The humble bottle of vinegar is more than just the basis of a salad dressing.
Many older people already know this, but in the right hands, vinegar can be a miracle liquid that will make your house shine – at a fraction of the price of cleaning products bought in stores.
But not only for cleaning: vinegar has a variety of uses in the household.
Kettle, dishwasher and carpet cleaning
Vinegar on the bottom of a kettle removes stains.
This is according to Choice's kitchen expert Ashley Iredale, who advises soaking it overnight.
"Pour a couple of cups of vinegar into a bowl on the lower rack of the dishwasher once a year when it is empty. Then run the dishwasher on the hottest cycle. This will help deal with grease, lime and scale in the pipes and get rid of them unpleasant smells, ”said Ms. Iredale.
When cleaning carpets, there is nothing better than two tablespoons of washing-up liquid, three tablespoons of white vinegar and a quarter cup of water.
Other uses
For a cheap (and ammonia-free) window cleaner, mix equal parts of white vinegar and water in a spray bottle and spray on a window or mirror. Then wipe off with a newspaper, paper towel, or dry cotton towel, Ms. Iredale says.
She adds that a quarter cup of white vinegar also works as a fabric softener while restoring the whiteness of your clothes.
"If you add two tablespoons of white vinegar and two tablespoons of sugar to the water, the flowers stay fresher, and if you add a tablespoon of vinegar to the bread dough, the bread will rise and the loaf will have better shelf life."
To remove mold from non-porous surfaces, mix solutions of 80 percent vinegar with 20 water of water in three buckets and dip a microfiber cloth in the first bucket, clean the affected surface, rinse the cloth in the second bucket and back in third bucket, she says.
Vinegar can also be used to kill odors in the stove, freshen up a Dutch oven, clean stainless steel and relieve mosquito bites.
The Post-Vinegar: Household's Dream Product first appeared in Retail World Magazine.
