Ideal Bite

Fill your coffee maker pot with 1/4 part vinegar and fill the rest with water and run it through 2-3 times letting the water/vin. soultion sit in the pot for a few mins then run cod water though! You coffee will taste so very fresh in the am or whenver you feel like a cup of joe!!!

Does washing your fruit with the vinegar/water wash remove the petrolium-based wax that most of our fruit is covered with?

Well as alot of us know vinegar is great for cleaning glass, windows, hard surfaces and don't forget to use it on your automatic coffee makers once in awhile...it really helps clean out all of the build up inside, then just rinse once or twice with clear warm water. It's helps preserve the coffee maker longer. And for women whom don't like to buy all that additive, flowery douche'...don't forget as a feminine hygiene cleanser it works great...just don't add too much vinegar. I would say about 1 to 2 capfuls to a pint of warm fresh water. Good article Ideal Bite! :)

This is a wonderful tip! I already use white vinegar for a lot of cleaning uses (includig adding some to my laundry to replace fabric softener). I currently have some of the commercial produce wash; so when that is finished, I will reuse the spray bottle for 3 parts water and 1 part vinegar. Thanks!

White Vinegar in the wash also removes pet hair from dark clothes (socks). Don't know how it does this but it works.

Everyone in my family knows how important it is for me to have white vinegar in my home! Without it, virtually all of my housecleaning could not be done. I use a diluted water/vinegar mix to damp mop my wood floors. Just a few sprays of the diluted mixture onto the mop, and the floors are clean. Just don't saturate the mop...it only needs to be slightly damp in order to clean well. The whole house smells fresh afterward...not like flowers or chemicals. The fellow who refinished my floors recommended this! I also use vinegar with baking soda to keep drains clear and clean the toilet bowl/tub and sink. I also use about a 1/4 cup of vinegar in place of fabric softener in the washer. My son even commented that the clothes are really fresh and soft using the white vinegar. And believe me, you know it works if my son bothered to notice! The tips listed above for pet accidents and odors, as well as for rinsing produce, are right on the money!! And, speaking of money...white vinegar is a frugal alternative to chemical, non-friendly, expensive cleaners offered in the stores.

My two favorite vinegar tips besides this one (my new fav) are for clothes and toilet bowl. I spray undiluted white vinegar on my teenager's shirt's underarms. (o'kay, my shirts as well) I have sprayed them a week before I wash them, to right before they get washed. Either way, the smell goes bye-bye. LOVE THAT! To clean my toilet bowls, I pour some amount in (a cup maybe) swish it around, let it sit (depending how dirty), brush, flush..AHH, Clean! My friends and family are sick and tired of hearing about my love affair with my white vinegar!

how does the produce TASTE after this treatment. I can't tolerate the taste or smell of vinegar, so have avoided it except for the occasional coffee pot cleanse.

from earlier comments, seems WV has become main focus when, for me, it is the washing of produce and other foodstuffs,(a juice can before l open it so that in pouring, the liquid would not pick up germs that might be on outer part of the can, or the egg shell of an egg before cracking it open for same reason) that is the issue l'm glad has been suggested by the tip. as for the vinegar part, maybe plain, hot, tap water will suffice.

I actually use a product I buy online that has tea tree oil in it. This product is super. It is highly concentrated and kills just about every harmful germ under the sun (it is very intelligent and leaves the good germs, I guess that would be the good bacteria intact).