Vinegar - 1001 uses!

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shellsuit wrote: »

The vinegar that you put on chips (the brown stuff) isn't the same as the vinegar you can use around the home (which is white).

Well, maybe you're not supposed to...but I've been using the 'brown stuff' for cleaning for years..(and years...and years..and years... and..:rotfl:)

My 'white stuff' is very precious as it's expensive..;) so only used sparingly..softener etc..otherwise, for the likes of things like taps, light switches, mirrors, windows, floors etc etc, it's my 13p a bottle 'brown stuff' & old newspaper for the windows etc.

telboyo

I use salt to scrub my hands if I have got paint etc. on them- obviously this in addition to soap.
Also I use salt and lemon juice to scrub my chopping boards, I don't know if it is hygienic but I am not dead so it is probably O.K.

happy35

I use salt as an abrasive on stainless steel pans/ceramic dishes mixed with fairy liquid to get off burnt on bits left after soaking

I also use the above to clean my wooden chopping board

MrsB2100

I've just been reading online about Horticultural Vinegar being used to kill off bindweed and horsetail (I have both ... in abundance!)

Before I go and strip the shelves in Tesco, I was wondering if anyone has used this? I know that Sarsons is going to be a 5% solution, and the horticultural stuff is 20% - which is why I'm asking!

I cant find the strong stuff over here, but the US sells it - not sure if they ship to the UK though.

emiff6

I suppose if you could bear the vinegar smell all over the house you could boil down the 5% solution until it was strong enough. How much do you have to use?

cootambear

have you got any rhubarb, or access to it?

davemorton

cootambear wrote: »

have you got any rhubarb, or access to it?

expand please.

brogusblue

sounds interesting .. i suffer from bindweed badly .. it drives potty .. and the poor plants too being strangled

oligeo

My allotment is covered with bindweed that i'm slowly digging up, and its driving me insane! I have loads of rhubarb on the allotment - (quite alot of it is overgrown with the bl**dy bindweed!) What do I do with either rhubarb or vinegar to kill the bindweed? And will the vinegar method affect my veg crops?

cubegame

It's difficult to get strong acetic acid in the UK as it's usable in lots of naughty chemical processes. However, the same can be achieved with citric acid and you should be able to buy big bags of this from a chemist or brew shop.

Make a concentrated solution. Has the double advantage of not burning skin or smelling too bad.