Another use for vinegar
 

I may have gotten this hint from right here, but can't remember. Anyway, we ran out of Jet Dry and put plain white vinegar into the dispenser in the dishwasher. Wow, everything came out shiny and bright.

also, have been using the powder form of the laundry detergent - I'm pretty sure I found the recipe here. It works great and now I have a friend converted.

On another note, did anyone else notice that the little blue envelopes on the sides of the messages are now blue?

Wow I will have to try this. I always run out of the Jet Dry stuff and forget to buy it. I always have white vinegar on hand.....Also, white vinegar is great to get the grease off the stove top, even if it is burned on. I got the info from the internet and tried it. It really works. Just spray it on and leave it on for a few minutes. Then use a non scratch scowering pad and it comes really clean.

yes, isn't it great that it is easy to determine the status of the thread with the new bright colors!

I used vinegar in the dishwasher rinse cycle for years, until the Cascade Complete came on the market. We have 35+ grain of hardness in our water, so the dishes would look dirty after the cycle no matter what brand I tried. Seemed like the jet dry just put a covering over the streaks and would not wipe off. Hate hand washing, takes away from quilting. One time I cut my lip on the edge of a drinking glass. I ran my fingernail over it, it was clear and it scraped off. The glass was not chipped so it must have been the hard water and jet dry combination. Never used it again.

I'm not sure if I read the following hint here or somewhere else. I use washing powder and cold water for clothes but often end up with streaks when the powder hasn't dissolved properly. Now I add a few teaspoons of bicarb soda which seems to help the powder to dissolve and I end up with much better result.

Vinegar is a great cleaning aid. I even mop the floors with it. Will have to remember the tip about cleaning the stove top. I'd use it in the dishwasher if I had one. :-(

My three main cleaning items around the house are vinegar, lemon juice and baking soda. If you make a paste out of lemon juice and baking soda, it works like Soft Scrub with bleach. I avoid bleach because of the septic tank...

Another nifty trick for the stove top is to grab a used dryer sheet (save those suckers, they do 1,000,000 things!), wet it, put it on the burned on area for a few hours (keep it moist). Then use it like a scrubby. No scratches and the goo comes right off. They also work for polishing chrome faucets and also for burned on stuff inside pots and those brown spots on casserole dishes! No one else on this Board probably has any of those issues. LOL!

I just paid a plumber $175 to snake my kitchen drain and he told me to NEVER use any commercial drain opener in any of the drains, just use baking soda & vinegar and make sure the baking soda is dissolved before pouring down the drain or it will just form lumps and not work. The same for toilets.

thanks for all the tips.

Wow! Those are great tips. Never thought of using vinegar in the d/w. It would probably help to keep the washer clean too. And I also use vinegar to mop my floors. It was recommended by the manufacturer of our flooring.

Just remember that those spot removing detergents for dishwashers uses a teflon product to keep the water salts from adhering to the glass. I would keep with the vinegar.

Baking soda is the one other best cleaning product you can use. No harmful chemicals!
peace

Great tips here. I'll have to try the vinegar in the dishwasher...mine is so old that I may have to replace it soon.

So many uses, running out of vinegar at times.

When do you put the vinegar in the dishwasher?

My dishwasher has a "rinse aid" dispenser. That's where we put it. I don't know where to put it if yours doesn't have this. Anybody know?

I have used a cup of vinegar in cycle to get rid of hard water deposits, now I will use in the dispenser, great idea....I also mix vinegar w/water in squirt bottle for window cleaning....

Doing a big dinner with potatoes? Peel them the day before and soak them in water with vinegar added they never turn brown. You can slice or even grate them ahead of time. Drain and cook in clean water or pat dry for frying. Thank you to all the great friends out there that share so much with us.

Yes, I put some in a shot glass and put the shot glass into one of the utensil squares. It will be full of water when the dishes are done, but the vinegar will be gone.

Grammy, just pour some into a shot glass and place the shot glass where the utensils go and start your dishwasher as normal.

Thanks for all the tips. I've saved this in my bookmarks. These are very useful.

Vinegar is also a great fabric softener! I put mine in a downy ball, and do wash as usual. :)

About a week ago I finally got pretty disgusted with the cloudiness of my dishes after they had been washed in our somewhat new DW. It is not a top of the line but it is new enough that I felt it shouldn't be happening. DH said it was the hardness of our well water. I have only used Cascade DW detergent and didn't really want to use any harsh chemicals to make the dishes shiny.

Similar to Stitchnripper, I decided to pour vinegar into the cup where I normally put the DW detergent and closed the cap. Then, poured vinegar into the open cup where I normally put DW detergent... BUT, then I decided to go even further and dumped several cups of vinegar into the bottom of the DW and put it through a complete cycle.

Much to my DELIGHT, my dishes came out sparkling. Now, in every load, I filled the cap that closes with DW detergent and pour about a cup of vinegar into the bottom of my DW. I am absolutely lovin' my sparkling dishes. Ahhhhh, clean, shiny dishes are such a delight! :)

Just made a note of this information. Thank you!!!

Thank you!!!

Thank you!!!

I put the vinegar in a small bowl and put it on the top shelf of dishwasher. Works great.

Tried the vinegar today and it was great. The inside of the dishwasher even looked better.