Please help me my house is like a chip shop!

Austin_Allegro

First make sure you are using white distilled vinegar, not brown malt vinegar, white wine vinegar, cider vinegar etc.

Dilute it 50/50 and use in a spray bottle then wipe down for multipurpose cleaning.

I have vinegared my bathroom in the morning and left the house shut up all day and you do notice a smell in the evening - so make sure you ventilate well.

mrsmab59

I keep some vinegar in a shallow dish in our porch as an alternative to air freshners. Whenever I get comments on the smell of vinegar in there I point out that the alternative is smelly footwear (including trainers :eek: ). I'm reliably informed that the vinegar smell hasn't disappeared, but personally I don't notice it anymore. And it certainly removes the smell of well used footwear!

System

I have been using white vinegar for months now on various jobs round the house, however, although the smell soon went when i used it on windows, in the kitchen etc. I found the smell in the bathroom lingered for far too long. So i use bleach in a spray bottle in the bathroom. I prefer the waft of bleach than the horrible smell of vinegar anyday!!

tootles_2

If the smell is really bad, just light an ordinary candle and allow it to burn for about 5 minutes, the smell will go, this also works for any strong cooking smells.

squeaky

tootles wrote:

If the smell is really bad, just light an ordinary candle and allow it to burn for about 5 minutes, the smell will go, this also works for any strong cooking smells.

Hi, I see by your post count that you're a new poster, so welcome to MoneySavers and thanks for the tip. Will it work with an ordinary incense oil burner (with no fancy scents) too?

Wickedkitten

I make my own cleaning product out of a mixture of vinegar, baking soda, water, and lemon juice that way you end up with a nice lemony smell and just keep it in a spray bottle under the sink.

System

Welcome to the boards wicked kitten xxx

Wickedkitten

Judi wrote:

Welcome to the boards wicked kitten xxx

cheers judi

condyk

Wickedkitten wrote:

I make my own cleaning product out of a mixture of vinegar, baking soda, water, and lemon juice that way you end up with a nice lemony smell and just keep it in a spray bottle under the sink.

Ok, this sounds good, so what proportions of each approx? Thanks :-)

The though of a 'chip shop house' doesn't tickle me ... I can image it would tempt me to go to the chippie too often as well!!

Eliza252

yep, I just cleaned the scummy water marks in the shower off - started with a nice sensible 50/50 dilution and then got carried away and sloshed it on neat - it worked like a charm but now the flat stinks of vinegar - am trying to waft the smell away desperately before flat mate gets back (NOT an MSE convert despite my very best efforts! :rolleyes: ) - hopefully the sparkly sparkly kitchen sink (bicarb of soda) will distract her from the smell - tum ti tumm ............ :cool: