Remove Odors From Your Entire Home by Boiling Vinegar
There is no need to hide the smell if it can be neutralized. We’ve written in the past about how a bowl of vinegar can deodorize a room , but the same advice can be extended to the whole house with a little more effort: boiling the same vinegar on the stove can maximize its odor-eating performance. power.
If you don’t already have a large bottle of vinegar on hand, consider changing it when you realize how versatile it is for cooking, cleaning, and deodorizing. We’re focusing on the latter here because while there are a variety of over-the-counter products that can mask odor, it can be difficult to make a place smell like nothing.
Sure, vinegar itself stinks to most people – it can make you vomit for some – but the best thing about its smell is that when it dissipates, it completely disappears along with the rest of the odors left before it. Even spilled vinegar will lose its odor pretty quickly, making it a cheap, simple, and effective alternative for getting rid of more common odors.
Whether it’s the bad smell that turned your home into a smelly nest, or the lingering scent of something you cooked yesterday, just pour a cup of white vinegar into a saucepan on the stove and let it boil. Boiling vinegar will release its odor-fighting power into the air, and if you let it go for a while, it will deodorize your entire home. Of course, if you wish, you can take your steaming vinegar pot and carry it from room to room. At first it will smell strongly of vinegar, but after a while it will stop smelling altogether.
This story was originally published in October 2015 and was updated on February 23, 2020 with more information and in line with Lifehacker’s style guidelines.