1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
Pour oil and lemon juice into a squirt bottle or jar. Stir to combine. To use, dip dust cloth or rag into oil, blot the oil by folding the cloth together, and then dust your furniture. Leaves a beautiful finish!
Here's another hint to add shine and is safe to use on all surfaces.
1 1/2 cups white vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
22 ounce spray bottle
Pour vinegar and water into spray bottle. Shake gently to combine. To use, spray on and wife off.
Remember to mark on your spray bottles what the content is and for what purpose (like furniture polish,etc). I mix up lots of homemade stuff, saves a fortune.
Baking soda plus white vinegar is a very superior cleaner for kitchen and bath (and many other parts of the home of course).
My favorite cleaner is:
1 cup pinesol
1 cup ammonia
1 cup water
Mix together and mark your bottle. Use for counter tops, rug stains, showers, etc. Works better than any other rug cleaner I own. Commercial products are so overpriced and many don't work as well as the homemade ones.
Kill bacteria in meats:
Marinating meat in Vinegar; kills bacteria and tenderizes the meat. Use 1/4 cup vinegar for a 2-3 pound roast, marinate overnight, then cook without draining or rinsing the meat. Add herbs to the vinegar when marinating as desired.
Mix 1 part Apple Cider Vinegar to 1 part glycerin into a lotion and apply daily to warts until they dissolve.
Occasionally water plants with a mixture of 2 tbs White Vinegar to 1 quart water. Azaleas love acidic soil.
Remove stubborn stains from furniture upholstery and clothes. Apply White Vinegar directly to the stain, then wash as directed by the manufacturer's instructions.
Before each meal, drink a glass of water containing 2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar. Give this folk remedy at least three weeks to start working.
Pour White Vinegar in crevices and between bricks.
Make a poultice of 1 crumbled piece of bread soaked in 1/4 cup Vinegar. Let poultice sit for 1/2 hour, then apply to the corn and tape in place overnight. If corn does not peel off by morning, reapply the poultice for several consecutive nights.
Clean the hoses and unclog soap scum from a washing machine. Once a month pour 1 cup of White Vinegar into the washing machine and run the machine through a normal cycle, without clothes.
Drink 2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar in 1 cup water to soothe an upset stomach.
Use 1 part Vinegar to 1 part water in a spray bottle. Spray the bathroom fixtures and floor, then wipe clean. Clean soap scum, mildew, and grime from bathtub, tile, and shower curtains. Simply wipe the surface with Vinegar and rinse with water.
Vinegar is a natural air freshener when sprayed in a room.
Use a cotton ball to dab mosquito and other bug bites with Vinegar straight from the bottle.
Clean lime deposits and calcium sludge from an automatic drip coffee maker. Once a month fill the reservoir with White Vinegar and run through the brew cycle. Rinse thoroughly with two cycles of cold water.
Put two teaspoons of Vinegar in your humidifier or Mix 2 Tbls. of Apple Cider Vinegar with 2 Tbls or (to taste) of raw honey. Take small spoonfuls 6 times a day. This really works!
Apply undiluted Vinegar to the burn.
Fill the pots and pans with White Vinegar and let stand for 30 minutes. Then rinse in hot, soapy water.
Soak the rusted tool, bolt, or spigot in undiluted White Vinegar overnight.
Soak a chicken bone in a glass of Vinegar for three days. It will bend like rubber.
Before putting the article in the washing machine, soak it in White Vinegar for ten minutes.
Mix one cup of Vinegar in enough water to fill an ice cube tray, freeze the mixture, grind the cubes through the disposal, and flush with cold water.
Pour in one cup of White Vinegar, let it stand for five minutes, and flush.
Soak dentures overnight in White Vinegar, then brush away tartar with a toothbrush.
Apply one part White Vinegar to four parts water, then rinse.
Deodorize a room filled with cigarette smoke or paint fumes. Place a small bowl of White Vinegar in the room.
Mix one teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar in one cup of warm water, and drink.
Rinse peanut butter and mayonnaise jars with White Vinegar.
Shampoo, then rinse hair with a mixture of one cup Apple Cider Vinegar and two cups water. Vinegar adds highlights to brunette hair, restores the acid mantel, and removes soap film and sebum oil. (*Note: This really works. It makes my hair baby soft and looks thicker after I rinse with Apple Cider Vinegar.)
Fill the water tank with White Vinegar.Turn the iron to the steam setting and steam-iron a soft utility rag to clean the steam ports. Repeat the process with water, then thoroughly rinse out the inside of your iron.
Rub lightly with White Vinegar, then wipe with a clean cloth.
Use a spray bottle or mister filled with a solution of equal parts Vinegar and water around door jambs, window sills, water pipes, and foundation cracks.
Pour one-half box of old baking soda down the drain followed by one cup White Vinegar. When the bubbling stops, run the hot water.
Soak new wicks for several hours in White Vinegar and let them dry before inserting. Propane lanterns will burn longer and brighter on the same amount of fuel.
Soak a cloth in Vinegar and cover the decal or bumper sticker for several minutes until the vinegar soaks in. The decals and bumper stickers should peel off easily.
Wash sweater, then rinse in equal parts Vinegar and water to remove odor.
Add one cup Vinegar to each wash load.
Prevent ice from forming on a car windshield overnight. Coat the window with a solution of three parts White or Apple Cider Vinegar to one part water.
Add 2 tablespoons of White Vinegar plus 3 tablespoons of sugar per quart of warm water. Stems should be in 3 to 4 inches of water.
Add 2 tablespoons of White Vinegar per quart of water before boiling to prevent the eggs from cracking. The egg shells will also peel off faster and easier.
Use undiluted Vinegar in a spray bottle. Dry with a soft cloth.
Boil 1 tablespoon of White Vinegar with 1 cup of water.
Mix equal parts Vinegar and hot water. Use a paint roller to wet the paper thoroughly with the mixture. Repeat. Paper should peal off in sheets.
Blot up urine, flush several times with lukewarm water, then apply a mixture of equal parts White Vinegar and cool water. Blot up, rinse, and let dry.
Mix 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar with 1/4 cup honey. Take 1 tablespoon six to eight times daily.
Soak a paper napkin in Vinegar and leave it inside the closed lunch box overnight.
Place a cup of White Vinegar on the bottom rack of your dishwasher, run for five minutes, then run though the full cycle. A cup of white vinegar run through the entire cycle once a month will also reduce soap scum on the inner workings.
Unscrew the shower head, remove the rubber washer, place the head in a pot filled with equal parts Vinegar and water, bring to a boil, then simmer for five minutes.
Mix 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar, 1/2 cup water, 1 tsp cayenne pepper, and 4 teaspoons honey. Take one tablespoon when cough acts up. Take another tablespoon at bedtime.
Add 1 tablespoon white vinegar to the water when mixing plaster to slow the drying time
