cleaning with vinegar.. i don't get it. vinegar stinks so how can you use it for clothes? and other places in

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home. i would really like to try it, but i am thinking that everything will then smell bad.

Answer 1

Don't be frightened of using White Vinegar it only smells for a few minutes then dissipates and leaves your home smelling fresh clean and disinfected and it is touted as being the best disinfectant in the world, it is also an all purpose cleaner/degreaser and can be used in and around your home even outside your home for many different things you can even clean automobiles, it's just the best cleaner you can use and is less expensive than store bought cleaners and when you use vinegar all you feel is clean and see is clean with vinegar it also removes residues left behind from detergents as detergents tend to make things smell horrible after awhile due to the residues left behind and vinegar as I say will remove those horrible odors Vinegar can even be used for your beauty regimen I am about to provide some of the hints and tips you can do with vinegar and how to do it


Clean your window blinds

You can make the job of cleaning mini-blinds or venetians considerably less torturous by giving them "the white glove treatment." Just put on a white cotton glove -- the kind sold for gardening is perfect -- and moisten the fingers in a solution made of equal parts white vinegar and hot tap water. Now simply slide your fingers across both sides of each slat and prepare to be amazed. Use a container of clean water to periodically wash off the glove.


Unclog and deodorize drains

The combination of vinegar and baking soda is one of the most effective ways to unclog and deodorize drains. It's also far gentler on your pipes (and your wallet) than commercial drain cleaners.
To clear clogs in sink and tub drains, use a funnel to pour in 1/2 cup baking soda followed by 1 cup vinegar. When the foaming subsides, flush with hot tap water. Wait five minutes, and then flush again with cold water. Besides clearing blockages, this technique also washes away odor-causing bacteria.


To speed up a slow drain, pour in 1/2 cup salt followed by 2 cups boiling vinegar, then flush with hot and cold tap water.

Get rid of smoke odor

If you've recently burned a steak -- or if your chain-smoking aunt recently paid you a surprise visit -- remove the lingering smoky odor by placing a shallow bowl about three-quarters full of white or cider vinegar in the room where the scent is strongest. Use several bowls if the smell permeates your entire home. The odor should be gone in less than a day. You can also quickly dispense of the smell of fresh cigarette smoke inside a room by moistening a cloth with vinegar and waving it around a bit.


Wipe away mildew

When you want to remove mildew stains, reach for white vinegar first. It can be safely used without additional ventilation and can be applied to almost any surface --bathroom fixtures and tile, clothing, furniture, painted surfaces, plastic curtains, and more. To eliminate heavy mildew accumulations, use it full strength. For light stains, dilute it with an equal amount of water. You can also prevent mildew from forming on the bottoms of rugs and carpeting by misting the backs with full-strength white vinegar from a spray bottle.

Erase ballpoint-pen marks

Has the budding young artist in your home just decorated a painted wall in your home with a ballpoint original? Don't lose your cool. Rather, dab some full-strength white vinegar on the "masterpiece" using a cloth or a sponge. Repeat until the marks are gone. Then go out and buy your child a nice big sketch pad.

Restore your rugs

If your rugs or carpets are looking worn and dingy from too much foot traffic or an excess of kids' building blocks, toy trucks, and such, bring them back to life by brushing them with a clean push broom dipped in a solution of 1 cup white vinegar in 1 gallon (3.7 liters) water. Your faded threads will perk up, and you don't even need to rinse off the solution.


Remove carpet stains

You can lift out many stains from your carpet with vinegar:
Rub light carpet stains with a mixture of 2 tablespoons salt dissolved in 1/2 cup white vinegar. Let the solution dry, then vacuum.


For larger or darker stains, add 2 tablespoons borax to the mixture and use in the same way.


For tough, ground-in dirt and other stains, make a paste of 1 tablespoon vinegar with 1 tablespoon cornstarch, and rub it into the stain using a dry cloth. Let it set for two days, then vacuum.


