Can you re-use white vinegar?

Angelraesunshine

My DH bought me the one touch kettle type thing for christmas which is great but we live in such a hard water area i have to descale every few days now i have left it showing to descale for about a week but i am about to do it now but it says you have to use approx 1 litre of white vinegar maybe a bit more though it to descale. so question is can i reuse the vinegar that comes out the other end?

i was thinking that it could go in the washing machine which is where i normally use it i add a bit to each wash.


any ideas?

Queenie

Yes, under the circumstances you describe

I have re-used the neat white vinegar from descaling and made it up into a solution for window cleaning. I've also "recycled" the vinegar from de-scaling to flush through some soda crystals to clear the drains.

The only thing I have done (which may sound quite anal to others :rolleyes: ) is to pass it through a coffee filter first before reusing it to filter out the smaller particles of limescale that can 'hang' in the solution.

Angelraesunshine

Thats great thanks, thought it would be ok to use, so it will be no prob going in with my washing and i thought i might do all the plug holes with it and soda crystals as i am going to be having a lot of vinegar going spare.

mattogier

You MAY find it is not as effective for the second and subsequent use - it will become less acidic with each use - trial and error will show.

BTW - how good do you find that ?Tefal? kettle? Is the water temp sufficient to make a good cup of tea / coffee - We bought the dual tank eco kettle and have noticed a saving by boiling JUST the number of cups we need but are also looking at getting a Quooker tap (£700 +) when we we do the new kitchen this year as it is the only 100 degrees C boiler tap on the market at the moment but has 2p a day running costs!

Angelraesunshine

its ok but not totally fab

Save money YES
coffee ~ great as you and not meant to make with boiling water
but i am a tea drinker and find you have to drink it straight away or it has gone cold also no good if you have more than 2 people wanting a drink at it takes just as long to boil a kettle and the 1st tea will not be going cold while you make number 4. no good for instant gravy either lol.

my kitchen extention has just finished being plastered on Saturday so in a few weeks i will have my new kitchen ordered and yes i want a instant boiling water tap of some sort in it rather than a kettle as i do drink a lot of tea though i am not sure that the Quooker tap is very energy effecient but i am going to start looking in to what i can get.

Angelraesunshine

mattogier wrote: »

Quooker tap (£700 +) when we we do the new kitchen this year as it is the only 100 degrees C boiler tap on the market at the moment but has 2p a day running costs!

http://www.zipdesignerrange.co.uk/news.asp

this is the one i had my eye on after seeing it on grand designs way back unfortunately it has a grand price tag too

Charis

mattogier wrote: »

looking at getting a Quooker tap (£700 +) when we we do the new kitchen this year as it is the only 100 degrees C boiler tap on the market at the moment but has 2p a day running costs!

2p per day? Is that before you turn it on?

According to Southern Electric's consumption guide it costs almost 3p per day to run just a kettle, even if you are careful only to boil what you need.
£700 for a tap? :eek: At 3p a day, that's sixty four year's worth of kettle running costs.

Charis

mattogier

Charis wrote: »

£700 for a tap? :eek: At 3p a day, that's sixty four year's worth of kettle running costs.

We (OH and I) both work from home (fostering) - it take about 90 secs to boil out 3Kw kettle for two big mugs - we must do this 20 times a days (allowing for the "boil & forget & re boil" situation that happens A LOT) - that's 1.5 KwH per day @ 8.6p per KWh you get 13p per day, £47 per year - so payback in.... 14 years - plus it'll look good! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ravylesley

I'm intrigued by the Quooker tap but worry about the safety aspect with having four children though

Lesleyxx

Angelraesunshine

ravylesley wrote: »

I'm intrigued by the Quooker tap but worry about the safety aspect with having four children though

Lesleyxx

not sure about that Quooker tap but i know that the Zap hydro tap ( see my post above) has a child lock feature

trying-very-trying

Charis wrote: »

2p per day? Is that before you turn it on?
According to Southern Electric's consumption guide it costs almost 3p per day to run just a kettle, even if you are careful only to boil what you need.£700 for a tap? :eek: At 3p a day, that's sixty four year's worth of kettle running costs.Charis

Correct me if I'm wrong, but surely 2p per day only works out at £7.30 or £7.32 in a leap year.