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10 Household uses for White Vinegar 1. Get your dishes to sparkle - Pour vinegar into the rinse aid dispenser of your dishwasher and stop spending the money on expensive commercial rinse aids. This trick works well whether using commercial or homemade dishwasher detergent. If hand washing dishes, add a cup of vinegar yo your rinse water for spot-free dishes. The savings over commercial rinse-aids is insane. 2. Clean your produce - Have you seen the expensive produce wash sold in stores? If you don’t want to rinse fruits and veggies in plain water, you can simply wash them with one part vinegar and three parts water. Add a little lemon juice and a touch of baking soda to the mix to get non-organic veggies really clean. Just be sure to rinse well with plain water before eating. 3. Perk up leafy vegetables - Don’t throw away wilted lettuce. Droopy greens can be brought back to life with vinegar. Soak in a bowl with cold water and a splash of vinegar for 10 minutes. Just rinse and dry before enjoying your revived produce. I told you this stu ff was magic! 4. Cooking (of course) - Over the last few years vinegar has made its way into our kitchen with a vengeance! We pickles, dressings, and fl avor soups and sauces with vinegar. 5. Keep colors from running - Soak new garments to help them retain their color longer. Before washing for the fi rst time, soak garments in a bucket with one part water and one part white vinegar for 20 minutes. This will save you money in the long run because you’ll be extending the life of your clothing. 6. Soften Laundry - White vinegar is very e ff ective at removing soap residue in the laundry and softening your clothing and linens. Add one cup to the fabric softener dispenser of your washing machine or fi ll a fabric softener ball with vinegar and toss it in the load. Laundry comes out feeling soft and fl u ff y, with no chemical coatings or perfumes like commercial softeners. It is a GREAT softening alternative for sensitive skin. 7. Clean your house - Where do I begin? I use diluted vinegar on fl oors, walls, windows, carpets, showers, sinks, mirrors and faucets. My favorite cleaning trick is to sprinkle baking soda inside the toilet bowl and fl oor surrounding the toilet. I allow it to sit while I go about my chores (and make sure nobody uses the bathroom0. When I return I scrub the inside of the toilet, wipe away any remaining vinegar and fl ush! Its cheap, easy and e ff ective. 8. Deodorize - You can eliminate many odors including smoke and pet odors. Spray a mixture of 1/2 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup of water enhanced with a few drops of my favorite essential oils. Spritz this mixture into the air throughout the room; the vinegar smell will dissipate after a few minutes leaving a fresh scent. 9. Repel ants - Ants seem to hate vinegar. Spray it into cracks, around baseboards, on countertops, or anywhere ants tend to crawl around your house. 10. Kill grass or weeds without chemicals! Spray full-strength vinegar on young weeds and grass that creep into places they’re not welcome. The acidic properties of vinegar wilt and kill the baby plants by the very next day. Really tough weeds will need a few treatments and are sometimes better o ff pulling - just pull them and spray any remaining roots.
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