Uses of Vinegar in the Home
- Goodbye stench: Your fridge, counters and drains might start to develop their own nasty stench after being used for a while. Use vinegar to clean these stinkers and smell the stench goes away. An added bonus is that clogs building up in those drains may also be cleared out.
- Getting rid of grease: Use a sponge dipped in vinegar to scrub out grease in places like your oven.
- Make chrome shine: Use vinegar mixed with salt to rid your chrome sink and tub fixtures of mineral buildup and give them a healthy clean shine. This can be used on any metal in your home, and even porcelain and counters.
- Clean and protect glass: Your favorite glasses are becoming cloudy? Wrap a vinegar soaked paper towel around the glasses and it’ll clear them up. If you’re worried about your nicer glasses becoming etched by minerals when cleaned use a little vinegar after cleaning, just make sure to rinse it out again afterward.
- Keep ants away: Take a little vinegar and spray it in spots where ants are known to enter. A simple way to keep your home free of one of the most annoying of pests.
- Forget acetone: Have a label or sticker you can’t get rid of? Why use acetone, when you can just easily scrub it out using vinegar.
- Refresh carpets: Most cleaners should be kept away from carpets; they may bleach or ruin them. Vinegar, however, can bring out the colors of your carpeting, giving it a fresh new carpet look.
- Sanitize: That’s right, vinegar can be used as a sanitizer, killing off dangerous germs in your bathroom and other high traffic dirty areas.
- Clean floors: Vinegar really is an all-purpose cleaner. After using it to wash your surfaces go ahead and turn it into a floor cleaner and give your linoleum and tiled floors a good cleaning. Vinegar is perfect for also getting rid of stains, making it the perfect and most versatile of cleaners.