How to Go Green and Use Vinegar for Household Cleaning

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By Coach4U
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Go Green to help the environment

Do you want to try and improve on the products that you use around your house? Are you trying to Go Green? Common vinegar has many household uses. It’s not only inexpensive, but it’s natural and won’t harm the environment.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

white vinegar
water
bucket
paper towels or rags

Step 1

Vinegar has acid in; so this makes it good to use as a preventative treatment in those areas where mold and mildew grows. A good example would be around the bathtub/shower area. Simply wash down the walls with vinegar every couple of weeks.
Step 2

Glass doors on the shower will be clean and bright if you wash them down with a solution of water and vinegar once a week.
Step 3

You can also clean the shower door tracks by pouring straight vinegar unto them. Rinse with water after about five minutes.
Step 4

You can clean ceramic tile or linoleum floors and gets them shiny and clean by mopping with a solution of ½ cup of vinegar and warm water.
Step 5

You can clean the base of sink faucets by soaking paper towels in undiluted white vinegar and leaving them on the base of the faucets for an hour or so. Scrub with an old toothbrush and rinse them off. They will look as good as new.
Step 6

Vinegar is good for cleaning mirrors and windows. It doesn’t leave streaks. Put ½ cup of vinegar in a gallon of water and clean away. To make cleaning easier put the solution in a clean sprayer bottle, label it, and keep it on hand.
Step 7

You can strip wallpaper with a solution of ½ cup of vinegar in a gallon of hot water. Simply take a rag and soak down the paper with the solution. If the wallpaper is stubborn add more vinegar.
Step 8

To clean up your washing machine pour a gallon of white vinegar into it and run the machine through a regular cycle.
Step 9

To clean your coffeepot run two cups of white vinegar and two cups of water through it.Next, run plain water through the pot. Your coffee will taste much better. Do this as often as needed.

Comments

maryladd said

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on 10/18/2009 this is good info..I use vinegar but did not think about the washing machine..green is the new deal..I get it..cleaning house is better with green thanks.5 * recommended you

dsluvshak said

on 10/1/2009 Thanks for the great article! I like to use vinegar also to remove stains from clothing, remove strong odors from the air ("yuck-trash"), and simply clean glass and mirrors!

godfather25 said

on 8/13/2009 Excellent cleaning tips, while going green.

langleycornwell said

on 5/4/2009 Great green uses for vinegar, one of my favorite household products. 5*s.

goldiec said

on 4/23/2009 I love articles like this! Thanks for sharing this great article about going green and using vinegar forhousehold cleaning. 5* I'm putting this in my favorites.