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9 uses for white vinegar

2022-10-29T06:28:21.717Z


From the kitchen to the shower, via the laundry room, white vinegar has its place everywhere in the house.


White

vinegar

(alcohol vinegar or crystal vinegar) is a real asset for cleaning the whole house.

Not only is it a natural and economical household product, but it is also a disinfectant, a descaler, an anti-limestone.

It degreases, softens, restores shine... Here are 9 tips for using white vinegar at home.

1. To disinfect everything in the house

White vinegar is an excellent antimicrobial disinfectant and a natural alternative to bleach.

You can use it to clean the toilets, disinfect the inside of your fridge or on your kitchen worktops.

2. To descale a kettle or coffee maker

White vinegar is unparalleled for recovering a clogged kettle, a coffee maker or taps with scale.

It does not give limestone a chance.

For your kettle, all you have to do is pour one part vinegar for one part water and turn on your appliance.

Once the water has boiled, your kettle will be gleaming.

For your seals, your shower head or your sink, spray pure vinegar on it, let it act and rinse.

3. To clean the pipes

Unpleasant odors rising from your pipes?

Little gnats twirling towards the sink drain?

White vinegar can help you maintain your plumbing.

Mix 200 g baking soda and 200 g coarse salt.

Pour into the pipes then cover with white vinegar to unclog, clean the pipes and get rid of bad smells.

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4. To clean the windows

As white vinegar has a strong degreasing power, it is perfect for giving shine to your windows, glass, mirrors, shower screens, faucets, etc.

In a spray bottle, mix equal parts water and white vinegar and spray the walls to be cleaned.

Then rub with a microfiber cloth to shine.

If the smell of white vinegar bothers you, do not hesitate to add a few drops of essential oil or orange or lemon peels to the spray,

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Add a few drops of vinegar to the water in your dishes or your dishwasher and it will sparkle.

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5. To loosen fabrics

If you have a stain on a piece of clothing, a bath towel or a sheet, white vinegar can help you.

It has the reputation of getting rid of stains of blood, wine, coffee, grass, rust, chocolate... To do this, rub the stain with a cotton pad or a clean sponge soaked in stain-removing white vinegar. before washing it with the rest of your laundry in the machine.

6. To soften laundry

Linen washed with natural products is softer.

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Adding a little white vinegar to the fabric softener tray of the washing machine makes the laundry softer when it comes out.

Also, white vinegar was a good limescale remover, as we have already seen, using it is beneficial for your washing machine and its drum.

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7. To weed the garden

White vinegar is generally known for its uses inside the house, but its action in the garden is often overlooked.

By spraying a mixture of hot water and white vinegar on the weeds in the garden, it is indeed an excellent weed killer in the garden.

8. For cooking and storing

Alcohol vinegar (white vinegar) is indeed edible and can be useful for food.

It is used in particular for poached eggs (a few tablespoons of white vinegar in boiling water), added to water to clean a salad or to preserve vegetable pickles.

Do not hesitate to pass your fruits and vegetables in vinegar water: this will serve as a natural repellent against midges.

9. To make your hair shine

For beauty, white vinegar can be used to make your hair shine, instead of your conditioner.

It is also a very good detangler.

It is even sometimes used to fight against dandruff, and… lice.

In this case, use ¼ vinegar for ¾ water.

If the hair smells strongly when washed, it will no longer smell when dried.

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To note

In most uses, you can combine white vinegar with baking soda for more efficiency, either by concocting a paste with the two products, or by first sprinkling a little baking soda and then adding the white vinegar on top. .

This causes an active reaction that overcomes microbes and encrusted stains.

We hope that these tips have convinced you that white vinegar is a multi-use cleaning product for the home: economical, biodegradable and ecological, it knows how to make itself indispensable.

Source: lefigaro

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