Can I use vinegar on my cat to "help" him clean off what appears to be grease? Diluted of course.

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I've used vinegar in my home to clean just about everything (appreciate the article i just read about windows and vinegar. Explained what went wrong.) Well, we've had this stain in front of the toilet for years and nothing seemed to get rid of it. It bugged me to no end. I had even used my floor washing solution (diluted vinegar and dish soap) on it to no avail. Well, on a whim just last week i did a test spot on it with straight vinegar and the "stain" turned out to be just caked on mineral deposits. So i went ahead and used a 2/3 vinegar 1/3 water solution on it and let it sit for about 15 minutes and used a toothbrush to scrub it. The area in front of the toilet *finally* looks as clean as i try to keep it. Yay for vinegar!

The first joy of owning a home; cleaning up the previous residents' messes. ;-p

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I definitely agree with all comments so far. Vinegar has been a mainstay for me with cleaning for many years. When I had a dog, it also helped with occasional "mistakes" on our light-coloured carpet. Not only helped with the stains, but also the smell. Of course, I was left with the smell of vinegar! I was particularly interested in Sonya Loyd's comment on sunburn. I haven't used it for that, but did for poison ivy, which was driving me crazy ... constantly fighting the urge to scratch wildly. It didn't stop the itch completely, but it did much better than calamine lotion and all the other remedies I tried. Love that vinegar!

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White Vinegar is best for cleaning
Definatly for SunBurn.At any age(infants shouldn 't be in the sun long enough to Brun)

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Vinegar!!!Got to love and hate the smell,but what a world of uses.
I use it for SUNBURN,White Vinegar,
I was burnt and Good Lord did it hurt,I apppied it to every area needed 3 or more times in about 3 hours .Or until it stops burning and Hurting.I never peeled nor did it scar.
My Great Gramma taught me that one.it truly works.
Outdoor workers should keep a bottle at their work sight.Miracle Stuff

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Vinegar!!!Got to love and hate the smell,but what a world of uses.
I use it for SUNBURN,White Vinegar,
I was burnt and Good Lord did it hurt,I apppied it to every area needed 3 or more times in about 3 hours .Or until it stops burning and Hurting.I never peeled nor did it scar.
My Great Gramma taught me that one.it truly works.
Outdoor workers should keep a bottle at their work sight.Miracle Stuff

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Teresa, it's the acetic acid (5% by volume usually) in the vinegar that does the heavy lifting. So as long as the vinegar is not coloured, it works for cleaning. Personally, I consider the white vinegar only fit for cleaning, not for eating or drinking. Apple cider vinegar (or wine vinegar) are good for ingesting. I suspect that red wine vinegar also contains many of the benefits of red wine from grape polyphenols.

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I have always used vinegar and baking soda to wash all my produce in such as grapes, apples, cherries. Unreal the stuff that comes off from the fruits. Always cut the pulls on juices as that small circle could end up in water somewhere and hurt something so cut those juice pulls, milk pulls (they are even on the organic milks), although I switched to almond milk years ago.

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I make a weed killer by mixing a cup of salt with 1/2 cup of hot water to dissovle the salt. and add the mixture to 4 cups of white vinegar. I then add -3 suirts of dishwashing liquid. [ Helps the mixture stick to the leaves] Spray or paint on leaves of weeds on a sunny day.

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I canot seem to find white vinegar, the cheap stuff here in Spain. Have been buying white wine vinegar, still relatively cheap, but I am not sure that it is doing the same things as suggested by all the 'white' vinegar recipes. Could anyone advise please? Thankyou in advance.

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