To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The solvent dissolves adhesive

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.

Clean jewelry. Soak the jewelry in vodka for five minutes, then rinse, and dry.

Clean lipstick from clothing. Rub the stain with vodka, then throw into your regular wash.

Remove the glue left behind by a bumper sticker. Rub the glue with a soft, clean cloth soaked with vodka

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.

Spray vodka on vomit stains, scrub with a brush, then blot dry.

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

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.

Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle and spray bees or wasps to kill them.

Pour one-half cup vodka and one-half cup water in a Ziplock freezer bag and freeze for a slushy, refreshable ice pack for aches, pain or black eyes.

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 for three days. Strain liquid through a coffee filter, then apply the tincture to aches and pains.

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

To cure foot odor, wash your feet with vodka.

vodka will disinfect and alleviate a jellyfish sting.

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

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

Soothe a sore throat. Add a tablespoon of vodka to glass of warm water and gargle. The alcohol helps numb the sore throat.

Keep your clothes smelling fresher with vodka! Simply spritz your duds with the stuff, then hang to dry in a well-ventilated area. (Do a spot-test first to be safe.)

Vodka kills odor-causing bacteria, but doesn't leave a scent when dry.



Preserve Flowers

If vodka can help you find love, then it can also help you preserve it -- or at least the symbols of it.

Add a few drops of vodka and a teaspoon of sugar to the water in your flower vase. It should help keep your flowers fresh longer. Change out the mixture with fresh ingredients daily.

Mach said:

Yup. Learned that one from the costume designer for a play I was in.

Couldn't the same be said for all of these of rubbing alcohol? Much cheaper!



Although I think the genius is when you need something quick and all you may have on hand is the vodka.

CarrieMpls said:

I don't think you'd want to put rubbing alcohol on an aching tooth. Or gargle with it.

Genesia said:

You could dilute it in water and use it that way, though.

CarrieMpls said:

Have you tasted rubbing alcohol?!

Also! If your child or pet is poisoned with antifreeze give them vodka, it will save their life! This happened to my friend's dog and she couldn't afford the meds so the vet told her to give the dog vodka every 4 hours or so. Crazy!

can you also drink it?

ArielB said:

ArielB said:

Nope.

-Get you drunk.

-Can be dosed in a fish tank as carbon and will adhere to nitrate molecules to aid removal.

-Assist in getting you laid.

Salud

Thank you Mach, another thread I'm gonna have to save.

Genesia said:

Okay Olympia Dukakis!!

Mars23 said:

seriously ? at what ratio ?

You can make cooking vanilla by Placing a vanilla bean in a bottle of vodka and letting it sit for a couple of weeks.

mythbusters *(discovery channel program) tested the vodka as a foot deodorizer, and disproved it. you can youtube the whole program, it was pretty funny..

I know one thing...I'm not gonna use my 'expensive' vodka to clean tile grout

Mars23 said:

good info to know!

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

Wow really? Ill have to try that, thanks.

Now, not only all of this is true - there are also another thousand uses for vodka, Russians use it to treat/cure just about anything. I met a guy over there in Moscow who did himself his own body piercings by just having a shot of vodka before.

It's also used to keep warm, one quick shot just before going out by -20Cel, to 'break the ice' and influence partners when concluding business deals, etc....

Mach said:

with an olive please.

At Moscow's Sheremetyevo International airport you can even find little bottles of vodka with hemp:)