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Vinegar as a Poison Ivy Remedy

KOTA News (ABC affiliate in Wyoming) offers readers a tip on their website for using vinegar if someone has poison ivy.  The tip is noted below: Mix a small amount of vinegar with enough baking soda to make a paste the consistency of peanut butter.                 Stand in the shower to get wet all over.   Turn […]

Use Vinegar to Put in Pleats or Take out Creases

The Mirror (Kansas) offers readers the following vinegar suggestion in an article “Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room” to put creases in slacks or take creases out: Pour some white vinegar in a saucer, dip a pad of folded cloth in as a sponge and wipe it along that line. Press with your steam iron. Usually just […]

Does Balsamic Vinegar Go Bad?

Ehow.com featured a story on balsamic vinegar with the title, “Does Balsamic Vinegar Go Bad?”  Their answer?  No.  The article also shares other information related to balsamic vinegar and references The Vinegar Institute’s website as one of the sources for the information.

Use Vinegar to Kill and Prevent Ticks on Dogs

The Daily Puppy (website) offers pet lovers 3 ways to use vinegar to kill ticks:  spraying a solution of vinegar and water directly on your dog; put straight vinegar on the tick or put vinegar in your dog’s drinking water.  The tips are noted below: Spray A homemade spray solution of one part vinegar and […]

The Many Varieties and Uses of Vinegar

Heloise touts some varieties and uses of vinegar in a King Features Syndicate on Cantonrep.com (Ohio).  Heloise notes, “We use different types of vinegar in our daily lives, such as cleaning and in salads.”  She recommends distilled white vinegar for corn, pickling and household cleaning.  She recommends balsamic vinegar for use in salad dressings and […]

Use Vinegar to Clean Dirty Paint Brushes

Lifehacker.com (Australia) offered its readers a tip to clean painting brushes with vinegar.  The article notes that a “good soak” in vinegar will soften the bristles.  It is also noted that “bringing some vinegar to a boil while the brush bristles are soaking in it will loosen up the paint enough that you should be […]

Hints from Heloise:  Use Vinegar to Clean Piano Keys/Cabinets

A King Features Syndicate offered a tip from Heloise that was published in the CantonRep.com (Ohio) regarding the use of vinegar on piano keys.  The reader noted that Heloise had published a formula for taking the “crackle” out of the finish on piano keys.  Heloise’s tip follows, cautioning that the tip is only safe for […]

Use Vinegar to Clean Glass Stove Tops

The Sacramento Bee (California) published a tip from a reader to Heloise regarding the use of vinegar to clean glass stove tops.  Her tip follows: DEAR HELOISE: In regard to the inquiry about cleaning glass stovetops, my hint is a miracle cleaner for that burned-on gunk. Baking soda: yes, yes, yes, plus vinegar! I keep […]

Eliminating Egg Odor from a Car

A reader of the Lakeland Ledger.com (Florida)  had an issue with egg on the outside of her car and wanted to know if she would have an issue with “the smell of rotten eggs.”  The author, Brad Bergholdt, offered the following advice: Eggs are very tough on vehicle paint as they contain sulfur, a component […]

Use of Vinegar to Detect Cervical Cancer

A story was published on the front page of The New York Times regarding the use of vinegar to detect cervical cancer (in particular in developing countries) as part of a special issue on “Small Fixes” in the Science Times section of the paper.  The article titled, “Fighting Cervical Cancer with Vinegar and Ingenuity” notes […]