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Vinegar as a cleaning agent is overrated
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this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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Detergents (primarily) work by binding to the foreign substance and making it easier to rinse away.
Vinegar is acetic acid.
They have two very different mechanisms. If you want stuff "pulled away" use detergent. If you want it dissolved, vinegar.
So dont put vinegar in the laundry. Don't expect vinegar to break up crusty pans. Dont expect it to dissolve grease...
Also, since it's dissolving things, it needs more time to react. It will do an amazing job removing the mineral deposits/soap scum on your shower walls, it just won't do it quickly. Get a spray bottle and soak paper towels on the surface and leave them for 10-15 minutes (or for the thick stuff on the shower head nozzles, hours..) and/or get 30% or 45% vinegar so it's not as dilute and will dissolve faster.
Had an old gas tank that was rusted inside and nasty. Vinegar took it to shiny clean metal with no scrubbing or anything whatsoever (couldn't get anything in there to scrub it with). It just took two months of sitting there to do it.
Well considering I may not always have the time and patience to plaster the shower with paper towels soaked in vinegar and let it sit, my opinion still stands. Practicality does weigh in.
I appreciate your comment and info though. What irks me is people swearing by vinegar like it's better than anything, because it's not.
Also- I know a few people who insist it's great to add vinegar to the laundry. Nope
Ah, so vinegar was never the issue.
Stop listening to people that talk too confidently and live your life. Hell, recommend they use vinegar as drainage unblocking agent with the same gusto, just to have fun. It might even work for them.
Vinegar isn't the issue, the issue is how overrated it is.
Will keep in mind the drainage unblocking recommendation heh