Posted on 12/17/2009 8:38:45 AM PST by GonzoII
One of the best bargains in your local grocery store is plain old white vinegar. You can get a 32 ounce jug of it (half a gallon) for about $1.50 and it has a multitude of uses beyond the edible ones (like pickles and salad dressings). Here are fifteen uses for white vinegar, most of which I use myself.
Toilet cleaner Got a toilet bowl that’s difficult to clean? Before you go to bed, dump a cup of vinegar in the bowl, then close the lid. I usually spread the vinegar around the bowl a bit with a brush to coat the sides. In the morning, the whole bowl will be really easy to brush. I can’t remember the last time I bought actual toilet bowl cleaner.
Refrigerator cleaner I take a gallon of warm water in a bowl, add about two cups of vinegar, bust out a rag, and use that solution to clean the inside of the refrigerator. It does a great job of cleaning things up without much effort at all. If something’s really bad, I’ll put a tablespoon or so of pure vinegar right on it, let it sit for a bit, then give it a scrub.
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It also works really well for a butt itch. Chugalug 8 ounces and it will suck your drawers right up your butt. Pulling them out effectively scratches your itch.
32 ounces is a quart; not 1/2 gallon.
Re RED (apple cider vinegar), after years of excruciating acid reflux and resultant sore throat, sleepless nights, expensive meds, I went online. Found this: In a cup of warm water (I nuke for ~45 seconds), add 2 tsp. cider vinegar. Add 1/4 tsp. baking soda. It’ll bubble. Stir. It’ll bubble more. Drink, preferably through a straw for your teeths’ sake. I do it after every meal, especially if high fat or spicy. Sometimes before bed, too. Haven’t had discomfort for months, since I started.
Thanks. That’s a neat site!
I prefer a bath. ;0)
“It also works really well for a butt itch. Chugalug 8 ounces and it will suck your drawers right up your butt. Pulling them out effectively scratches your itch.”
I’m a sucker for crude humor and that had me on the verge of croaking.
Here’s one that’s not on the list:
1/2 cup of white grape juice plus 2 tsp of white vinegar is a fair non-alcoholic substitute for wine in cooking.
It makes an excellent weed killer - even diluted with water, and your yard smells like a salad bar.
I personally would not use the vinegar to clean the microwave oven as described. You are putting acid vapors into an electrical system.
The problem may be your heart if you keep injesting baking soda! Baking soda will kill you!
Try a table spoon of dill pickle juice.
Sounds like something you’d read in a 4H club brochure, LOL.
Thanks for post. Knew about most uses. Let no one make fun of frugality.
Works for me.
The container for most household chemicals costs more than the chemical.
I’d have to go set up another freepname to tell you what I do with it.
Just add some light oil and a few herbs, and the transformation will be complete!
Great information, I’ll let my maid know about this....
“(Barack Hussein Obama: The bend over and suckup President.)”
“Chugalug 8 ounces and it will suck your drawers right up your butt.”
Sucking fetish?
White vinegar should ONLY be used for cleaning, not for ingestion. It’s awful tasting stuff. Apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, and balsamic vinegar are where it’s at for food use.
i got one.......if you get a real bad sunburn, jump in the shower, and dump it all over your body and let it be for about 5 minutes...it will take the sting out, and ease the burn....
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