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13 Surprising Uses for Vinegar

Submitted by: rt in v b  04/17/2009 1:31 AM
 
Editor's Note: This tip was originally submitted as a comment in response to daisycatt1's tip on the Mutliple Uses of Vinegar:

My folks used vinegar on everything. Mom is 93.

  1. Rinsing your hair in vinegar after a perm or coloring helps rid the smell and no you won't smell like vinegar when it dries. You can rinse with water after the vinegar rinse, if you're concerned.

  2. Mold on clothes - just put vinegar in the washer.

  3. Spilt milk that wasn't found for sometime and had soured - vinegar removed smell.

  4. Douche - cheap.

  5. Pimples - I keep an old pill bottle in the bathroom with a little vinegar to rub on my face - acts like a facial peel.

  6. Bird feeders - I pour vinegar and water in a bucket or in my large utility sink and soak them, then scrub them. Safer for the birds.

  7. Malt vinegar used on french fries - I'm hooked.

  8. My husband also likes vinegar on ribs or fried food.

  9. As a tonic for arthritis.

  10. Sore throat - warm water with vinegar and salt - heals and draws out the crud.

  11. Swimmer's ear - a drop of white vinegar in each ear - for those kids that swim daily.

  12. Fungus - soak feet daily in vinegar water.

  13. Rash - vinegar in the bathwater.
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Sunburn, spray straight vinegar on your body. Repeat if necessary. Or, soak in a vinegar bath. This really works. That's why there are vinegar stands set up on the beaches of Austrailia.
 
Posted by Connie on May 03, 2009 4:35 PM
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My fave use for vinegar: use a half-cup in the sink with detergent when hand washing dishes, and a half-cup in the dishwasher with detergent.

Vinegar makes everything shiny, spot-free and cuts grease.

 
Posted by anonymous on May 07, 2009 2:15 PM
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I agree about the sunburn - my mom always did that. It seems to cool it.
 
Posted by anonymous on May 07, 2009 2:28 PM
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I love a little apple cider vinegar on my green beans or spinach!
 
Posted by anonymous on May 07, 2009 3:08 PM
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Great tips. My favorite resource for the use of apple cider vinegar is an old, tattered pocket book my mom passed onto me. It's call "FOLK MEDICINE" by D.C. Jarvis, M.D. You might really have to search for a copy, but it's definitely worthwhile. I've heard of using vinegar to clean the coffee pot, but have had very poor results until a lady told me recently that you pour it full strength into the reservoir and let it sit overnight. I did it and now the coffee pot I was about to throw away is working like new again.
 
Posted by Diana C. AZ on May 07, 2009 3:53 PM
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Vinegar for the sunburn: what works best for me is a kitchen towel dampened with vinegar and lay it on the burn. the cool lasts longer, no stinging from the spray bottle. It actually removed my burn completely, no peeling. Warning, though: I didn't tan afterwards.
 
Posted by anonymous on May 07, 2009 4:11 PM
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Isn't Vinegar effective in cleaning grout? I heard it was but haven't tried it yet. Should be a lot cheaper than the standard grout cleaner.
 
Posted by Jennifer S. TX on May 07, 2009 4:56 PM
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After you put it on your sunburn the pain and heat lift off your body, but it still leaves you smelling like a tossed salad.
 
Posted by anonymous on May 07, 2009 5:54 PM
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I love cleaning with 1/2 vinegar and 1/2 water. I put it in a spray bottle and have at it. It's much safer than regular cleaners and the smell only lingers about an hour. My new favorite!
 
Posted by Stacie on May 07, 2009 6:23 PM
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What is the combination to use vinegar as a tonic for arthritis?
 
Posted by anonymous on May 07, 2009 7:23 PM
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Raw organic unfiltered vinegar is the best.
 
Posted by anonymous on May 08, 2009 12:11 AM
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vinegar and baking soda make a salve for treatment of poison Ivy/Oak itching!!
 
Posted by Shawn on June 08, 2009 12:32 PM
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vinegar dissolves hardened oil based paint, as in soak a hardened brush,

If it does not bother your skin (hasn't mine) vinegar is a highly effective under arm deodarant-can kep bras, clothes fresh a long time.
 
Posted by anonymous on June 12, 2009 11:20 PM
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vinegar is great for relieving insect bites. even the black flies in Canada.
 
Posted by Ted on June 13, 2009 5:01 PM
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vinegar is also great for restless legs. straight from the bottle. I use apple cider, just pour some in your hand and gently rub on your legs. In 5 minutes the restlessness will be gone. Smell doesn't last that long.
 
Posted by Doris on November 08, 2009 8:24 PM
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