VINEGAR...what unusual things do you use it for....besides salad dressing <:O)?

Question

I just saw an ad for a book...1001 new uses for vinegar. Some of the items on the list were amazing...improve memory??? remove corns and calluses??? treat age spots??? lower blood pressure and cholesterol????

What strange things do you use vinegar for? Does it work?

Answer 1

Although I have a water softener, the water that comes out of my kitchen sink is not softened. I noticed that my faucet and the area around my kitchen sink gets a lime buildup. I keep straight vinegar in a spray bottle under the sink. To keep this area clean and shiney, I regularly spray my faucet, handles, and the area around it with straight vinegar and wipe it dry. It eliminates the need for more caustic products such as Lime Away.



I also use vinegar to clean my drip coffee pot whenever it starts working slowly. I just pour it in full strength and turn the power on long enough for it to run through all the pieces and parts. Then I turn it off and let it sit for about a half hour or so. Then turn the coffee maker back on, let the vinegar run through and then run a few cycles with cold water to rinse the vinegar out. It keeps it running in tip top shape.

Answer 2

Vinegar is an environmentally friendly solvent. It will dissolve grease, grime and oils, so we use it diluted in water to wash windows. It’s used in Europe as such regularly, we don’t waste money on Windex, LOL. Also, a 1/4 cup of (distilled) vinegar mixed with a gallon of cold water, is a good sanitizer. As good as bleach, and much more environmentally friendly. You can sanitize anything, from utensils to shower tiles, by either soaking in diluted vinegar/water bath, or spraying on surfaces then wiping off excess moisture after a few minutes. We also use it to remove perspiration (’salt ring’) stains from outer clothing, such as inside linings of coats or jackets. Dunk a piece of gauze into the vinegar/water solution, wring out, place on the desired piece of clothing, then use hot iron over the damp gauze. Repeat until the whole garment has been ironed. It will remove the perspiration marks, as well as odors. Air out the garment and it will look like new. Much cheaper than dry-cleaning, albeit a little more time consuming. What can I say, Europeans are weird! Oh, yeah, we cook with vinegar as well. Mostly, we make our own too, from fermented fruit juices (including grapes, which you can turn either into vinegar - or wine!).

Answer 3

I have those ceramic tile floors that seem to be in every European house. I use a micro fiber mop and douse a bit of vinegar on the floor. It leaves a streak free shine, kills germs, and removes grease (especially in the kitchen) like you would not believe. I have even used it on the laminate flooring in the living room. Ok..so the house smells like a douche factory for a while, but I dont need to use it every day. I also use it to shine up my stainless steel in the kitchen as well as to sparkle up my cook top. Because it is an acid and food safe, I use it to clean my fridge out when I do the heavy duty pull every thing out and scrub cleanings once a month.



The last house we moved into was really gross. The landlady had lived there with her 8 kids...an oddity in Germany. She was also the WORST housekeeper in all the land. I poured it onto the guest bath floor to get the stench out. It does remove urine smells quite well.



Cant beat it with some old newspaper to clean glass.



I am sure everyone has heard of cleaning deposits from coffee makers.



My grandmother used to pour it on us after we got really sunburned at the beach. It cooled our skin but I think that was about all it did. I use sunscreen now ..religiously ..and dont live near a beach so I haven’t had to bathe in it. She would also use it on us when we got bug bites. I do remember it working.



I put some in a spray bottle and spritzed the wooden wardrobes the Army issues to us (no closets in Europe). They reeked of so much cigarette smoke, you would have thought I was a smoker. The smell would go away at least until the weather got damp again then it was time to spray them again.





When I worked at this one particular restaurant, the manager would never order enough cleaning products but would still expect the kitchen to sparkle..at 3 am at that. I used to break out the vinegar on all the surfaces. It made cleaning time faster and I also knew that I got rid of enough bacteria that could cause food borne illness for the customers.

Answer 4

Use some in the rinse of your laundry to remove all leftover detergent. No more 'dinginess.'



Use with water (about six parts water to one part white vinegar) with a few drops of dish soap for cleaning almost anything, including windows and mirrors. This solution is also good for getting rid of white flies on indoor plants.



Cooking: sweet and sour; barbeque sauce; stir-fries; some stuffings; a few drops with steamed leafy greens....



and yes, it does help with blood pressure (not as much as simple dark chocolate, however) and age spots (a little....no miracles here). Don't know about cholesterol as that is pharaceutical hype and not basically a problem at all. (the only cholesterol that is dangerous is OXIDIZED LDL).