To make spray-on spot and stain remover, fill a spray bottle with 5 parts water and 1 part vinegar. Fill a second spray bottle with 1 part nonsudsy ammonia and 5 parts water. Saturate a stain with the vinegar solution. Let it settle for a few minutes, then blot thoroughly with a clean, dry cloth. Then spray and blot using the ammonia solution. Repeat until the stain is gone.
In the Laundry and for Removing Stains

Soften fabrics, kill bacteria, eliminate static, and more

There are so many benefits to be reaped by adding 1 cup white vinegar to your washer's rinse cycle that it's surprising that you don't find it prominently mentioned inside the owner's manual of every washing machine sold. Here are the main ones:
A single cup of vinegar will kill off any bacteria that may be present in your wash load, especially if it includes cloth diapers and the like.


A cup of vinegar will keep your clothes coming out of the wash soft and smelling fresh -- so you can kiss your fabric-softening liquids and sheets good-bye (unless, of course, you happen to like your clothes smelling of heavy perfumes).


A cup of vinegar will brighten small loads of white clothes.


Added to the last rinse, a cup of vinegar will keep your clothes lint- and static-free.


Adding a cupful of vinegar to the last rinse will set the color of your newly dyed fabrics.


Clean your washing machine

An easy way to periodically clean out soap scum and disinfect your clothes washer is to pour in 2 cups vinegar, then run the machine through a full cycle without any clothes or detergent. If your washer is particularly dirty, fill it with very hot water, add 2 gallons (7.5 liters) vinegar, and let the agitator run for 8-10 minutes. Turn off the washer and let the solution stand overnight. In the morning, empty the basin and run your washer through a complete cycle.

Whiten your dingy crew socks

If it's getting increasingly difficult to identify the white socks in your sock drawer, here's a simple way to make them so bright you can't miss them. Start by adding 1 cup vinegar to 1 1/2 quarts (1.5 liters) tap water in a large pot. Bring the solution to a boil, then pour it into a bucket and drop in your dingy socks. Let them soak overnight. The next day, wash them as you normally would.


Get the yellow out of clothing

To restore yellowed clothing, let the garments soak overnight in a solution of 12 parts warm water to 1 part vinegar. Wash them the following morning.

Soften up your blankets

Add 2 cups white vinegar to your washer's rinse water (or a washtub filled with water) to remove soap residue from both cotton and wool blankets before drying. This will also leave them feeling fresh and soft as new.

Good Luck !

Answer 2

Get some borax from the supermarket. It will be in the cleaning products area, probably near the top or botton shelf. Note borax, not boracic acid. Dissolve about a tablespoon in a tub of water and soak the clothing for at least half an hour before washing. Then line dry in the sun, don't use a drier. This will not remove paint or concrete, nothing practical will. If this does not work you could try a similar soak in water with about a cupful of cheap white vinegar. The vinegar might lift a little of the concrete after a few washes.

Answer 3

vinegar does smell terrible but its one of the best ways to clean thing. You can use it in the laundry. it helps pull lint off and deodorizes the clothes. You can use it in the microwave by heating a rag in it for 1 min. and it wipes clean with no problems. You can clean a coffee pot with it and it makes coffee cook quicker and more efficient. You would be amazed windows mirrors etc. Experiment you will be amazed too. The smell don't linger on either give it 30 min and you wont be able to smell it.

Answer 4

I'm with you! I don't use vinegar either. There are so many other things that work better and don't smell. When you stop to think about it, vinegar is a food product. It has limited uses like your coffee pot and that is used because you drink the coffee after you have cleaned the pot and you run water through it after the vinegar. Also it is not a disinfective either.

Answer 5

The vinegar smell rinses out of clothes and when used to clean windows and dishes, kitchens and baths, it works very well and leaves a cleaner scent than ammonia.

Answer 6

You guys, I'm with the camp that feels that the stench of vinegar - even briefly - is absolutely not worth it. I would just as soon use dog feces to clean my house.

Answer 7

once vinegar dries it doesnt smell bad it leaves a sweet smell of clean throughout your house...i use it for everything even laundry.add a cup to the rinse cycle , dry clothes in dryer and your clothes come out smelling fresh and clean..

Answer 8

Its natural too, so children and pets won't get ill from accidentally ingesting it. I think its the acid that makes it work. Maybe just treat them with vinegar and then wash them.

Answer 9

It's great for cleaning up after a pet who makes a mess by mistake on the floor or rug. It removes the odor.

Answer 10

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