I rediscovered vinegar when The Man was diagnosed with an egg allergy.
We had to start keeping vinegar on hand to make a substitution mixture for eggs when baking.
It works.
Then he grew out of the allergy, and now I forget about this little trick for egg substitutions. If only there was a trick to remind me when I run out of eggs so I don't have to run to the neighbor's house to beg for eggs.
Once vinegar was in the house, I started to experiment a bit with it.
I love it in my laundry.
My Sis-in-law told me she used it as fabric softner.
It works. Put it in the rinse cycle.
When I use vinegar as fabric softner I get a bonus out of the deal...my clothes don't fade.
If you ever do a dying project at home, they always recommend a run through the washer with vinegar at least once to set the colors.
Well vinegar will do that for your clothes.
My daughter was the first to notice. Cause she gets those t-shirts for this or that and they have to been worn every week. Well hers wasn't fading like her friends. Vinegar.
It is, also, a disinfectant. Sick kids/family. Colored sheets? Colored towels? Colored PJs? Want to disinfect all this and whatever else the germy family has drooled and snotted all over. Bet you don't want to use bleach on all of it. Well vinegar won't hurt the color or fabric. If I am feeling real germ-a-phobic, I will put it in the wash cycle and the rinse cycle.
There are lots of recipes out there for window cleaners, multipurpose cleaners... I haven't gone there yet.
Maybe one day, I will take a moment and give some of the other possibilities a try.
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