Anyone use vodka for anything other than drinking?

[southeast-isher]

I'm thinking about using (cheap) vodka to clean up a few things - i've read you can also use it to make things like perfume if you add essential oils. Anyone here using vodka or any other alcohol for that matter for anything other than drinking?

[Milims]

1. To remove a bandage without pain
Saturate the bandage with vodka. The stuff disolves adhesive.

2. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and Showers,
fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew.

3. To clean your eyeglasses,
Simply wipe the lenses with a soft, Clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs.

4. Prolong the life of razors
by filling a cup with vodka And letting your safety razor blade Soak in the alcohol after shaving. The vodka disinfects the blade and prevents rusting.

5. Spray vodka on wine stains,
Scrub with a brush, and then blot dry.

6. Using a cotton ball, apply vodka to your face As an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten pores.

7. Add a jigger of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo.
The alcohol cleanses the scalp,removes toxins from hair, And stimulates the growth of healthy hair.

8. Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle with vodka And spray ants, bees or wasps to kill them.

9. Pour one-half cup vodka And one-half cup water into a Ziploc freezer bag And freeze for a slushy, refreshing ice pack for aches, Pain or black eyes.

10. Fill a clean, used mayonnaise jar With freshly packed lavender flowers, Fill the jar with vodka, seal the lid tightly And set in the sun three days. Strain liquid through a coffee filter, Then apply the tincture to aches and pains.

11. To relieve a fever, use a washcloth To rub vodka on your chest and back as a liniment..

12. To cure foot odor,
Wash your feet with vodka.

13. Vodka will disinfect And alleviate a jellyfish sting.

14. Pour vodka over an area affected with poison ivy To remove the urushiol oil from your skin.

15. Swish a shot of vodka over an aching tooth.
Allow your gums to absorb some of the alcohol to numb the pain.


Useful stuff!

[Milims]

Oh and gin is good for cleaning your diamonds!

[gregorach]

^^ This post was brought to you by the Vodka Marketing Association...

Vodka may be cheap, but isopropyl is cheaper.

[contadina]

Add vanilla sticks to make vanilla extract at a fraction of the cost of bought stuff (although it's best to use good vodka for this).

[MKG]

I have nothing - absolutely nothing - to say.

Mike

[Green Aura]

I have nothing - absolutely nothing - to say.

Mike

[pops]

wow milims, that's an impressive list!
we use isopropyl for tons of stuff after dh ordered a bottle off ebay for something car related adn it turned up - all 1.5litres of iT!
:D

[Keaniebean]

I'm stunned Milims that is such an amazing list you have come up with there. I don't have a clue what a jigger is mind you

I'm just going to start experimenting with Vodka for fragrances, but I'm not sure if it will last long enough to reach the perfume bottles

[southeast-isher]

oh cool response all of you. i would use isopropyl but i wasn't sure how safe it was compared to cheap vodka you can drink because it was for cleaning my tobacco pipe. but i bought a 70cl bottle so i can use it for other things now too.

[Milims]

I'm stunned Milims that is such an amazing list you have come up with there. I don't have a clue what a jigger is mind you

I'm just going to start experimenting with Vodka for fragrances, but I'm not sure if it will last long enough to reach the perfume bottles

I confess it was sent to me a couple of years ago and I just thought that it would come in useful one day! Oh - and a jiggeris about a swallow of spirit.

[dave45]

I've used vodka to clean a water-damaged printed circuit board in my inverter (in lieu of Isopropanol). Unfortunately it didn't work (too many other issues) and I had to buy a new inverter (another thread!)

[Jessiebean]

it is great for making herbal tinctures-just pack the herb into the vodka- I made some great comfrey tincture that way, vanilla essence has already been mentioned but I would def. makes some if I ever had vodka in the house. Also you can make an extract of fenugreek seeds by steeping in vodka and then add to a brown sugar syrup to make pretend maple syrup.

[Zech]

I've been researching the possibility of using horse chestnuts as a local alternative to soap nuts, and have learnt that the best solvent for extracting saponins from the nuts is a mixture of alcohol and water. Not sure what vodka would do to the laundry, but I may give it a go in the autumn.

[MKG]

I've been researching the possibility of using horse chestnuts as a local alternative to soap nuts, and have learnt that the best solvent for extracting saponins from the nuts is a mixture of alcohol and water. Not sure what vodka would do to the laundry, but I may give it a go in the autumn.

I hate to say this (I really HATE it) but alcohol can be driven off by raising the solution above 70 degrees C for ten minutes or so.

Mike