White Vinegar and Stardrops!

lauren_1

I use stardrops for

• Laundry (neat star)
• Screenwash (only a teaspoon of star and vinigar mix in the resevoir and fill to the brim)
• Windows
• in my carpet washer (neat star)
• I have a bottle of star, water and vinigar mix for general purposes such as cleaning the kitchien sides and sticky hand prints
• Cleaning out the pet houses and cages

mumof4our

Can anyone tell me where to buy white vinegar? I had a look in the supermarket yesterday and couldn't find it. I had a look in the cleaning aisle and with other vinegars. Is it just the ordinary colorless vinegar?

Guapa1

Yes it's white malt vinegar. I get mine from Tesco.

Pink.

Hi mumof4our,

You should be able to find it in most supermarkets but to get it cheaper in larger quantities try aisian supermarkets.

This thread has more suggestions:

White vinegar threads

I'll add this thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

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lucysmam

white vinegar & stardrops have now replaced all my cleaning stuff on next weeks shopping list apart from antibacterial spray for lo's high chair. Wasn't sure about the antibacterial-ness of stardrops/vinegar. Anyone know anything about this?

wendy+5

I would think as long as the high chair is cleaned with hot water it should be fine. I'm sure vinegar is anti-bac too.

mandy_moo_1

i usually add a few drops of tea tree oil to my stardrops and water mix, as this is a natural anti-bacterial , HTH

lucysmam

didn't know that about tea tree! cheers mandy_moo. will try that out instead of spray then for high chair

Ben84

I've never been too sure about anti-bacterial cleaning products. They may be doing more harm than good in a number of ways.

I don't use them, not even down the toilet. We've been fine without them. We do all the usual hygiene things like separate chopping boards, and I know that washing anything with soap/detergent is actually very good at picking up any bacteria and washing them away. Also, a regularly cleaned surface will be smooth, clean, and free of anything for bacteria to live in or feed on.

I clean almost everything with soda crystals and stardrops because they're cheap and work very well. No need for toilet cleaner, multi-purpose liquids, carpet and upholstery cleaner, hand wash liquid, window cleaner, kettle de-scaler (soda crystals are better), or washing up liquid. These two things do all of this. The only other thing I use in a normal week is washing powder for clothes.

Stephen_Leak

lucysmam wrote: »

white vinegar & stardrops have now replaced all my cleaning stuff on next weeks shopping list apart from antibacterial spray for lo's high chair. Wasn't sure about the antibacterial-ness of stardrops/vinegar. Anyone know anything about this?

The bugs aren't going to appreciate the acidity of the vinegar, but I still have a normal disinfectant in my cleaning arsenal. Stardrops is only a soapless detergent.