20 Household Products You Can Make with Vinegar

9.) Household Cleaning Agent

Dilute white vinegar with water and you now have an instant cleansing liquid. Because of its acidity, white vinegar is often used as a household cleaning agent where it is effective in dissolving mineral deposits from glass, coffee maker and other smooth surfaces.

10.) Metal Polish

Does it sound foolish? No need to buy expensive metal polishers. Get a piece of cloth and dip it in vinegar and start polishing those brass or bronze materials around.

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11.) Herbicide

Yes, vinegar can be used as an herbicide. Acetic acid is not absorbed into root systems, so vinegar will kill top growth, but perennial plants will reshoot. Vinegar made from natural products classifies as organic and can be used on farms, orchards, and gardens.

12.) Four Thieves Vinegar

This can be made by soaking garlic in vinegar. It is used as a potion for protection from Black Plague. It sounds obscure but why don’t you try it just in case Black Plague makes it comeback.

13.) Casein-bases Plastic

This is simple. Simply mix the vinegar with heated milk and you’re done. You now have a case-in plastic.

14.) Stop Bath

Yes, believe it or not but diluted vinegar can be used as a homemade stop bath during photographic processing. The purpose of the stop bath is to halt the development of the film, plate, or paper by either washing off the developing chemical or neutralizing it.

15.) Blood Glucose Controller

For people with high blood sugar level and diabetes use vinegar teas and take 2 tablespoons of sugar along with a meal.  It had been proven that it greatly reduce the glycemic index of carbohydrates.

16.) Venom Deactivator

When stung by a jellyfish, just apply vinegar in the affected area and the nematocysts will be deactivated.

17.) Deodorant

Is your deodorant working for you? A bit surprising but due to its antibacterial effect, vinegar is often used as a natural deodorant.

18.) Antibacterial Cleaning Agent

Vinegar can be an effective antibacterial cleaning agent on hard surfaces such as washroom tiles and countertops.

19.) Cervical Screening Tool

This is quite amazing! Would you believe that diluted vinegar 3% to 5% has been tested as an effective screening tool for cervical cancer?  Based on studies, vinegar will change the color of affected tissue to white, making diagnosis by inspection possible, reducing in 35% the mortality.

20.) Drain Cleaner

Mix vinegar and baking soda and you automatically have a drain cleaner. When vinegar is added to baking soda, it produces a volatile mixture which rapidly decomposes into water, carbon dioxide and sodium ethanoate, which makes the reaction fizz.

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