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Green Tip

I'm not sure if any of you use vinegar the way I do, but it's quite the multipurpose house cleaner!  Some of these you may already know about, but there's at least one you may not!

*  We use it to wash out Abby's suction canister, feeding bag, and humidifier because it's safer than soap and doesn't leave a residue (if soap were to get in her trach, it would be really bad!)

*  I spray down the counters and table with it multiple times a day.

*  Caleb has recently started wiping down the 1/2 bath daily to earn an extra dime for his snack shop.  I have him use vinegar because it's safer and will clean well in between the times when I really clean.  We get a whole lot more traffic coming through there than we ever have, so it gets messy very quickly.

*  Here's the one you may not know...vinegar is a fabulous fabric softener!  I had read that it works well, but hadn't tried it until about a month ago.  If you have a load of smelly, extra dirty clothes (I use it with the towel loads), pour some vinegar in where you would pour liquid fabric softener.  It works really well!  I also soak sponges in vinegar, wring them out, and put one in each dryer load instead of a dryer sheet.  Nothing smells like vinegar!!  Matt wouldn't let me use it if it did!  You just have some nice, soft clothes without having to use any fabric softeners!


I store two sponges in a small Lock and Lock container to keep them soaking in the vinegar.  They are always all ready to go when I throw a load in the dryer because L&L products are air-tight.  The sponges are almost exactly the same size as this container, so it works out perfectly!

Comments

Thanks for the tip about vinegar used for fabric softener. I'm always looking for easy and cheap green cleaning tips. Lately I discovered an easy dusting solution- olive oil and lemon juice in a spray bottle. Works so well!

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