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We will endeavor to share frugal tips for you and your palace!
Topics will range from frugal shopping & purchasing, to frugal meals, to time savers, as well as palace cleaning suggestions. We welcome emails, suggestions, other frugal tips for all royal homekeepers.
Today's Palace Pointer #1
Vinegar
Vinegar is a fabulous cleaning product with a wide variety of uses. Vinegar may be used in a solution for cleaning windows and glass in the proportions of 1 cup vinegar to 5 cups water. Here at the Princess-i-fied Palace we like to use apple cider vinegar for this solution. This solution may be placed in a spray bottle and may replace your bought glass cleaners which not only are expensive, but also tend to have harmful contents (*of important note for those interested in keeping a "GREEN" home).
White Distilled Vinegar may also be used straight out of the bottle for cleaning showers, tile grout, grease, soap scum, bacteria, and mold. We here at the Princess-i-fied Palace - have placed the distilled vinegar into a spray bottle (actually a REUSED spray bottle that has been washed and cleaned - as that the proper frugal action for any palace). We have found it is best to spray the vinegar solution on the identified area and then wait a minute or two - before wiping or scrubbing the area. We like to scrub with toothbrushes here at the Princess-i-fied Palace. Now you may want to go out and buy toothbrushes - and a frugal place to do so is... Walgreens... who like to sell their cheapest toothbrushes for a minimal price occasionally. Of course the most frugal way to use toothbrushes - is to recycle them for cleaning after they have served their official purpose of teeth cleaning for an extended period of time.
The Royal Staff may clean you own palace coffee maker by using a solution of 1 cup water to 2 cups white vinegar. This vinegar/water solution should be poured into the water chamber of your coffee maker and then cycled through. It is recommended the the royal staff then cycle at least one straight water cycle through the water chamber prior to imbibing your next cup of java. Sometimes cycling an additional extra cycle of water through the coffee maker eliminates any extra residual vinegar taste or smell.
A mixture of 1/3 balsamic vinegar to 2/3 rice vinegar is a salad dressing that is sure to be a hit in any palace.
Two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar at night is said to help a prince or princess lose weight and/or prevent type 2 diabetes, though nobody at the palace has ever tried this.
Vinegar can also be use in a solution to prevent swimmers ear. The proportions are thus: 1/2 portion vinegar to 1/2 portion isopropyl alcohol.
These are just some of the wonderful uses for vinegar.
Until next time,
may your palace be sparkling,
may your family be well fed and in good health,
may your palace be sparkling,
may your family be well fed and in good health,
and your resources be plentiful,
all because you choose to be wise and frugal,
for both your family and your palace!
The Princess-i-fied Palace
4 comments:
I found out that you can use white vinegar in place of the expensive fabric softener in your laundry. I've read 1/2 cup to 1 cup. You can smell the vinegar when it enters the cycle but your clothes DO NOT smell like vinegar after the washing is finished. Soft and static free!
Great tips!
blessings,
kari & kijsa
Jodie~ I have read that too, but I haven't tried that yet! I am glad you have tried it and are willing to share! Thanks!
Renee
Renee, thanks for allowing me to be your guinea pig! :)
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