White vinegar threads

katiejones

Thanks Guys - will give it a try with the towels

Sunnyday

wssla00 wrote: »

I use vinegar for two reasons:
1. To eliminate odours
2. To soften towels

I always use it in the rinse part (ie the fabric softener part) of the machine and only about a capfull. You don't smell it and it works really well

I use it for these reasons too, an added bonus is keeping limescale down.

I like the antibacterial properties when i`m washing a load of dog towels as these are often muddy this weather and i only wash these at 40 degrees.

Oh and i no longer buy the white distilled stuff, for the last 12 months i`ve been using the value vinegar at 13p per bottle. Ok its brown but that dosen`t affect the clothes in any way, even the whites.

HTH

SD

zippychick

Hi Morganlefay:hello:

Now you have plenty of answers, I've added your thread to the main white vinegar one, to keep the ideas together

thanks
Zip

kimmee

Hello everyone

Am slowly but surely getting in to the OS ways. From the tips on here I used white vinegar to de-scale my shower head, I used to buy those specialist de-scalers but I have to say the vinegar did a much better job

My question is - once I've de-scaled can I then decant the vinegar back into its bottle and use again (for de-scaling, not for putting on my chips :rotfl:)?

TIA

Sherlock._2

kimmee wrote: »

My question is - once I've de-scaled can I then decant the vinegar back into its bottle and use again (for de-scaling, not for putting on my chips :rotfl:)?

You can, but it will slowly lose its strength and descaling power over time

kimmee

Thanks Sherlock - oooops, drained first lot down the sink but will know for next time

rachbc

on a simialr note how much vinegar is needed to do a an effecive job at descaling - I guess for a shower head you use neat, but say in a washing machine I hear talk of a splash but this must be so diluted but the amount of water the machine uses I onder how effective it can be

BitterAndTwisted

I think the "splash" you're reading about is the vinegar being used in the machine as a fabric conditioner so the descaling is an added benefit over time.

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BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I think the "splash" you're reading about is the vinegar being used in the machine as a fabric conditioner so the descaling is an added benefit over time.

yes I just fill my machine drawer to where it says max for the conditioner with white vinegar and its great and doesn't make the clothes 'niffy' either I have just done a washload and hung it out this morning to dry in the sun.The clothes not only feel softer with vinegar but they have lost that 'soapy' feel that conditioner seemed to leave It must be good as I normally can't stand the smell of the stuff at all.

Farway

kimmee wrote: »

Hello everyone

Am slowly but surely getting in to the OS ways. From the tips on here I used white vinegar to de-scale my shower head, I used to buy those specialist de-scalers but I have to say the vinegar did a much better job

My question is - once I've de-scaled can I then decant the vinegar back into its bottle and use again (for de-scaling, not for putting on my chips :rotfl:)?

TIA

For descaling a shower head you could use any plain old cheap brown vinegar, would be much cheaper than using the clear vinegar

I also use cheapo brown in my washing machine as a clothes softener, as others say, it does not make you smell like a chip shop