Vinegar Uses

Health & Beauty Uses

To remove hairspray and other product buildups from your hair, massage one
ounce of full strength vinegar into hair and leave on for about 20 minutes.
Rinse with warm water. Then shampoo and rinse your hair as usual.

Dip your toothbrush into vinegar when you brush your teeth. It helps to
sterilize the toothbrush, whiten your teeth & freshen your breath.

Remove berry stains from hands with vinegar.

Combine two raw eggs, a tablespoon of vinegar and black pepper.
Blend well. This cures a hangover.

Apply ice cold vinegar right away for fast relief of sunburn or other minor burns.
It will help prevent burn blisters.

Drinking apple cider vinegar mixed with cold water will help you lose weight.
The vinegar helps to burn fat.

Soak your fingernails in vinegar for 20 minutes two times a week to strengthen them.
They will grow longer a lot faster than normal.

To remove a corn or callus soak a piece of stale bread in vinegar and
tape it to your corn or callus overnight.

When children get head lice apply warm vinegar on the hair.
Dip the nit comb in vinegar. When you take the comb through the hair
it helps remove the nits. Vinegar helps break down the glue from the nits.

Use vinegar as an antiseptic for abrasions.

Apply vinegar to help reduce itch from poison ivy or mosquito bites.

Use vinegar to help rehydrate sunburned skin & reduce peeling.

One teaspoon to one tablespoon of vinegar gets rid of hiccups.

Use 2 cups of cider vinegar in the tub to soak sore muscles and add potassium to muscles.

USe equal amounts of honey and cider vinegar & mix until dissolved.
Take a tablespoon at a time to cut mucuous in the throat.
Unknown as to how often this is advisable.

Soak your feet with equal parts of water & vinegar to get rid of athletes foot fungus.
Do this nightly until it clears up.
It changes the PH in your skin and causes the fungus to die out.

Drink a couple of spoonfuls a day to keep mosquitoes away.

Use as an aftershave to reduce shave bumps.

Clean your eyeglasses with equal parts of vinegar and water to get rid
of spots, reduce lint, buildup of hair spray, etc.

Kitchen Uses

Mix some vinegar with salt. It will clean dishes, pots, glasses, windows, brass, copper, bronze, pans, skillets. Rinse well with warm water.

Add vinegar to warm water and soak your tea kettle overnight.
It will remove the lime deposits. This will also work on your glass coffee pot.
Put 3 ounces of vinegar in the pot and fill rest with warm water.

Dampen a cloth with vinegar and wipe counters, canisters and other
containers to keep them smelling fresh and clean.

When boiling meat, add a spoonful of vinegar to the water to make it more tender.

Marinate tough meat in vinegar overnight to tenderize.

Pour undiluted vinegar in coffee maker. Run through like you are brewing coffee.
Let cool and run through again if your coffee maker is full of sediment.
When done, run plain water through to rinse a few times.

Boil vinegar and water in pots to remove stains.

Add 1 teaspoon vinegar to cooking water for fluffier rice.

Rub vinegar on the cut end of uncooked ham to prevent mold.
It will not change the taste of your ham.

Clean jars with vinegar and water to remove odor.

Prevent discoloration of peeled potatoes by adding a few drops of vinegar to water.
They will keep fresh for days in the refrigerator.

When boiling eggs, add a tablespoon of vinegar to the water to prevent white from leaking out of a cracked egg and also to keep the yolk in the center of the egg.

Wipe jars of preserves and canned food with vinegar to prevent mold-producing bacteria.

Use vinegar instead of lemon on fried and broiled foods. It gives it a tangy flavor.

Use vinegar and salt as a paste on tarnished copper to clean up the stains.

Pour 1/4 cup vinegar in your sink with the dish soap & wash your dishes.
Make sure the water is warm and not hot. This helps remove stains and germs.

Use 1/4 cup of vinegar to the water you soak beans in overnight.
It helps to reduce the gas forming agents in the beans.

Rinse your raw meats with equal parts vinegar and water
prior to cooking to reduce bacteria.

You can substitue one tablespoon of vinegar for one egg in baking dishes.
This is very useful when baking for someone who is allergic to eggs.
It does not alter the taste.

Cleaning & Laundry Uses

Clean fireplace bricks with undiluted vinegar.

Place small containers of vinegar all around the house to take out cigarette smoke smell. Or wave a cloth you soaked in vinegar around the house to clean the air odors.

Use 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 2 cups of water.
Once it stops foaming and fizzing, mix well and
use from a spray bottle all over the house to freshen the air.

To eliminate mildew, dust and odors, wipe down walls with vinegar-soaked cloth.

Add vinegar to laundry rinse water. This will remove all soap and prevent yellowing.

Clean windows with vinegar and water.

Use as you would liquid fabric softener to reduce static cling and soften clothes.

For stains caused by grass, coffee, tea, fruits and berries try
soaking the clothing in full strength vinegar.

Soak cloth diapers in a diaper pail of 2 gallons of water and 1 cup of vinegar
to neutralize urine smell. It also helps to reduce diaper rash.

Remove water stains from leather by rubbing with a cloth dipped in a
vinegar and water solution.

If you are letting the hem out of some jeans and they have a white line you can remedy the problem with vinegar. Warm up yoru iron. Dip an old toothbrush into vinegar with a little water and scrub the white line with it. Press with the iron. If line is still there, repeat.

Other Miscellaneous Uses

Bring vinegar to a boil in an old saucepan.
Reduce to simmer and place paintbrushes with hardened paint on them in the pan.
Leave until you see paint loosen. Wash brushes with soapy water to soften the brushes.

Pour baking soda down a clogged drain. Add boiling vinegar to it and your drain should unclog. If not, your clog is needing a commercial drain opener.

To tighten cane bottom or caneback chairs sponge them with a hot solution of half vinegar and half water. Place the chairs out in the hot sun to dry. They will tighten back into shape.

Rub down your dogs and cats with vinegar if they get sprayed by a skunk.

Dissolve chewing gum by saturating the area with vinegar. I
f the vinegar is heated, it will work faster.

Kill grass or weeds by pouring hot vinegar over the area.
This may take a few times to work but it is cheaper than commercial products.

Wash your windshield with vinegar in the winter to help keep ice and frost away.

Pour vinegar around the sides of your pool and it helps keeps flies away.

Pour 1/4 cup of cider vinegar on grain once a day for your horses.
It keeps the flies away from them!

Pour or wipe vinegar at openings to your home where ants are coming in.
The residue seems to stop them.

Pour vinegar around a child's sandbox to reduce flies and
also deter cats from using it as a litter box.

For one quart of water you use to put fresh cut flowers in, add 2 tablespoons of vinegar and 1 tablespoon of sugar to the water to keep them longer.

If your vehicle smells musty, put a bowl of vinegar inside overnight.
Close up the windows. The next morning the musty smell should be gone.

Spray your windows screens with white vinegar that you add a few drops of dish soap to. This will keep gnats and other small insects away.