Uses of Vinegar for Beauty, Laundry, or Car Interior Cleaning

By Barry M Mcdonald

The variety of uses vinegar has makes it a product you should learn more about. Most people have already used vinegar for something other than a salad dressing. Some of its more untraditional, yet popular uses include: window cleaning, stain removal, for deodorising, or as a universal sanitizing solution. However, there are some more unpopular applications, such as the various applications for beauty care, doing the laundry, and even for your car.

Vinegar Uses for Beauty

Vinegar baths have been known for centuries. Nowadays, you can use herbal vinegar for balancing the PH in your skin. Add no more than a cup in the bathwater. The result - cleansed, refreshed skin, itches-free. If you have flaking skin issues, vinegar can prove to be the solution you need.

Revitalising skin procedures in your home - herbals and vinegar can help. There are many combinations, which used for taking a bath, will all have a positive effect. Toss the ingredients in a cloth, tie it, and put it in the bath. With the hot water there, it can become a fairytale of aromas in your bathroom.

Here are the suggested vinegar and herbs bath combinations:

• Orange peel, rose petals, and peppermint leaves;
• Lavender flowers and rosemary leaves;
• Rose petals, almond oil, and witch hazel;
• Lemongrass and spearmint;
• Thyme, sage, and rose petals;
• Bay leaves and crushed cloves;
• Lemon peel and rose petals;
• Rose petals and chamomile flowers;

Vinegar Bath Salts

Ingredients: 4 cups vinegar, 1 cup baking soda, ½ cup Epsom salts, ¼ cup salt.

Mix well and store in a covered container. Use ½ cup for each bath. This will help relive sore and tired muscles and make you feel energized.

Uses of Vinegar in Your Car

Remove Bumper Sticker

Pour some vinegar on the bumper sticker directly. Allow some time to soak. Scrape the sticker. If you don't have an ice scraper, a credit card might be useful enough. Usually sticky residue might remain, so repeat the procedure once more.

Interior Cleaning Uses

As most of you might already know, vinegar has many great applications when it comes to cleaning. Your car is no different and the fabrics there are almost the same as in your home. Upholstery, plastic, carpeting, etc. These all can be cleaned with the use of vinegar.

Cleaning Chrome

Full-strength vinegar on a cloth is the solution needed. From then on, it is all about elbow grease and some hard buffing.

Vinegar and Laundry

Bear in mind that there are different types of vinegar. The ones used for the solutions above are mainly apple cider, herbal, and distilled. As a laundry booster, only white vinegar can be used.

Washing New Clothes

All new clothes smell the same, right? This is because they are treated with chemicals. Even if you like it, it is good to make sure our clothes are safe. Add a cup of white vinegar to the washing cycle.

Brightening White or Coloured Clothes

Half a cup added to the load will brighten all kinds of fabrics. This is a great solution to safe some money from expensive detergents.

Pet Urine on Clothes

Soak the garment in vinegar and allow it to stay there for some hours. Do a regular wash afterwards. The smell should be gone, even if vinegar smell can still be sensed. However, the latter one will be soon gone, as otherwise the cat urine would've been there forever.