Dirty Talk

Don't use expensive proprietary cleaners on ceramic hobs, use a value brand cream cleanser and finish off by buffing up with a few drops of white vinegar on a soft cloth to shine it up.

i had problems with roaches it was the cleaner i was usingpine sol lysol any thing smelly like that will attract them that was bringing them in use vinegar to clean with or clorox bleach nothing else they will go away

use cream of tarter in a sink of hot water and vinegar let set over night then clean the electric stove pans,salt and lemon juice work well too

If you are having trouble with fruit flies in your kitchen just take a coffee mug and put about one quarter of a cup of cider vinegar and a tablespoon of dish soap into it. Vinegar first and let the dish soap settle not mix into it. Leave this out for 24 hours and all of the fruit flies wil have come for vinegar and stayed because of the soap :)

To remove deodorant stains from shirts etc., soak in white vinegar and warm water for 30 minutes before putting into the washing machine, the vinegar softens the deodorant and the detergent does the rest.

I compost my garbage for my small garden. I place peelings and other vegetable waste in a plastic food storage tub next to my sink until it fills. Then I place the waste in my composter. The plastic food container tends to smell badly by the time it is full. I have found wiping it and the lid out with white vinegar and letting it air dry solves this problem with little fuss.

it was vinegar , baking soda, and tea tree oil

I watched a show today were Kim made up a spray of three items to clean your bath of Tea tree oil and white vinegar but I can't remember the third ingredient. Does anyone know what it was?

I have 2 dogs and the one keeps having accidents on my area rugs. They are dark colors and now they have really dark stains on them. I've tried washing them with the hose and I tried white vinegar and I've even bought the carpet cleaner stuff at the store and it still won't come out. HELP!

Vinegar is a good disinfectant because of its acidity. If you "neutralize" the odor with baking soda, you will DECREASE the acidity, and probably decrease its germ fighting ability.

To Lorimay, who has grease stains on glass: Have you tried the K&A standard of 1 part vinegar, 1 part warm water, and a few squirts of liquid soap? The vinegar and soap are both great grease fighters. I have just used this on a very old mucky sash window I picked up at a flea market (read: picture frame) and it turned out very well. Mix the ingredients in a spray bottle and use crumpled newspaper to wipe. This will take a little bit of elbow grease, but it works like a charm.

for homemade shower fresh: ½ cup laundry detergent and ½ cup vinegar mixed with three cups water. Pour into a 32 oz spray bottle and mist on daily. No need to wipe down or rinse. or 1 Cup vinegar, 1 squirt of Dawn, 1/4 Cup Jet Dry Pour all ingredients into a spray bottle. Fill the rest of the way with water. Do it slowly. Cascade can be replaced with Jet Dry

I live in an apartment, that has really inefficient old appliances. The worst being the dishwasher. If I leave just the littlest bit of food on a dish, it'll stay or wind up on my glassware. Yuck! This is what I do now to fix this problem. If I have stuck on food (like hard stuck on food left on the counters for hours), I add to the dishwasher, my dishwasher tablet, and fill the dispensers with cheap distilled vinegar. It's roughly a 1/4 to 1/3 cup of vinegar for a full load (roughly the amount of dishes 3 meals a day x 2 days x 3 people). My dishes come out sparkling and squeaky clean every time!

We have old Edwardian brilliant cut glass badly stained with 100+ years of coal dust, smoke & nicotine which seemed impossible to clean with conventional cleaners. We made a paste of bicarb & vinegar and smeared over, left it for 15 minutes and washed off with a bit of elbow grease - the glass is now sparkling clean.

To keep your dryer from using up too much energy (and to get your clothes to dry faser) clean your lint screen with a scrub brush and a dab of soap or vinegar. Rinse the screen and water should fall through. Even though you're taking off the lint buildup when you do laundry, tiny particles accumulate in the screen and prevent airflow thus increasing the time your clothes spend in the dryer. Do this once a month (if you don't do much laundry) or once every couple of weeks (for families).

use salt, baking soda and lemon juice(or vinegar) top up with boiling water to keep your drains smelling nice .

Fishy washing machine? Try running an empty load with vinegar in it. It should remove the fishy smell.

To Mum with the fish. Try running a load of rags or towels through it with 2/3 a cup of borax and about a cup of vinegar in the rinse water. Also if your washer has a lint trap, check it out to see whether there is a lot of lint in there which is staying damp and trap odor.

I add essential oils to my vinegar when making up my counter spray. 1 part bicarbonate soda, 1 part vinegar,1 tsp borax, 10-15 drops essential oil. It cleans fabulously and the essential oil leaves a great scent.

To clean an automatic dishwasher put EITHER a cup of white vinegar OR 1/2 cup Citric Acid in the bottom and run it through a cycle. You can get Citric Acid in most Pharmacies.