Vinegar to the rescue!
Friday, November 14th, 2008Get yourself a gallon of distilled white vinegar and be prepared to conquer common household problems for a fraction of the costs of chemical cleaning supplies.
Add 1/4 cup of vinegar to the final rinse water when washing clothes. By rinsing off dulling saop residue, vinegar brightens colors and whitens whites. It even keeps your black clothes as dark as when you bought them.
Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to laundry detergent when washing new clothes. It gets rid of manufacturing chemicals in new clothing.
Add 1 cup of vinegar to your dishwasher and run it empty for a cycle. The vinegar gets rid of any soap residue that makes glassware cloudy.
Make a spray bottle of a mixture of vinegar and water to clean and freshen counter tops, inside of the microwave, lunch boxes, plastic food containers and the refrigerator.
A mixture of white distilled vinegar and water (mixture amount depends on the size of the job) will get rid of varmints such as fleas on your dog, or ants in your yard.
I know this blog entry may seem lack luster is comparison of what is going on in the world. We have an economic crisis, two wars, a new president, and sometimes with all this going on, I feel like the only thing I CAN control is the health, and happy hum of my home!
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