Look in Your Pantry to Save Money on Home Ownership

In today’s economic and environmental climate, homeowners are looking for ways to reduce the cost of maintaining their home. Home repairs can be a costly affair.
Keeping your house in good condition is certainly less expensive than repairing it.

What will you find in your pantry that can help you maintain your house, keep it sparkling, and save you money?

It’s vinegar, ordinary inexpensive white vinegar. And since vinegar is a product of fermentation it contains no chemicals and is “GREEN”.
Here is a partial list of what this product of fermentation can do.

· Clean corroded shower heads & faucets. Soak corroded parts in vinegar for several hours or overnight.

· Open clogged drains. Boil vinegar and pour small amount down drain. Wait 10 minutes. Run hot water. Repeat if necessary.

· Wash dishes. Add a capful to dishwater. Cuts grease.

· Wash windows and mirrors. Mix one tablespoon of vinegar in a quart of water.

· Remove dried paint from glass. Heat vinegar and apply to paint to soften.

· Polish chrome and stainless steel by moistening a soft cloth with vinegar and polishing.

· Remove room odors .Placing bowls of vinegar in a room can remove the more noxious odors of smoke, vomit, paint and more.

· Kill weeds and unwanted grass between stepping stones by pouring vinegar on them.

· Repel ants. Wipe or spray any area with a solution of ½ vinegar, 1/2 water to keep ants away.

· Clean caked, stiff paint brushes. For mildly caked brush, soak in vinegar. For worse case heat vinegar, heat brush for 10 minutes.

As a real estate agent here in our small town of Fountain Hills, Arizona, I’ve seen sellers who have neglected their homes end up paying thousands of dollars in costly repairs when they decide to sell. Your home’s value will be affected by its condition.
For more information on the amazing uses of vinegar you might like to purchase a little book called, “Herbal Vinegar” by Maggie Oster available at www.Amazon.com.