Handy Vinegar Cleaning Tips from Roberta

Check out these new ideas using vinegar - all sent from Happy Slob reader, Roberta from Nebraska. As you guys know, I LOVE vinegar for cleaning! Roberta sent so many fabulous ideas in that I'll share them with you over the next week or so - so stock up on a big bottle of plain white vinegar and try some of these uses:

Since I do in home daycare, the state inspects my house and all cleaners must be put up...out of reach. Since then I have started using vinegar for everything. It works great! Try it!

• Use in laundry to cut soap.
• Get rid of lint in clothes. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.
• Prevent lint from clinging to clothes: Add one cup vinegar to each wash load.
• Keep bright colors from running. Immerse clothes in full strength vinegar for 10 minutes before washing.
• Freshen up the washing machine. Clean the hoses and unclog soap scum.Once a month pour one cup of vinegar into the washing machine and run the machine through a normal cycle, without clothes.
• Brighten fabric colors. Add a 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse cycle.
• Take grease off suede. Dip a toothbrush in vinegar and gently brush over grease spot.
• Remove tough stains. Gently rub on fruit, jam, mustard, coffee, tea stains. Then wash as usual.
• Get smoke smell out of clothes by adding a cup of vinegar to a bath tub of hot water. Hang clothes above the steam.