131 Uses for Vinegar - Do you have any others?  

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GARDEN:

Grow beautiful azaleas: Occasionally water plants
with a mixture of two tablespoons vinegar to
one quart water. Azaleas love acidic soil.

Kill grass on walks and driveways.
Pour full strength on unwanted grass.

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

Increase soil acidity. In hard water areas, add
a cup of vinegar to a gallon of tap water for
watering acid loving plants like rhododendrons,
gardenias, or azaleas. The vinegar will release
iron in the soil for the plants to use.

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

Prolong the life of flowers in a vase. Add two
tablespoons of vinegar plus three
tablespoons of sugar per quart of warm water.
Stems should be in three to four inches of water.

Neutralize garden lime. Rinse your hands liberally with vinegar after working with garden lime to avoid rough and flaking skin.
Clean pots before repotting, rinse with vinegar to remove excess lime.

BUGS AND ANIMALS:

Fish bowl cleaner Eliminate that ugly deposit in the gold fish tank by rubbing it with a cloth dipped in vinegar and rinsing well.

Eliminate animal urine stains from carpet. Blot
up urine with a soft cloth, flush several times
with lukewarm water, then apply a mixture of equal parts vinegar and cool water. Blot up, rinse, and let dry.

Deter ants. Spray vinegar around door and window frames, under appliances, and along other known ant trails.

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

Keep cats away. Sprinkle vinegar on an area to
discourage cats from walking,sleeping, or
scratching on it.

Keep dogs from scratching ears. Clean the inside of the ears with a soft cloth dipped in diluted vinegar.

Keep away fleas and mange. Add a little vinegar to your pet's drinking water.

Keep chickens from pecking each other. Add cider vinegar to their drinking water.

Clean milking equipment. Rinse with vinegar to
leave system clean, odourless, and bacteria free without harmful chemical residue.

CARS AND TOOLS:

Polish car chrome. Apply full strength.

Clean rust from tools, bolts, and spigots. Soak
the rusted tool, bolt, or spigot in undiluted
vinegar overnight.

Keep car windows frost free. Coat the windows
the night before with a solution of three parts
vinegar to one part water.

HEALTH AND BEAUTY:

Dampen your appetite. Sprinkle a little vinegar on prepared food to take the edge off your appetite.

Soothe a bee or jellyfish sting. Dot or douce the irritated area with vinegar and relieve itching.

Relieve itching by using a cotton ball to dab
mosquito and other bug bites with Vinegar straight from the bottle.

Relieve sunburn by lightly rubbing it with
vinegar. You may have to reapply.

Take 1 cup of vinegar and warm water into a
large glass and use to rinse your hair after
you shampoo. Vinegar adds highlights to brunette hair, restores the acid mantel, and removes soap film and sebum oil.

You take 1 tablespoon full and swallow when you
have the hiccups. It stops them instantly.

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

Fight dandruff, by rinsing with vinegar and
2 cups of warm water, after shampooing.

Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar
in a glass of water. Gargle, then swallow.

Cure for colds. Mix one-quarter cup Apple Cider
Vinegar with one-quarter cup honey. Take one tablespoon six to eight times daily.

Treat sinus infections and chest colds.
Add 1/4 cup or more vinegar to the vaporizer.

Feel good recipe. A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water, with a bit of honey added for flavour, will take the edge off your appetite and give you an overall healthy feeling.

Remove fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.

Remove warts by applying a lotion of half cider
vinegar and half glycerine. Apply daily to warts until they dissolve.

Relieve arthritis. Before each meal, drink a
glass of water containing two teaspoons
Apple Cider Vinegar. Give it at least three weeks to start working.

Remove corns by making a poultice of one crumbled piece of bread soaked in one-quarter cup Vinegar. Let poultice sit for one-half hour, then apply to the corn and tape in place overnight. If corn does not peel off by morning, reapply the poultice for
several consecutive nights.

Cure an upset stomach by drinking two teaspoons
Apple Cider Vinegar in one cup water.

