For bad food stains, add baking soda on top of the vinegar, and watch as the grease smears fizz and bubble. For glass stovetops, spray some distilled white vinegar all over your stovetop’s (cooled!) surface.Plus, the vinegar will help if your microwave is omitting any unsavory smells. The steaming vinegar will help to dislodge any crusted-on food stains and splatters, so you can proceed to wipe them off with a damp rag. For microwave interiors, try nuking a bowl of vinegar for a minute on high.For microwave exteriors, just apply some vinegar directly to the exterior of your microwave, from its door and handle to the keypad, and rub it in with a microfiber rag.Try to avoid using vinegar to wash the interior of your dishwasher’s door, especially the hearty rubber bits, since its strong acidity could deteriorate your dishwasher’s seals, which are crucial for keeping the steam and water in.(But then you should check your dishwasher filter, and give that a good scrub, too.) It will also help any gunk and grease stuck to the dishwasher’s interior walls or door effectively melt away.The vinegar will steam during the cycle and neutralize any weird smells coming from your dishwasher. For dishwasher smells, you can actually run the empty dishwasher with a bowl of white vinegar fit upright and snugly into the top rack.For stainless steel dishwasher doors, just spray some vinegar straight onto the exterior of the door, and give it a good wipe with a microfiber cloth.Just mix your vinegar in a mop bucket or in your spray mop’s container, and apply liberally to the floor, being sure to mop from the inside out. Many kitchen floors are vinyl or linoleum, which can easily be mopped up with a diluted vinegar solution (same ratio as the countertops).Avoid using vinegar on countertops that are granite or marble, since the acidic vinegar will cause those awful etch marks.Whenever you need to clean up food residue, sauce splashes, coffee drips, smoothie schmears, condiment gunk and the like, your trusty vinegar spray will do the trick. Keeping a spray bottle filled with diluted vinegar (1:1 ratio with warm water) around is the best favor you can do for yourself.And of course, it’s super affordable, so you can put your hard earned money to use on other cleaning essentials. We also like white vinegar because it only has about 5 percent acidity, so it’s on-par with other common cleaning products.
There are a few different kinds of vinegars on grocery store shelves though, so be sure to pick the right one before you start! We prefer distilled white vinegar as our cleaning condiment of choice because it doesn’t have any coloring agents that might stain surfaces (Stay away from balsamic or red vinegar). And the best part of cleaning with vinegar is that you probably already have some in your pantry. Not only does it create delicious salad dressings, but its abrasive and acidic qualities make it an excellent cleaning agent for nearly anything. If you’ve read any of our other cleaning articles, you’re likely hip to the fact that we love vinegar. Vinegar is undeniably the MVP of DIY cleaning solutions.
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Cleaning With Vinegar: How to DIY Clean Almost Everything In Your House
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