Vinegar is a wonderful ingredient with multiple purposes. It tastes great in a lot of dishes we cook and also makes a great salad dressing. But did you know that it can be used for so much more than that?

It is also a great tool to keep in your cabinet for when it is time to clean your home. It’s super inexpensive, green, and can do a wide variety of things.

Hometalk shared 8 different ways you can use vinegar to keep your home clean and tidy. Check out the helpful hacks below and try ’em for yourself!

1. Clean your shower curtain liner

After some time, shower curtain liners naturally get pretty gross and moldy. There’s no way to really prevent it, but you can clean it up and maintain it. All you have to do is toss the liner in the washing machine and then add one cup of vinegar. Switch it on large load, use the handwash cycle, and wash on the warm temperature.

2. Clean your garbage disposal with vinegar cubes

Fill an ice cube tray with vinegar and place it in the freezer. Once frozen, toss the cubes in your garbage disposal and run the water. The vinegar will melt and work its magic and there will be no more funky-smelling disposal.

3. Get rid of yucky odors

You can actually deodorize things like shoes and dirty gym bags with a spray of vinegar. You can also use vinegar as an air freshener!

4. Make reusable cleaning cloths

These cleaning cloths are super convenient. Even when you’re not expecting to clean, a big mess can always happen. So be prepared for it! Just place a bunch of folded cloths into a plastic container and then pour vinegar over them. Then dilute them with a small amount of water. After that, they’re ready to go! When done using, just toss ’em in the laundry.

5. Clean your kitchen appliances

You can use vinegar to clean your microwave and dishwasher. For the microwave, add one cup of vinegar, one cup of water, and two tablespoons of lemon juice to a glass bowl. Heat it in the microwave for about 7-10 minutes. After that, all you have to do is wipe down the microwave with a clean cloth.

For the dishwasher, pour a cup of vinegar in a drinking glass and then place it standing up in the top rack. Run the washer and all of the gunk will be rinsed away like magic.

6. Create a multi-purpose spray

Using a 1:1 ratio, combine vinegar and water in a spray bottle. You can make it stronger with just vinegar. You can then go ahead and use it on a ton of stuff — sinks, counters, tubs, etc. — just make sure you don’t use it on marble or granite counters.

7. Use it as a natural produce cleaner

You can also use the vinegar spray on your fresh produce. Just spritz them with the mixture and then rinse with regular water. Then they’re totally safe to eat.

8. Soften towels

Load up your washing machine as you normally would. Then pour in one cup of vinegar. When you take them out and dry them, you will notice they are softer!

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Source: Hometalk / Home Hacks