Vinegar - 1001 uses!

kimmee

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Definitely give the vinegar a try. You don't have to use much, just a couple of tablespoonfuls. The clothes do smell of vinegar when they come out of the machine but once the clothes are dry they are completely odourless, honest. I think one of the principles at work is that soap and detergents are highly alkaline and the vinegar is acidic, so it dissolves any unrinsed soap away

Sorry for what is probably a silly question but can you tell me if you put the vinegar in the fabric conditioner compartment of a washing machine at the start of a cycle? I have read about this before I have thought people have said bung it in with the clothes and I can't see how I could do this when its mid-cycle!

TIA

Sunnyday

I always put the vinegar in the fabric conditioner compartment as usual at the start of the wash, i always use the cheapest brown vinegar that i can find too - even on whites.

For the first couple of washes the clothes are a bit stiff as it takes a couple of washes to get the old fabric conditioner and gunk out of the clothes and after that everything should be fine.

I`ve been using this for a couple of years now and everything is great.

HTH

SD

kimmee

Thank you so much Sunnyday, :T thats exactly what I needed to know.

Pink.

Hi katylou,

There is a great deal of discussion and advice that may help on this thread about using vinegar as a fabric conditioner:

Vinegar used as Conditioner

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the replies and information together.

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katsu

I use white vinegar, not brown. I used to buy it at ASDA, which I found to be the cheapest supermarket but I have just found it even cheaper in a local oriental foodstore.

I use it on delicates, all sorts of clothes. I just fill the conditioner slot with it. None of my clothes smell of vinegar (whether dried indoor or out) and none of them are ruined.

Hope this helps reassure you - I've been doing this for several years with no problems.

Farway

I'm with Sunnyday, cheapest value brown vinegar into softener drawer

Penelope_Penguin

Someone's asked about vinegar as a conditioner, so here's the thread for you

jacky_horn

I use brown malt vinegar. Even when I went to a Chinese warehouse, there wasn't any cheap white. I use about a tablespoon. When you first open the door, there is a smell of vinegar but then it is gone and the clothes are lovely and soft.

craftye

White vinegar soaked in the water container of a floor steamer that stops working is brilliant. Steam shoots out once more

sarah_p_4

A 50/50 split of white vinegar & plain tap water cleared the fungal infection in my lab's ears witihn a week- no 'proper' remedy we had tried previously had ever managed to improve it. Now i use it once a week to clean them with a bit of cotton wool- they've been fresh & irritation-free ever since!