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Vinegar is cost-efficient and environmentally friendly for housecleaning.
However
1) In my opinion Vinegar doesn't smell very good. How to feel clean with that smell? Mix in essential oils like lavender?
2) I have used vinegar to clean before and it just seemed so watery (and I'll repeat- smelly) and didn't seem to clean up the surfaces at all, no more than water would.
3) And as far as using it for laundry...some sources say it's good for washing, other sources say it's good as fabric softener.
The smell of vinegar disappears after it dries. You only smell it when it's wet. But you can add a few drops of essential oil to a solution of one part vinegar and one part water, plus a few drops of dish soap. That will help the cleaning solution cut grease. If you have gunk that's hard to scrub off, use baking soda with the cleaning solution.
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Originally Posted by Zelpha
3) And as far as using it for laundry...some sources say it's good for washing, other sources say it's good as fabric softener.
I use it to clean and freshen my coffee pot my mr coffee that is and it does a good job as long as you remember to run 2-4 rinses with plain water after the water /vinegar mix. Your coffee will taste so much better when you do this once a month .
Vinegar is cost-efficient and environmentally friendly for housecleaning.
However
1) In my opinion Vinegar doesn't smell very good. How to feel clean with that smell? Mix in essential oils like lavender?
2) I have used vinegar to clean before and it just seemed so watery (and I'll repeat- smelly) and didn't seem to clean up the surfaces at all, no more than water would.
3) And as far as using it for laundry...some sources say it's good for washing, other sources say it's good as fabric softener.
Please share your thoughts & tips?
I do clean with it and I prefer the smell to ammonia or bleach. I mix it with baking soda when cleaning a counter top or stove.
I use vinegar to remove the scale on my shower glass doors and plumbing finish fixtures like the faucets and handles. Also, I've used straight vinegar on my patio's concrete slab and scrubbed it with a nylon brush to clean. Works awesome.
I also use it for:
home windows
car windows
cleaning vegetables
removing dried Simpson Strong-tie epoxy from my hands
coffee maker
refrigerator door water dispenser (scale)
refrigerator interior (doors, shelving)
removing stains on white t-shirts (for more stubborn stains I'll smear some of that Mexican pink bar soap- this stuff is AMAZING and very inexpensive)
I don't mean to intrude on the thread. I recycle, but I'm not what you'd call a "green" living person.
I noticed the title of this thread, and just wanted to say that I've read in many different places that white vinegar is the best thing to use for cleaning laminate floors.
I used it last Friday on my floors in place of my regular cleaner, hoping that the floors would shine like new, the way all the things I'd read said it would!
Alas, it did clean, but certainly no better than the commercial cleaners I usually use, and there was no nice lingering scent like I usually have.
I think water alone would have cleaned just as good.
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