I admit it. I'm a neat freak. If my house isn't clean and orderly, I feel out of sorts. That is not to say that I enjoy cleaning. Nor do I enjoy the smell of cleaning chemicals or the knowledge (or the lack thereof) of the potential dangers these chemicals may be causing my home's environment and beyond. So, imagine my delight at discovering that the old stand-by, vinegar can clean more than I ever imagined. Thanks to TeamEcoEtsy.com, I was turned on to a groovy webpage with so many ideas for using vinegar to clean, that I thought I'd died and gone to clean-freak heaven.
Did you know that vinegar will remove soap buildup and odors from your dishwasher? Me, neither! Did you know that you can use plain old vinegar to renew sponges, wipe grease off exhaust fans, clean grills, kill bathroom germs, and even remove carpet stains? I didn't! Or how about making cloudy glassware look like new again? How much do we hate cloudy glassware? No, seriously, how much? I can tell you that I hate it! I feel like giving a long explanation to people that it really is clean, I don't know why it looks cloudy, it's my stupid dishwasher, even though it's relatively new, yada, yada, yada.... well, thank you, vinegar! The site says to "soak paper towels or a cloth in full-strength white distilled vinegar and wrap around the inside and outside of the glass. Let sit awhile before rinsing clean." If I do nothing else, I will do this before I have guests over for the holidays. And I'm giddy just thinking about it.
The website, www.vinegartips.com also has tips for using vinegar for cooking, in the garden, for laundry, home remedies, you name it. I'm so glad to have found it (in case you couldn't tell) - the savings to my wallet and our environment will surely be worth it!
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Good to know. We've been heading in an all-vinegar direction. Didn't know that you can use in the dishwasher, too.
Good luck on cleaning cloudy glass. I think there must be some kinds of glass that just cloud up in the dishwasher. We've tried vinegar to remove the cloudiness and it hasn't worked. Of course, maybe we weren't using a strong enough concentration, and we didn't do the towel wrap, just left the glass in vinegar overnight. Can't hurt to give it another go, I guess.
Vinegar is a miracle cure for getting skunk smell off a dog! Some people recommend washing them with tomato juice, but vinegar works just fine too.
vinegar, baking soda, salt, lemons, and water are my constant kitchen, and house, cleaning companions! yeah, vinegar! if you have hard water that creates a calcium buildup on your kitchen and bathroom faucets - wrapping them in vinegar soaked rags does the trick too ...