Help - Hubby complaining

Redrose

Hubby is complaining that everywhere smells of vinegar, and it stinks.. ( i quite like the smell)

Is there any way i can disgisuge (sp) the smell.

I use if for cleaning the shower and also cleaning the windows...

Thanks Di

squeaky

Yep. First off - you don't need to use it neat. 50/50 is plenty strong enough to get limescale off shower stalls and so on, and even half of that if you're up to date.

For use around the rest of the house I use about 1/5th vinegar plus a good dollop of lemon juice which works fine and what very little smell there is disappears in five minutes flat.

You can also add a couple or three drops of an essential oil too.


Edit: If you check the Cleaning section of the MEGA Index sticky at the top of the Old Style forum look in "White vinegar" for more tips and recipe variations.

tallulah_beaulah

I find facts and figures soon stop a complaining hubby! Tell him how much it would cost to clean the house with fancy brand name products for a year, (guesstimate this figure) then how much it costs to clean a house with vinegar for a year. Then finish up with "So that's x amount to put towards ... " (insert your hubby's favorite hobby/ dream holiday/ etc.)

Mics_chick

Could you use some hm air freshener - a helpful MSE told me to rub some essential oil on back of radiators so that it gives off smell when heating is on - this way it works same way as expensive plug in air fresheners...

This is something you could regularly or just on the days your using vinegar?

HappyIdiotTalk

Last time I went shopping I looked for some white vinegar, saw malted, chip shop style, sherry and loads of others... No white venegar though... Unless its the white wine vinegar? Where do you find this stuff? ANd does it complement stardrops, because thats what we use at the moment. If its a replacement for stardrops though I dont think I'll bother.

loren83

Vinegar removes limescale much better. I use them both for different things. Vinegar for fabric softener, windows, descaling kettle etc, stardrops for general cleaning.

squeaky

HappyIdiotTalk wrote:

Last time I went shopping I looked for some white vinegar, saw malted, chip shop style, sherry and loads of others... No white venegar though... Unless its the white wine vinegar? Where do you find this stuff? ANd does it complement stardrops, because thats what we use at the moment. If its a replacement for stardrops though I dont think I'll bother.

It's called "white" vinegar, but is actually "distilled" vinegar and is clear like water.

It's also used more alongside stardrops than instead of. Take a look:-

Vinegar & White Vinegar:
- Brown (malt) vinegar will not stain your clothes!
- Cleaning product replacement?
- Concealing the smell of vinegar?
- For more than just cleaning
- How do you mix it / use it?
- Masking the smell
- Sources
- The great Bleach v Vinegar debate
- ..The search for cheap vinegar
- Uses
- What is it?
- White vinegar?

LJM

i dont particularly notice the smell as im cleaning but it doesnt take long for smell to fade,pop out couple bowls of bicarb with 3-4 drops of essential oils in,will take moisture and smells out of the air