Have you ever wondered why vinegar is so amazingly useful? Because you can use it for a gajillion things, that's why, or at least I do.
First of all, there are many different kinds of vinegar. Since I use mostly DWV, distilled white vinegar, and ACV, apple cider vinegar those are what I'll be referring to the most here. I also have some BV, balsamic vinegar, but I don't use it like I use the DWV.
I use DVW with soap to wipe down counters after I've prepped meat and to clean the stove.
I also use it on tile floors and also to decontaminate bathrooms.
I use it for decontaminating toothbrushes if I can't get right out to get fresh ones if someone has been sick here at home and I need to be home taking care of the sickie and not out purchasing a new toothbrush right at that time. Why take the chance on someone with re-contamination when it's as simple as soaking a toothbrush in a cup of DWV to make it clean again? Most mouthwashes contain some very yucky chemicals, which are things we try to avoid in our house. Don't believe me? Go read some labels and get back to me on that sometime.
I've used it to clean windows. I've used it to clean wood. Weed killer. Bug killer.
Sometimes recipes call for it in cooking and yet another use is in cough medicine. Yes, I make my own.
It's great to use diluted in water as a hair rinse. (I don't find there's a lingering odor with using it as a hair rinse.)
My favorite use? Laundry. Yes, laundry. I use it in place of fabric softener. It works fabulously well and there's no lingering odor. (15 loads of laundry a week for 25 years equals 15,600 loads of laundry. Unfortunately for much of that, I used icky commercial products and didn't know I had alternatives out there to use.)
Speaking of laundry, I got some stuff from the store instead of making my own. It's called Foca, purchased for 8.59 at The Red Dot Logo Store. It's got a cute critter on the front and it's excellent stuff. I rounded the price up to 9.00 and used half a cup for each load and got 100 loads out of the big bag of it. People, that is .09 cents per load of laundry. It worked as well as the laundry detergent I make, and yes, I would purchase and use it again.
Anyway, vinegar is versatile. Don't believe me? Look on Pinterest.
First of all, there are many different kinds of vinegar. Since I use mostly DWV, distilled white vinegar, and ACV, apple cider vinegar those are what I'll be referring to the most here. I also have some BV, balsamic vinegar, but I don't use it like I use the DWV.
I use DVW with soap to wipe down counters after I've prepped meat and to clean the stove.
I also use it on tile floors and also to decontaminate bathrooms.
I use it for decontaminating toothbrushes if I can't get right out to get fresh ones if someone has been sick here at home and I need to be home taking care of the sickie and not out purchasing a new toothbrush right at that time. Why take the chance on someone with re-contamination when it's as simple as soaking a toothbrush in a cup of DWV to make it clean again? Most mouthwashes contain some very yucky chemicals, which are things we try to avoid in our house. Don't believe me? Go read some labels and get back to me on that sometime.
I've used it to clean windows. I've used it to clean wood. Weed killer. Bug killer.
Sometimes recipes call for it in cooking and yet another use is in cough medicine. Yes, I make my own.
It's great to use diluted in water as a hair rinse. (I don't find there's a lingering odor with using it as a hair rinse.)
My favorite use? Laundry. Yes, laundry. I use it in place of fabric softener. It works fabulously well and there's no lingering odor. (15 loads of laundry a week for 25 years equals 15,600 loads of laundry. Unfortunately for much of that, I used icky commercial products and didn't know I had alternatives out there to use.)
Speaking of laundry, I got some stuff from the store instead of making my own. It's called Foca, purchased for 8.59 at The Red Dot Logo Store. It's got a cute critter on the front and it's excellent stuff. I rounded the price up to 9.00 and used half a cup for each load and got 100 loads out of the big bag of it. People, that is .09 cents per load of laundry. It worked as well as the laundry detergent I make, and yes, I would purchase and use it again.
Anyway, vinegar is versatile. Don't believe me? Look on Pinterest.
