cheap brown vinegar works for...?

ksh123

I have read in lots of threads that people are afraid of using brown vinegar for the conditioning rinse in their washer - especially for white things.
Well I find it almost impossible to buy white vinegar in money saving quantities and have always used brown. And, as I sit here in my sparkling whites a la soap powder advert, I can tell you that it certainly doesn't stain - not at 40 or 50 degrees anyway which are the hottest wash temps I use.
So I just thought I would put your minds at rest on that score.


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Queenie

I've resorted to malt at times too - I always dilute it so never have any problems.
I prefer to use white though ... especially as my youngest likes to have a bit of dinner with his vinegar! (Think it must be a family trait; my eldest brother used to have a swig at the malt vinegar bottle when he was a lad too )

catznine

I think I'm going to be brave and try this out today on my towels as they have lost their softness. Probably too much fabric conditioner and putting them on the radiators to dry over winter!

Chipps

Hi, I use malt most of the time too, with no problems; neither stain nor vinegar smell.
It's easier to get, and only 19p a bottle at Lidl, but I can only find sarsons white vinegar locally - can't remember how much that is, but more than 19p!

ksh123

that made me smile Queenie - using vinegar in the wash and always diluting it - errr aren't the clothes in water anyway?? lol
I buy my malt vinegar in bulk from Costco or Macro but I have never been able to get white in anything other than 1L bottles and its dear compared to brown. so I stick to brown and find it great. I shall always be grateful to the person who first mentioned the vinegar thing on here must be a couple of years ago now, but it sure has saved us all a lot of money!
thanks
ps catznine: I promise it won't hurt your whites.

Queenie

ksh123 wrote:

that made me smile Queenie - using vinegar in the wash and always diluting it - errr aren't the clothes in water anyway?? lol

:rotfl: Yup, I know the clothes are in water anyway ... but, I want the vinegar to be on *all* the clothes, not just the first spot it hits!

ksh123

hope you don't think I was being sarky? but I understand now, srt of makes sense in a backwards kind of way (oooer big storm here, mega lightening, dog shaking)

Queenie

ksh123 wrote:

hope you don't think I was being sarky? but I understand now, srt of makes sense in a backwards kind of way (oooer big storm here, mega lightening, dog shaking)

Sarky?:rotfl: No way!!! I'm just not as green as I'm cabbage looking :rotfl:

ksh123

I knew that! I read your other posts.........

Queenie

How's the storm? Is your dog ok?

Curry_Queen

So you mean I don't have to keep paying out for Sarson's distilled vinegar then :rolleyes:



We had thunder here a couple of hours ago but it's passed now and I can see blue skies and whispy clouds :T