Vinegar for cleaning

OOOHHH Looby, I posted a big long reply and then the site crashed:mad:

Here we go again

Bio powder has enzymes which 'eat' up biological stains ie stains from things that are or were living. :eek: Sweat, blood and possible tears all fall into this category as do egg, grass and gravy. We use Tesco Value Bio and my kidz selsitive skin is OK. If you are switching brands reduce the amount recomended cos they always say too much and using less reduces the risk of reactions.

Looking down your list I would recomend you make a wondermix of water, fairy liquid and soda cyrstals. This will clean anything that multi-surface would. Add a dash of bleach and you have a toilet cleaner/anti-bac cleaner. Spray and toss a handful of borax or salt on and you have a scourer.

I don't use spray polish cos it causes a build up on the wood. Dust with a slightly damp cloth to remove fingerprints etc and you will not need to wax/polish often. I use aa Almond wood oil spray (wilkos £2.99) once every 6-8 weeks.

Bio powder can be used for soaking burnt on dishes, grill pans etc in warm water and works better than anything else I've tried. Also make a paste of bio and water to clean hobs & ovens.

Vinegar can be used to replace softener. It de-lints, deoderizes, reduces static and removes excess soap scum. Your clothes do not smell like Jackson's Chippy when dried.

To clean glass, windows and chrome mix 9 parts water to 1 part vinegar in a spray and buff up.

Most people recomend white vinegar although I've used brown before now and it's been ok but keep that betweebn us two cos their are some vingar snobs about:p

Ol'Style is about trying anything once and if it works great - if it don't go back to what you always did - we're all different and on this board we're more different than most;)

and remember to dry your windows with scrunched up newspaper, your hands end up filthy but your windows look great

I just found another fantastic scrub - brought my grotty stove top up a treat! Table salt & lemon juice - sprinkle them both on & rub about with a damp cloth, then wipe off & all the gunk comes too. And it smells nice!

Now all I need is tips for getting my OH to clean up after himself...

Ticklemouse wrote:

I've just spent ages trawling around all the Asian shops trying to find large bottles of white vinegar but no luck. Where does everyone else get theres? Do Makro do them - friend went today but forgot to ask her!

Our greengrocers sell 4 litre containers of white vinegar very cheap for pickling onions/eggs. It might be worth asking at traditional greengrocers who sell pickling onions.

I went into my local greengrocers and asked for the largest bottle of vinegar he stocked. He asked me if I was pickling! "Of course I'm not", I replied, "It's just the rain dripping off my umbrella";)