Suggestions On How To Use Vinegar To Clean Your Home From Top To Bottom

There is no doubt that, if you know how to use vinegar to clean your home, you will be satisfied with the results and you will save time, energy, and money.

Distilled white vinegar, the vinegar recommended for cleaning, can help you perform every task on your To-Do list. You can use it to clean inside and out, it keeps working while you attend to other things, and it excels in all of the cleaning chores for which you have needed an arsenal of products before.

To clean the whole house, you can use vinegar full-strength, mixed with water, heated, and combined with baking soda and/or salt. It is always non-toxic, being in fact edible, but is capable of killing bacteria and mold. It is safe to use in the baby's room and on children's toys, and will kill germs without harming anything else.

Vinegar can replace many other cleaning agents that are found in most homes. It can work as:

Lime remover: add vinegar to the tea kettle water and let it sit overnight, then rinse before using. Pour a cup of vinegar in the dishwasher and run it empty for the full cycle. Wrap the shower head and the faucets in a plastic bag with vinegar- soaked rags or a mixture of vinegar and baking soda, let it sit overnight, and rinse. Pour vinegar into the toilet to remove stains. Run vinegar through the coffee maker to get rid of mineral build-up.

A disinfectant: Cutting boards, plastic containers, utensils, and surfaces where food is prepared all require sterilization, and vinegar is deadly to germs and other bacteria. Bathrooms need to be cleaned with a germicide as well, and nothing beats vinegar, Use vinegar to freshen sponges, and to clean and disinfect drains, garbage cans, garbage disposals, bathroom fixtures, and diaper pails. These areas will be germ-free and still safe enough for infants. It is safe to use on every home surface but marble.

Bleach: use vinegar to disinfect cutting boards, food storage containers, food preparation surfaces and utensils, sponges, cleaning rags, and glass jars. Pour it down drains and into garbage disposals. Use it to disinfect and deodorize garbage cans and diaper pails. Leave bathroom fixtures and floors germ-free and sparkling.

Carpet Cleaner: Mix water and vinegar half and half and spray on a carpet stain, new or old. Blot with a paper towel, respray and wait a minute or two, and blot again. For carpet deodorizing, spray once more after the stain is gone, sprinkle with baking soda, and vacuum when dry.

Scouring powder: Mix a small amount of dish washing liquid with baking soda, add enough vinegar to make a paste, and scrub. Grout Cleaner: Use the same mixture and an old toothbrush. Brass Polish: Mix vinegar and salt for heavy cleaning, and vinegar alone to brighten.

An all-around help: Get the smell of onions or garlic off your hands or your cutting board with a vinegar rub.

Clean tough stains on kitchen floors with a drop of vinegar before washing the whole floor with vinegar and water. Remove stubborn decals, labels, and stickers, and even old wallpaper with a vinegar or vinegar and water soak. Use it to clear cloudy deposits off glassware and remove scummy film from vases too narrow to scrub. Heated vinegar will dissolve old paint on windows and other hard surfaces.

Vinegar will completely discourage ants with repeated applications, will keep cats away as well, but is mild enough to use diluted to clean a dog's ears. Fruit flies are attracted to it and will drown in a shallow dish left on the counter. It makes pennies shine, disinfects toys that will still be safe to chew on, gets the skunk odor off eventually, and is otherwise endlessly useful.

Keep spray bottles of pure and diluted vinegar in the empty space where all those other cleaners used to be. Soon you will have your own contributions to the storehouse of knowledge about how to use vinegar to clean your home