Use Vinegar on Metal Before Painting

If you want to paint something metal or paint concrete, wipe it down with white household vinegar first, and your paint job will last much longer.

My dad once rescued a beautiful and ornate wrought iron shelving from the dump. It was rusty and looked like it should have stayed in the dump. I previously read where if you wipe it well with vinegar, you won't have the rust come through. He used my advice and 30 years later, the shelving is as good as new.

By Elaine S. from Near Cedar Rapids, IA