White Vinegar Home Cleaning Hacks

Vinegar (5% white vinegar) does a magic when it comes to home cleaning. It is an inexpensive and a great cleaning product, though some of you might not like the nasty smell of vinegar. Without much introduction, let’s find out some of the great ways to use vinegar as a cleaning agent.

Remove Sticky Odor from the Refrigerator –

Somehow your fridge smells bad because of those cheesy leftovers or garlics etc. Not to worry as white vinegar comes in very handy. Put a bowl of vinegar in refrigerator to completely de-odorize the space.

Clean Your Stainless Steel Appliances –

Grease marks become so prominent on stainless steel appliances that these wipe out all your cleaning efforts. Take a spray bottle, mix one part vinegar in one part water. Shake well. Spray it on stainless steel appliance and wipe the surface with a microfiber cloth. It will remove all the oil marks and leave a perfect sheen on the appliances to enjoy.

Cooking Odors –

Cooking is fun but not the afterward odor especially coming from your closets and upholstery. Take one cup of vinegar and two cups of water in a pot. Boil that pot till it is evaporated. It will neutralize the cooking odor in your home adding a very fresh fragrance. Though some people do not like the acidic smell of vinegar. If you are one of those, do not boil it for a long time.

Vinegar as a Fabric softener –

Yes! you read it right. You can put vinegar where you put fabric softener to get fluffy, soft and odorless fabrics. But we recommend to check manufacturers’ guidelines before putting vinegar.

Clean Microwave –

Take 1/4th cup of vinegar in a bowl and add 1 cup water to it. Microwave it until steam appears on the microwave window. Wipe the microwave with clean cloth to clear the food residue.

Get Sparkly Cutlery –

Mix one part of vinegar in three parts of water and soak your clean cutlery in it. Let it stay for few minutes. Then take out the cutlery and wipe with a microfiber to get a clean and shinny cutlery. If you have those brownish or dark marks on your cutlery, you may consider this method to get a sparkly cutlery.

Get a Shiny Shower Door –

To remove build-up soap scum from the shower door wiped a glass shower door with a sponge soaked in vinegar. Wipe it again with soft white cloth. No need to rinse.

There are many more ways to use vinegar as a cleaning product. Let us know what is your one favorite way of using vinegar for a sparkly home!