15 Uses for Incredibly Inexpensive White Vinegar

thesimpledollar.com ^ | Dec 16 2009

[GonzoII]

One of the best bargains in your local grocery store is plain old white vinegar. You can get a 32 ounce jug of it (half a gallon) for about $1.50 and it has a multitude of uses beyond the edible ones (like pickles and salad dressings). Here are fifteen uses for white vinegar, most of which I use myself.

Toilet cleaner Got a toilet bowl that’s difficult to clean? Before you go to bed, dump a cup of vinegar in the bowl, then close the lid. I usually spread the vinegar around the bowl a bit with a brush to coat the sides. In the morning, the whole bowl will be really easy to brush. I can’t remember the last time I bought actual toilet bowl cleaner.

Refrigerator cleaner I take a gallon of warm water in a bowl, add about two cups of vinegar, bust out a rag, and use that solution to clean the inside of the refrigerator. It does a great job of cleaning things up without much effort at all. If something’s really bad, I’ll put a tablespoon or so of pure vinegar right on it, let it sit for a bit, then give it a scrub.

[GonzoII]

FYI.

[csmusaret]

It also works really well for a butt itch. Chugalug 8 ounces and it will suck your drawers right up your butt. Pulling them out effectively scratches your itch.

[SeaHawkFan]

32 ounces is a quart; not 1/2 gallon.

[MayflowerMadam]

Re RED (apple cider vinegar), after years of excruciating acid reflux and resultant sore throat, sleepless nights, expensive meds, I went online. Found this: In a cup of warm water (I nuke for ~45 seconds), add 2 tsp. cider vinegar. Add 1/4 tsp. baking soda. It’ll bubble. Stir. It’ll bubble more. Drink, preferably through a straw for your teeths’ sake. I do it after every meal, especially if high fat or spicy. Sometimes before bed, too. Haven’t had discomfort for months, since I started.

[stylecouncilor]

Thanks. That’s a neat site!

[GonzoII]

"It also works really well for a butt itch."

I prefer a bath. ;0)

[billhilly]

“It also works really well for a butt itch. Chugalug 8 ounces and it will suck your drawers right up your butt. Pulling them out effectively scratches your itch.”

I’m a sucker for crude humor and that had me on the verge of croaking.

[Jack of all Trades]

Here’s one that’s not on the list:

1/2 cup of white grape juice plus 2 tsp of white vinegar is a fair non-alcoholic substitute for wine in cooking.

[dainbramaged]

It makes an excellent weed killer - even diluted with water, and your yard smells like a salad bar.

[Cold Heart]

I personally would not use the vinegar to clean the microwave oven as described. You are putting acid vapors into an electrical system.

[Tigen]

The problem may be your heart if you keep injesting baking soda! Baking soda will kill you!
Try a table spoon of dill pickle juice.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Sounds like something you’d read in a 4H club brochure, LOL.

[Texas Fossil]

Thanks for post. Knew about most uses. Let no one make fun of frugality.

Works for me.

The container for most household chemicals costs more than the chemical.

[txhurl]

I’d have to go set up another freepname to tell you what I do with it.

[Alex Murphy]

It makes an excellent weed killer - even diluted with water, and your yard smells like a salad bar.

Just add some light oil and a few herbs, and the transformation will be complete!

[Hot Tabasco]

Great information, I’ll let my maid know about this....

[Rennes Templar]

“(Barack Hussein Obama: The bend over and suckup President.)”

“Chugalug 8 ounces and it will suck your drawers right up your butt.”

Sucking fetish?

[Disambiguator]

White vinegar should ONLY be used for cleaning, not for ingestion. It’s awful tasting stuff. Apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, and balsamic vinegar are where it’s at for food use.

[joe fonebone]

i got one.......if you get a real bad sunburn, jump in the shower, and dump it all over your body and let it be for about 5 minutes...it will take the sting out, and ease the burn....

[csmusaret]

Now Im wondering why you are the only person to make that connection. I guess you are either a fetish detective or just fixated on sucking.

[RikaStrom]

for home

[TruthHound]

They completely forgot about that whole douche thing. Cheers!

[SnakeDoctor]

Take a shot of it — that’ll put some hair on your back.

SnakeDoc

[FourPeas]

Vinegar and baking soda are both very effective and inexpensive cleaning agents. When our kids were born, we stopped using a lot of typical cleaning supplies in favour of them to save money and reduce poisons in the house. Mixing them together also makes for a fun reaction to make everything from a demonstration of a volcano to blowing up a balloon. Great stuff.

[TomGuy]

In the late 50’s my mother purchased a set of copper-bottom cookware. She spend a small fortune on copper cleaner.

Only two sauce pans of the set remained by the late 90s, and I inherited them.

I use a teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice with about a quarter teaspoon of table salt.
Spread over the copper and gently rub.
This will return its shine.
Wipe with a damp cloth.
It is more economical than copper cleaner.

[pawnshop dave]

Thanks! I needed that!!

[MayflowerMadam]

“Baking soda will kill you!”

Because of the sodium?

[GonzoII]

You’re welcome.

[Rennes Templar]

Nah, just getting a dig on a weird comment.

[BenLurkin]

BUMP!

[freebird5850]

I’ve got pretty much a whole set of Revere-Ware. I used to hand polish it every year for the holidays as we hang them in the kitchen. That gets tiresome.....solution? Take a washcloth, fold in half each way and attach to your palm sander! Works really well.