The Vinegar List

Distilled white vinegar. This is an item that 99% of households have sitting on a shelf somewhere. But do you use it? What's it there for? This simple stuff can replace many of the chemicals in your life! Here's how...


1. Mix equal parts vinegar and water in a spray bottle to wash windows and mirrors.
2. Add a splash of vinegar to your laundry to brighten whites and colors.
3. Mix one part vinegar to 3 parts water in a spray bottle to clean produce (rinse with water before eating!).
4. Undiluted vinegar in a spray bottle as a disinfectant. Kills 99% of germs, 82% of mold, and 80% of germs/viruses.
5. Pour a cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle of the dishwasher for sparkling dishes!
6. Spray it on full strength to cool sunburn, other burns, and soothe itching.
7. Gargle it for a sore throat.
8. Mix equal parts vinegar and water to clean tile floors.
9. Mix equal parts vinegar and water and run it through your coffee pot to clean it.
10. Full strength vinegar as weed killer- be careful to only spray the weeds!
11. Freeze equal parts vinegar and water in ice cube trays and put them through the garbage disposal to clean it.
12. Disinfect wood cutting boards with full strength vinegar.
13. Remove soap scum from shower doors with full strength vinegar.
14. Unclog the shower head by soaking it in vinegar.
15. Clean/deodorize the toilet bowl with full strength vinegar.
16. 1 tsp of vinegar in a quart bowl of your pet's water will keep fleas and ticks off of them.
17. Clean pet urine out of carpet by sprinkling it on the stain, wait a few minutes, and then sponge off (test an inconspicuous spot first). 
18. Full strength as an adhesive remover.
19. Remove deodorant stains from clothing by rubbing with vinegar and then laundering.
20. Mix equal parts vinegar, water, and dish soap as a bug spray for your skin.


This is only a small portion of the things that can be done with vinegar... there are literally hundreds of uses for it! The smell WILL go away when it dries!

Bottom line- go buy some spray bottles and a big bottle of vinegar. Portion it out and label the bottles. It will be ready to go and you will be a greener cleaner!