White Vinegar

My apologies to all my readers for being absent. Here I am again.

Yesterday I was with my good friends Leslie, Myriam and Janet and among many things we shared a few secrets about white vinegar.

1. Get rid of all chemical residuals in your hair. After shampooing your hair and before the rinse, pour some white vinegar in it; it will not only eliminate all chemical residuals but will also leave it soft and manageable. Myriam said that the first time she used it, there was this plastic-like substance coming out of her hair. Now she is a believer!

2. Clean your clothes washer periodically. Then I remembered what I have been doing for several years since a Venezuelan lady shared this with me. Once a month or every two months (depending on when I remember to do this) I put 1/2 a cup of coarse salt and 1 cup of white vinegar in the washer, then run a cycle and it is ready to go. This will eliminate all the fuzz and guck (slimy matter) that accumulates even if we don't see it. Clean washer = cleaner clothes.

3. Wood cleaner and polisher. When I was little living in Guatemala, long before commercial cleaners in their multiple variations would invade the market, my mother used to make a mixture of cooking oil and vinegar to clean the wooden furniture once a week. I remember a glass bottle with something not precisely attractive and smelling rather sour, however, her furniture always looked shiny and clean.

Simple ways, environmental ways and not too expensive. What do you think?