More great frugal uses for vinegar!

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

Remove lime from chrome fixtures, use a paste made of 2 tablespoons salt and 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar.

Clean your drains!  Pour in 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 in 1/2 cup baking soda and 1/2 cup hot white distilled vinegar. Let sit for 5 minutes then run hot water down the disposal.

Clean the shelves and walls of the refrigerator with a  solution of 50% water and 50% white distilled vinegar.

Cut the grime on the top of the refrigerator with a paper towel or cloth and full-strength white distilled vinegar.

To clean a 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.

Remove dishwasher odors!  Pour a cup of white distilled vinegar inside the empty machine and running it through a whole cycle. Do monthly.

For cloudy glassware, soak a cloth in full-strength white distilled vinegar and wrap around the inside and outside of the glass. Let sit a half hour or longer and rinse clean.

Clean deposits in your coffee maker. 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.)

For stained and smelly plastic food containers, wipe them with a cloth dampened with white distilled vinegar.

Remove  lunch box odors.  Place a slice of bread that has been soaked in white distilled vinegar. Leave overnight.

Clean  flower vases, let undiluted white distilled vinegar sit in them for a few hours. Add a little rice and shake hard to loosen stubborn stains. Repeat if necessary.

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