How To: Make Vinegar Smell Better

Do you love cleaning with vinegar, but hate the smell?

Well, here is a quick and easy solution to that problem, that leaves your house smelling like clean citrus, rather than like you just got done dying Easter eggs.

  • Scrub some citrus fruitwith baking soda and water to remove dirt, pesticides and anything else that may be on the skin.
  • Cut off the skin, and place it in a glass jar.
  • Pour distilled white vinegar on top, and store it for upwards to 4 weeks, or until the vinegar starts smelling like citrus to your liking.
  • Make sure you shake the jar a few times while you are waiting for it.
  • Strain it and transfer it into a spray bottle for around the house!How To: Make Vinegar Smell Better 1 Daily Mom, Magazine For Families{Photo Courtesy: The Memoirs of Megan}

Common uses for vinegar:

  • remove smells in laundry
  • as a stove-top de-greaser
  • mop your floors with
  • clean glass
  • clean countertops, etc.

You can use any citrus fruit for this project, such as lime, grapefruit, oranges, or lemons.

For more info on the magic of vinegar, check out our post “12 Uses for Vinegar”

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Megan
Meganhttp://www.memoirs.photography
Megan lives in Michigan with her husband, daughter, and son. Her days are spent hanging out and doing family projects on her real-life farm, and spending time on the Great Lakes. She loves swimming, celebrity gossip, University of Michigan and Denver Broncos football, trashy reality TV, and writing. In addition to being a Mommy and self-proclaimed urban-farmer, she owns a photography business located in Southeast Michigan, Memoirs Photography, and is a partner in a niche Michigan wedding photographer team called Mulberry & Sage.

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