38. For cuts and scrapes, use white distilled vinegar as an antiseptic.
39. Clean a hairbrush by soaking in a white distilled vinegar solution.
40. Remove the hazy film that builds up on inside car windows by spraying with white distilled vinegar.
You will find so many more uses for white vinegar if you just look around a little bit.
Feel free to add your own uses for white vinegar in our comments section.
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