Amazing uses for Vinegar! HOLY COW!

So what are these amazing uses for vinegar I’m talking about? Keep reading.

1. Get rid of fruit flies.

I hate fruit flies.  They're annoying little buggers! Found a method that works. Pour 1/2 – 3/4 cup vinegar into a bowl. Cut a piece of plastic wrap and place it tightly over the bowl. Poke a few holes in the plastic wrap with a toothpick and set on the counter. And that’s it. A cheap, easy, and wonderful fruit fly trap.

2. Clean the shelves and walls of your refrigerator.

My Mom use to say if the top of your refrigerator was clean you're a clean housekeeper. To clean the walls and shelves of a fridge, make a half-and-half solution of vinegar and water.

3. Get a permanent marker stain out of furniture.

First, take each stained cushion, unzip it, and take off the cover (a.k.a. the stained part). In a medium bowl, create a solution of vinegar to water: 2 cups vinegar to 3/4 cup water. Get a white rag or kitchen towel, place it in the solution, wring it out, and start scrubbing the stains. You may want to do this at a table with a plastic tablecloth on top. Redip the cloth in the solution as needed. You might end up not using all of the vinegar/water solution, and that’s fine. See #7.

4. Wipe down your sink with it.

A stainless-steel sink could always use a little shine. Simply pour a tablespoon of vinegar on a sponge or rag and wipe down your sink. You could pay for a commercial sink shiner, but why?

5. Add it to your washing machine for cleaner laundry!

During the last rinse of the load, add about 1/4 cup vinegar. It can whiten whites, act as a fabric softener and reduce static cling.

6. Keep cats out of the sandbox.

Just pour a few cups of vinegar over the sand, let it dry, and now you no longer have cats trying to use the bathroom in your child’s sandbox! 

7. Deodorize your drain.

After a while of food pieces going down the drain, you may start to notice a…smell…coming from the drain. Don’t worry—it’s an easy fix. Just pour 1/2 cup vinegar down the drain (you can add some lemon juice too if you want) and voila!, you’re free from an eventual embarrassing smell. You can use leftover solution from #3 if you would like.

8. Remove berry stains from your hands.

If you get into summer berry picking as much as I do, then you’re probably as red-handed as the two-year-old who drew all over the couch. Get rid of berry stains easily by simply rubbing your hands with vinegar.

9. Clean your hair brushes.

After a while, your brushes can build up a good bit of grime, sweat, and soap. Soak your brushes in vinegar for 1 hour and rinse with hot water to get them as clean as when you bought them.

10. Loosen chewing gum stuck to a carpet.

It happens to everyone. Or almost everyone. But if it’s happened to you, you know it’s not fun. Pour about a tablespoon of vinegar on top of and around the gum, let it soak for a little while, and scrape it up.

11. Use it as conditioner.

I do it all the time when I’m out of conditioner. Just dilute 1/2 cup vinegar in two cups warm water and use it like you would conditioner. Some people don’t like to do it because they think they’ll smell like a salad bar, but I like to add essential oils to the solution to make it smell nice.

12. Wipe down your counters and stove with it.

Vinegar makes a great cleaner. Pour some in a spray bottle (I like to get mine from the dollar store), and spray away. You can wipe it down with a kitchen rag or sponge, but it helps to loosen sticky foods like molasses and shines counter tops and stoves.