Prevent yeast infections. Douche with one
tablespoon vinegar to one quart warm water,
to adjust the pH balance.

Clean dentures by soaking them overnight in
vinegar, then brush away tartar with a toothbrush.

Relieve cough by mixing one-half cup Apple Cider Vinegar, one-half cup water, one teaspoon cayenne pepper, and four teaspoons honey. Take one tablespoon when cough acts up.
Take another tablespoon at bedtime.

LAUNDRY AND OTHER CLOTHES CARE:

Use in laundry to cut soap.

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

Prevent lint from clinging to clothes: Add one cup vinegar to each wash load.

Keep bright colours from running. Immerse clothes in full strength vinegar for 10 minutes before washing.

Freshen up the washing machine. Clean the hoses
and unclog soap scum. Once a month pour one cup of vinegar into the washing machine and run the machine through a normal cycle, without clothes.

Brighten fabric colours. 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 by adding a cup of vinegar to a bath tub of hot water.
Hang clothes above the steam.

Remove perspiration stains from clothes by
applying one part vinegar to four parts water,
then rinse.

Deodorant and anti-perspirants stains may be
removed from clothing by lightly rubbing with
distilled vinegar and laundering as usual.

Cotton and wool blankets become soft, fluffy and free of soap odour if 2 cups of distilled vinegar are added to the rinse cycle of the wash.

Clothes will rinse better if a cup of vinegar is added to the last rinse water. The acid in vinegar is too mild to harm fabrics but strong enough to dissolve the alkalies in soaps and detergents.

When dyeing fabric, add a cup full of distilled
vinegar to the last rinse to set the colour.

Nylon hose will look better and last longer if
1 tablespoon of vinegar is added to the rinse
water when washing.

To obtain a sharper crease in your knit fabrics, dampen them with a cloth wrung out from a solution of 1/3 distilled vinegar and 2/3 water. Place a brown paper bag over the crease and iron.

Excess laundry suds that develop during hand
laundry may be eliminated by splashing a little
vinegar into the second rinse. Follow this with
another rinse in plain water.

Deodorize a wool sweater: Wash sweater, then rinse in equal parts vinegar and water to remove odor.

After a hem or seam is removed, there are often
unsightly holes left in the fabric. These holes
can be removed by placing a cloth, moistened with distilled vinegar, under the fabric and ironing.

Unclog steam iron by pouring 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 by heating equal parts vinegar and salt in a small pan. Then rub the solution on the cooled iron surface to remove dark or burned stains.

IN THE KITCHEN:

A mixture of salt and vinegar will clean coffee
and tea stains from chinaware.

Freshen vegetables. Soak wilted vegetables in
2 cups of water and a tablespoon of vinegar.

Boil better eggs by adding 2 tablespoons water
before boiling. Keeps them from cracking.

Marinating meat in vinegar kills bacteria and
tenderizes the meat. Use one-quarter cup
vinegar for a two to three pound roast, marinate overnight, then cook without draining or rinsing the meat. Add herbs to the vinegar when marinating as desired.

Put vinegar on a cloth and let sit on the back
of your kitchen faucet and it removes hard water stains.

Vinegar can help to dissolve mineral deposits that collect in automatic drip coffee makers. Fill the reservoir with vinegar and run it through a brewing cycle. Rinse thoroughly with water when the cycle is finished. (Be sure to check the owners manual for specific instructions).

Brass, copper and pewter will shine if cleaned
with the following mixture. Dissolve 1 teaspoon
of salt in 1 cup of distilled vinegar.

Clean the dishwasher by running a cup of vinegar through the whole cycle once a month to reduce soap build up on the inner mechanisms and on glassware.

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

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

Eliminate onion odour by rubbing vinegar on your fingers before and after slicing.

Clean and disinfect wood cutting boards by wiping with full strength vinegar.

Cut grease and odour on dishes by adding a
tablespoon of vinegar to hot soapy water.

Clean a teapot by boiling a mixture of water and vinegar in it. Wipe away the grime.

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

Clean and deodorize jars.

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