When washing an item that is smelly or greasy, add white vinegar to the cleaning water to cut down on the grease and remove odor.
Rinse clothes with 1-cup of white vinegar. Add a little vinegar in your last rinse water to ensure that your clothes get a thorough rinse.
Rub washables and rid them of deodorant and anti-perspirant stains by rubbing lightly with white vinegar. Then launder as usual.
Eliminate undissolved lint and detergent in a washing machine by using white vinegar. Pour 1-cup of vinegar into the bottom of the washing machine tub and run through the normal cycle, without clothes, using the hot water setting.
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Use 2 cups of white vinegar to fluff blankets. Vinegar added to a washer tub of water makes a good rinse for both cotton as well as wool blankets.
Remove fruit stains from your hands by using a small amount of white vinegar. Afterwards wipe with a cloth.
A small bowl of white vinegar can also be used to eliminate paint odors simply by placing it in the room where painting is being done.
Use boiling vinegar (full strength, don’t mix with water) to clean hardened acrylic paints from paintbrushes. However, a word of caution- soaking them too long could loosen the hairs from the brushes.
If a drain is clogged pour a handful of baking soda and 1-cup of white vinegar down it. When the bubbling stops, rinse with hot water. If necessary repeat until the drain runs freely.
Remove burned or dark stains from an electric iron by rubbing it with white or cider vinegar and salt, heated first in a small aluminum pan. Polish the iron in the same way you do silver.
Use vinegar to eliminate cat littler box odors. After cleaning the litter box, rinse it out and pour about ½ inch of white vinegar in the box. Let it stand for about 20 minutes and then swish it around, rinse it with cold water and dry the box.
Soak your showerhead in vinegar overnight. In the morning rinse in hot water to remove water deposits and keep it flowing freely.
If ants or other insects are a problem in your home, vinegar can help. Pouring vinegar across windowsills, or below baseboards stops them from coming in, as they will not cross it (this goes for a trail of water as well). Why, is a mystery!