Asked on Feb 01, 2017

Tip: Using Vinegar to freshen and sanitize

Take some white vinegar and put it in a microwave safe bowl and heat it . I heat a cup for 20 seconds. So you can figure out according to how much you use. I then use a clean rag or wash cloth and soak it in the vinegar and pat reasonably sturdy, the soiled mattress or couch, chair, or carpet. I then let it dry. The smell is gone and the room is fresh. I have used this when my ostomy bag pulled away from my body and leaked waste onto my mattress. It left my mattress clean smelling and there was no stain remaining.
  4 answers
  • Hillela G. Hillela G. on Feb 02, 2017

    I love finding new uses for cleaning with vinegar! THank you!!

  • Suzanne pollack Suzanne pollack on Feb 06, 2017

    Do you think it would work on leather?


  • Beatrice Schrader Beatrice Schrader on Feb 06, 2017

    Maybe if you tested it on a spot that doesn't show to see how it reacts to the leather. It shouldn't hurt it.

  • Joni Morgan Ogden Joni Morgan Ogden on Feb 15, 2017

    I had five bed wetters. All my friends were aware of the problem as two of them were 13 and 16 when they finally stopped it. They were amazed when they walked in my house and there was never a urine odor. My kids took their sheets off every morning, put them in the wash machine and I did the mattress cover while they bathed. It is a miracle worker!