The many uses... of VINEGAR.

So since I've been successfully using baking soda and vinegar... (my hair is MUCH thicker). Here are a few of my favorite uses that I've read. 

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Jane's List:

Prolong the life of flowers in a vase. Add two

tablespoons of vinegar plus three

tablespoons of sugar per quart of warm water.

Stems should be in three to four inches of water.

Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until

plants have starved.

Eliminate animal urine stains from carpet. Blot

up urine with a soft cloth, flush several times

with lukewarm water, then apply a mixture of equal

parts vinegar and cool water. Blot up, rinse,

and let dry.

Keep away fleas and mange. Add a little vinegar to

your pet's drinking water.

Relieve itching by using a cotton ball to dab

mosquito and other bug bites with Vinegar straight

from the bottle.

Fight dandruff, by rinsing with vinegar and

2 cups of warm water, after shampooing.

Relieve arthritis. Before each meal, drink a

glass of water containing two teaspoons

Apple Cider Vinegar.

Give it at least three weeks to start working.

Relieve cough by mixing one-half cup Apple Cider

Vinegar, one-half cup water, one teaspoon cayenne

pepper, and four teaspoons honey.

Take one tablespoon when cough acts up.

Take another tablespoon at bedtime.

Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar

in a glass of water. Gargle, then swallow.

Cure for colds. Mix one-quarter cup Apple Cider

Vinegar with one-quarter cup honey.

Take one tablespoon six to eight times daily.

Brighten fabric colors. Add a 1/2 cup vinegar

to the rinse cycle.

Remove tough stains. Gently rub on fruit, jam,

mustard, coffee, tea. Then wash as usual.

Deodorant and anti-perspirants stains may be

removed from clothing by lightly rubbing with

distilled vinegar and laundering as usual.

When dyeing fabric, add a cup full of distilled

vinegar to the last rinse to set the color.

Marinating meat in vinegar kills bacteria and

tenderizes the meat. Use one-quarter cup

vinegar for a two to three pound roast, marinate

overnight, then cook without draining or

rinsing the meat.

Add herbs to the vinegar when marinating as desired.

Make buttermilk. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to a

cup of milk and let it stand 5 minutes to thicken.

Firm up gelatin by adding a teaspoon of vinegar

for every box of gelatin used. To keep those

molded desserts from sagging in the summer heat.

Prepare fluffier rice by adding a teaspoon of

vinegar to the water when it boils.

Patent leather will shine better if wiped with a

soft cloth which has been moisten with distilled

vinegar.