Household Uses for Vinegar (not just for cooking!)

courtesy of http://www.versatilevinegar.org   Use Vinegar to Strip Veneer The channel, Fox 14 (Joplin, Missouri/Pittsburg, Kansas), featured a story on their website to use vinegar to strip veneer off of furniture.  Click here to learn more. Use Vinegar as a Fixture Polish The Washington Post/Kings Feature Syndicate provides a tip from Heloise to clean chrome bathroom fixtures with vinegar.  The tip follows: “Using undiluted vinegar and a microfiber cloth, wipe the bathroom fixtures and let the vinegar sit for a minute or two, rub with the cloth and then rinse with water. If you have really hard-to-remove water stains, take a tissue, cover the area, then dampen with vinegar. Let it sit for a while. Then use a scrub brush, rinse and dry.” How to Make Natural Dyes for Easter Eggs USA Today featured a story in print and online on natural dyes for Easter eggs.  The article is titled, “How to make natural dyes for Easter eggs.” The article shares some concerns with “artificial” dyes and then offers several natural dye recipes.  All of the recipes include vinegar.  Homemade Cleaning Products An article on azcentral.com, titled, “Save money with gentle, homemade products,” featured recipes for a variety of cleaning products, using several ingredients, including vinegar.  Cleaning Tankless Water Heaters The heraldnet.com (Everett, Washington) featured an article on the benefits of tankless water heaters.  Of note, the article states, “Tankless water heaters require minimal maintenance, other than periodic flushing to descale them of mineral buildup. A plumber can do that service, typically for about $100 to $150. A handy homeowner can clean the system with vinegar if he or she follows the manufacturer's recommended guidelines for descaling.”  (Emphasis added.)