Answer 5

Vinegar is an environmentally friendly solvent. It will dissolve grease, grime and oils, so we use it diluted in water to wash windows. It’s used in Europe as such regularly, we don’t waste money on Windex, LOL.



Also, a 1/4 cup of (distilled) vinegar mixed with a gallon of cold water, is a good sanitizer. As good as bleach, and much more environmentally friendly. You can sanitize anything, from utensils to shower tiles, by either soaking in diluted vinegar/water bath, or spraying on surfaces then wiping off excess moisture after a few minutes.



We also use it to remove perspiration (’salt ring’) stains from outer clothing, such as inside linings of coats or jackets. Dunk a piece of gauze into the vinegar/water solution, wring out, place on the desired piece of clothing, then use hot iron over the damp gauze. Repeat until the whole garment has been ironed. It will remove the perspiration marks, as well as odors. Air out the garment and it will look like new. Much cheaper than dry-cleaning, albeit a little more time consuming. What can I say, Europeans are weird! Oh, yeah, we cook with vinegar as well. Mostly, we make our own too, from fermented fruit juices (including grapes, which you can turn either into vinegar - or wine!).

Answer 6

hair rinse ro remove all the shampoo, leave my hair shiny & helps control dandruff, itchy scalp & reduces some of the oilyness. It is great for itching - just dab on.

In laundry final rinse removes odors & is a natural softner, is great for sensitive skin as it removes all trace of laundry filler which usually is a clay. In your dryer clay gets baked into tiny ceramic abrasives on you clothes which sandpaper your skin.

It is a natural anti bacterial product. It sanitizes hard surfaces. Is great at drawing the "head" of pimple or boil. Put a saturated cotton ball on the zit for 10 - 15 min a few times a day.

It is the best cheap deodorizer!

Cider vinegar is excellent source of potassium.

It is a product to wash wood with (just dry right away), I put 3/4 cup in a bucket of warm water to wash my unsealed hardwood floors. I could go on & on

Answer 7

Cider vinegar is good for removing the heat from sunburn. Just dab it on the burn with a cotton ball. Works pretty good. It is best not to sunburn, but if you do, this will help.



Also, mixed with a little salt and sprayed on weeds works as an effective herbicide.

Answer 8

The apple cider vinegar with a couple drops of dish soap in a bowl gets rid of fruit flies--works like a charm.



Vinegar good for cleaning out a coffeepot and then running water through it a couple times after.



Have used it for mosquito bites to stop itch....(but then found regular deodorant works better :D)



It also shines the faucets nicely.



It's a good disinfectant/ deodorizer (removes any odor once the vinegar dissipates).



Balsamic vinegar great for cooking...making it into a syrupy-sauce to pour over pork chops with cooked pears...yum.



and the white wine vinegar goes into another good recipe:

Bacon Stuffed Avocado



8 slices crisp bacon, crumbled

4 medium avocados, ripe and unpeeled

Lemon juice

½ cup of butter

¼ cup of brown sugar

¼ cup of WHITE WINE VINEGAR

¼ cup of minced garlic

1 tablespoon of soy sauce



Slice the avocados in half, then remove pits and brush with lemon juice.



Fill the avocado with bacon.



Combine all of the remaining remaining ingredients and heat to boiling to produce the sauce.



Drizzle sauce over avocados and serve as desired. (to die for!)

Answer 9

I don't think it's strange, really, but I add some to my towels in the washing machine to keep them fresh.



I also like to pour a bit of vinegar over soft boiled eggs. Yum!

Answer 10

I don't think it's strange but I've soaked my plastic toothbrush cup in vinegar + water to get rid hard water buildup. And yes, it does work.

Answer 11

Hmm, well once i got a big fish bone stuck in my throat, and the first thing i grabbed was vinegar (For some strange reason) and after i drank a bit, It worked! :D

Answer 12

i use white vinger and baking soda to claen my bathroom its cheap very cheap last 4 ever

sprinkle baking soda on tile aroun bath and basin then spray or pour vinergar over

wipe with cloth and rinse

if you want a fragrant smell in your bathroom just put your fav essentail oil on cotton wool and place in a descreet spot.

also works on walls just sprinkle b.s on a cloth spray with vin a wipe dirty marks off walls

add to old soaks when soaking this softens and freshens them

Answer 13

You're ment to put vinegar on jellyfish stings...im not sure what it does but it's ment to help somehow!

Answer 14

Washing windows. Also to clear out my sinuses. You don't wanna know how.

Answer 15

Cleaning poop on the carpet, cleaning the fridge..