Using Vinegar for Green Cleaning!

Green Cleaning with Vinegar! 

(...and other around the house items!!) 

                     

 

White distilled vinegar is a popular household cleanser, effective for killing most mold, bacteria, and germs, due to its level of acidity. Cleaning with white distilled vinegar is a smart way to avoid using harsh chemicals. You’ll also be glad to know that it is environmentally friendly and very economical.

 

 

A few things around my home that I use distilled white vinegar to clean:

 

Clean and deodorize drains: Pour 1 cup baking soda, then one cup hot white distilled vinegar. Let this sit for 5 minutes or so, then run hot water down the drain.

Deodorize the garbage disposal: Pour 1/2 cup baking soda and 1/2 cup hot white distilled vinegar in disposal. Let sit for 5 minutes then run hot water down the disposal.  To clean the garbage disposal:  Use white distilled vinegar ice cubes. Make them by freezing full-strength white distilled vinegar in an ice cube tray. Run several cubes down the disposal while flushing with cold water.

Clean the microwave: Mix 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar and 1/2 cup water in a microwave-safe bowl. Bring it to a rolling boil inside the microwave. Baked-on food will be loosened, and odors will disappear. Wipe clean.

Grease splattered oven door window: Saturate it with full-strength white distilled vinegar. Keep the door open for 10 to 15 minutes before wiping with a sponge.

Soap buildup and odors from the dishwasher: Pour a cup of white distilled vinegar inside the empty machine and run it through a whole cycle. Do monthly.

Mineral deposits from coffee makers: Fill the water reservoir with 1 cup or more of white distilled vinegar and run it through a whole cycle. Run it once or twice more with plain water to rinse clean. (Check the owners’ manual first.)

Get rid of fruit flies: Set out a small dish of undiluted white distilled vinegar.

 

Cleaning the grill easier:  Spray a solution of half water and half white distilled vinegar on the cooking surface.  Clean your grill: Spritz white distilled vinegar over wadded up aluminum foil and scrubbing the grill vigorously with it.

Remove a label, decal, or price tag: Cover with a cloth soaked in white distilled vinegar. Leave the cloth on overnight and the label should slide off.

Kill germs all around the bathroom: Spray of full-strength white distilled vinegar. Wipe clean with a damp cloth. Remove grime, mildew, and scum from the tub, tile, shower curtain or door, wipe with undiluted white distilled vinegar. Rinse with water. Spray shower doors with full-strength white distilled vinegar after you’ve squeegeed the glass, or before you step in and turn on the water. It will help release the hard water deposits so they don’t remain on the glass.  Get rid of stubborn bathtub film by wiping it with white distilled vinegar and then scouring with baking soda.  Clean a scummy showerhead, pour 1/2 cup baking soda and 1 cup white distilled vinegar into a sandwich bag and tie it around the showerhead. Let this set for an hour after the bubbling has stopped. Remove the bag and then turn on the water. Deodorize the toilet bowl: allow 3 cups white distilled vinegar to sit in it for about a half hour before flushing.

 

 

Thanks, Vinegar Tips  for helping me to become a more economical and environmentally friendly cleaner!