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<\/span><\/p>\n Chest Freezer Cleaning<\/span><\/p>\n If defrosting a chest type freezer factors into your kitchen cleaning, try this tip. Use a clean mop to swab the hard to reach bottom of the freezer. After all the water has been mopped up, mop the bottom again – but this time with a solution of baking soda and water. This will help keep the freezer smelling fresh.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Do Away With Nasty, Cupboard Odors<\/span><\/p>\n The first method you should try to remove odor from your cupboards is to place a box of baking soda inside each cabinet. Baking soda will take care of most odor problems. However, if the baking soda does not alleviate the problem, take everything out of your cabinets and wipe down the inside of your cupboards with a heavy mixture of white vinegar and water. <\/span><\/p>\n The vinegar odor will be strong when you are applying it, but when it is dry it will not be noticeable.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Spaghetti or Tomato Sauce Stain Removal from Clothing<\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, heat sets in spaghetti stains, so if you have put them in the dryer they are going to be difficult to get out. Although it is tempting to wash them in hot water, cold will work better. The only other stain treatment that you haven't already tried would be dry cleaning solvent. You could also try placing the stained item in the sink with cold water dripping on the stain. Leave overnight, with the drips falling directly on the stain. This should loosen the stain.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Get Rid Of Mothball Odor on Your Clothing<\/span><\/p>\n To remove mothball odor from clothing that has been store, you should first hang them outside in the fresh air for at least two days. After two days, place the clothing into the washing machine and add one or two cups of white vinegar (depending on how large a load of clothes you have) to the soapy water. Lastly, hang the clothes outside to air dry and do not place them into clothes dryer until you are certain the mothball smell has been removed.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Tea and Coffee Stain Removal from Clothing<\/span><\/p>\n For a fresh tea or coffee stain, immediately pour boiling water over the stain until it disappears. Or, soak the stain with borax and water, then wash as usual. On old stains, make a paste of borax and water, leave on for 15 minutes, then wash as usual.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Looking for brighter whites or bolder colors? The answer just might be white distilled vinegar. It’s a safe and inexpensive way to boost the power of your detergent and add a little more muscle to your stain remover. With vinegar in the mix, your clothes have never looked better.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Prevent lint from clinging to clothes by adding 1\/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the wash cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n To remove soap residue that makes black clothes look dull use white distilled vinegar in your final rinse.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Get stained white socks and dingy dishcloths white again. Add 1 cup white distilled vinegar to a large pot of water, bring it to a rolling boil and drop in the articles. Let soak overnight.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Some stains on clothing and linens can be soaked out using equal parts milk and white distilled vinegar.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Before washing a mustard stain, dab with white distilled vinegar.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Attack spaghetti, barbecue, or ketchup stains with a white distilled vinegar and water solution.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Remove perspiration odor and stains on clothing, as well as those left by deodorants, by spraying full-strength white distilled vinegar on underarm and collar areas before tossing them into the washing machine.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Forgot that you left wet laundry in the machine and it now smells moldy? Pour a few cups of white distilled vinegar in the machine and wash the clothes in hot water. Then run a normal cycle with detergent.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Remove smoky odors from clothes by filling the bathtub with very hot water and 1 cup white distilled vinegar. Hang the garments above the steaming water and shut the door so the steam can penetrate the fibers.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Keep the steam iron clean and in good working order by getting rid of mineral deposits in steam vents and spray nozzles. Fill the water chamber with a solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and distilled water. Set it in an upright position and let it steam for about 5 minutes. When the iron is cool, rinse the tank with water, refill and shake water through the vents onto an old cloth. Test before using.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Remove scorch marks from an iron by rubbing it with a warmed-up solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and salt. If that doesn’t work, use a cloth dampened with full-strength white distilled vinegar.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Remove musky smells from cotton clothes by sprinkling them lightly with white distilled vinegar and then pressing them.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Get water and salt stains off shoes and boots by wiping them down with a solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and water.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Give patent leather shoes and bags a better shine by wiping them down with white distilled vinegar.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Get cleaner laundry! Add about 1\/4 cup white distilled vinegar to the last rinse. The acid in white distilled vinegar is too mild to harm fabrics, yet strong enough to dissolve the alkalies in soaps and detergents. Besides removing soap, white distilled vinegar prevents yellowing, acts as a fabric softener and static cling reducer, and attacks mold and mildew.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Eliminate manufacturing chemicals from new clothes by adding 1\/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the water.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Remove soap scum and clean the hoses of your washing machine with white distilled vinegar. Periodically run the machine with only a cup of white distilled vinegar in it—nothing else added to the wash cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Bring out bright colors by adding 1\/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the rinse cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Fluff up wool or acrylic sweaters (hand- or machine-washed) and rid them of soap smell with 1\/2 cup white distilled vinegar in the last rinse water.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Get rid of the tiny holes left along the hemline when you take out the hem of any garment by moistening a cloth with white distilled vinegar, placing it under the fabric and ironing.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n — <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chest Freezer Cleaning If defrosting a chest type freezer factors into your kitchen cleaning, try this tip. Use a clean mop to swab the hard to reach bottom of the freezer. 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