Vinegar: Not Just For Cooking

Vinegar, most commonly used for food preparation, is making its debut as a household cleaner. Vinegar is becoming like Duct Tape in my house. The more I learn about it the more I think it can do anything! It can be an ingredient in a delicious recipe, disinfect a counter top, make your laundry softer, unclog a sink drain, and even make your hair shinier.

The National Geographic has an article that goes over a few ways they suggest for you to use vinegar as a natural disinfectant, click here to find out more.

I'm going to share with you some of the vinegar 'recipes' I use on a regular basis in my house.

DIY Household Cleaners

It turns out vinegar isn't the only thing I use to clean the house. I know you probably can't tell if you've read "Vinegar: Not Just For Cooking" but I also have a few homemade remedies for a clean house that don't contain vinegar. I make our laundry detergent, a Febreze like fabric freshener, a stain remover, and have a few DIY homemade cleaner experiments waiting to happen.

Wash the Washer

With the amount of baby poo that has gone into my washing machine I know it needs a thorough cleaning from time to time. Check out this grimy baby!

How do I get my washing machine fresh and clean while keeping it chemically safe for cloth diapers?

I can't use bleach as this blogger suggests: onegoodthingbyjillee.com

Bleach can really do some damage to a baby so I avoid it when possible (which has always been possible, so far). Obviously in Jillee's method I wouldn't be putting the diapers in the bleach, it's just my personal preference to not put bleach in the washer for fear it lingers. I'm also aware that bleach and vinegar together can release dangerous fumes. She doesn't use them together but uses them in back to back cycles which I would prefer not to do.