Vinegar uses?!
Answers: i have some distilled white vinegar, can someone give me multipurpose uses of vinegar please? such as cleaning, cooking, first aid, etc etc. thank u.
------------------------- VINEGAR USES --------------------------
1. Cleaning drains
[Pour 1/2 cup baking soda in the drain, followed by 1/2 cup vinegar; the mixture will foam as it cleans and deodorizes. Use every few weeks to keep drains clean.]
2. Mildew on plastic shower curtains
[Put the shower curtain in the washing machine with light-colored towels; add 1 cup white vinegar to the detergent and wash.]
3. Soap scum on shower
[Spray on vinegar, scrub and rinse.]
4. Toilet hard-water rings
[Shut off water at the tank and flush to remove as much water as possible. Spray vinegar on the ring, sprinkle in borax and scrub with drywall sandpaper.]
5. Showerhead deposits
[Pour white vinegar into a plastic bag, tape to the showerhead and leave overnight. Brush the showerhead to remove remaining deposits.]
6. Softening laundry
[Fill dispenser with 1/4 cup white vinegar to soften laundry without leaving odors.]
7. Cleaning vinyl floors
[Add 1/4 cup vinegar to 1 gallon hot water for spotless floors.]
8. Cleaning windows
[Mix 50 percent white vinegar with 50 percent water in a spray bottle. Spray glass surfaces and wipe dry.]
9. Neutralize pet odors
[Mix 1 part white vinegar to 3 parts water. Pour on stained areas and blot; never rub to remove stains and odors.]
10. Greasy dishes
[Mix 2 tablespoons white vinegar to liquid dish soap to boost its cleaning power.]
More uses..........
a) Countertops
[Vinegar is mild enough to be safe for all countertops. Pour on a soft cloth and wipe down the counters. It can be used with water, but if used undiluted it repels bugs. It dries to a spotless finish.]
b) Stainless-steel sinks
[Sprinkle in baking soda, pour in some vinegar and scrub with a cloth. Let it soak on stained areas of the sink, then rinse and buff dry.]
c) Coffeepots
[Pour in undiluted vinegar. If the pot has burned-on stains, add some salt to the vinegar. Scrub with a brush and rinse for a sparkling-clean pot.]
d) Air freshener
[Mix together 2 cups water, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 1 teaspoon baking soda. Store in a labeled spray bottle and spray as needed to remove odors from the air.] (Vinegar doesn't just cover up odors -- it eliminates them.)
*Tip: Swab each fingernail with white vinegar just before polishing your nails. The acid in the vinegar helps the nail polish stick, providing better polish coverage and wear.
----- MORE USES -------
.1) Setting color in clothes
[Add 1 cup white vinegar to a container of warm water and soak the fabric for 30 minutes to an hour.]
.2) Suede stains
[Blot the stain with vinegar on a cloth after first testing in an inconspicuous place on the fabric. The acids in the vinegar are excellent for removing stains. Set the nap with a suede brush or a toothbrush while it's wet and after it dries.]
.3) Steam irons
[Mix a solution of 50 percent vinegar and 50 percent water and pour in the water reservoir. Let the iron steam for 10 to 15 minutes, then turn it off and let it cool for an hour. Turn it back on and heat until it's steaming. Finally, turn it off and pour out the water. Swab out the steam vents on the plate with a pipe cleaner and iron over an old cloth or towel to remove any remaining water deposits.]
.4) Perspiration stains
[Heat white vinegar until it's warm, pour in a spray bottle and spray on the perspiration stains. Sprinkle the stained area with borax and spray again with vinegar. Work the mixture in, using your thumbs. Let it set for approximately 15 minutes and launder as usual.]
*Tip: Clean a scorched iron with a paste of vinegar and salt. The vinegar is an acid and the salt is an abrasive that combine to remove the scorched material.
Hope that's detailed enough ;-]
I like to use it to pickle white cocktail onions, or ordinary onions.
Cleaning, use vinegar with water, multipurpose.
For cooking can be used in cooking seafood for steaming, add to the bottom of a pot of water, 1/2 cup of old bay cook.
You can make salad dressing with it.
Clean mirrors and window panes, make sweet and sour sauce(Great!), wouldn't use it for first aid...acid would make a wound 'burn'.....there's a recipe for a 'vinegar pie' that is absolutely fantastic!
Didn't believe it till I made it...tastes like a lemon pie!
Go to ...foodnetwork.com....type in 'vinegar pie' in the search area up top and hit search....Emeril Lagasse has one, and I have a different, old fashioned recipe....add half the vinegar called for, then add any citrus juice! WOW!
A salad dressing that is SO low in calories is this: shred your lettuce and whatever else you want in the salad. In a bowl, add a third of a cup of vinegar, then add any no-sugar jam or preserves...then wisk till mixed. Pour over and let sit for a while. Fantastic!
It's a good meat tenderizer.It's good for marinating fried chicken and meat. it's good for salads too. You can use vinegar to clean the molds in your bathrooms.Spray the ceiling of of your bathroom which have molds.It's better than the toxic smell that destroys your chest from the other sprays.While frying fish in the kitchen put some of it in a bowl and set beside your cooking gas while frying to avoid fish smell. Before you eat some green and leafy vegetables(raw) you have to wash it good and soak in a deep water with 2-3 tbsp. of vinegar to kill any parasites ova if it's present.
If you or anyone you know have high blood pressure, you can soak pork in a little vinegar to eliminate the substance that contributes to pressure headaches and sicknesses. A lot of people who have high blood pressure are advised to eat little or no pork.
Do this before cooking. My source say that you won't even taste the vinegar...especially if you are frying it.
cooking and cleaning
vinegar is excellent for cleaning panelling
In various dilutions with water or pure vinegar it can be used for numerous applications. Pickling veggies and some fruits, window cleaner, meat marinades combines with other spices and herbs. ingredient in ketchup and most steak sauces, wash for pork you intend to smoke before adding the rub seasoning, ingredient in various salad dressings especially Italian and cole slaw dressings and believe it or not, vaginal douche. No JOKE. I could go on and on. Endless number of uses for distilled white vinegar.
For cooking I wouldn't use distilled white vinegar at all unless I was pickling.
For clean it is great use a 50/50 mixture of water and vinegar to clean windows. Use a 75 vinegar to 25 water to clean lime build up and soap scum in the tub and shower. If you shower head is starting to spay in all direction take it off and soak it over night in some vinegar. If you sinks start draining slow bring a tea kettle full of water to a boil put a half cup of baking soda down the drain poor in a couple cup of vinegar then poor the boiling water from the tea kettle down.
1. get an 8 oz spray bottle from the cosmetics department of large discount store, or maybe a grocery store
2.pour in 2 Tablespoons of distilled white vinegar
fill with water.
3. after you have rinsed your hair as much as you can=spray your hair thoroughly with the diluted vinegar
and rinse out
this will get off every but of shampoo-we have soft water and this gives me really clean hair this one filll up will last a long time.