Comments on: Can vinegar really clean everything?

By: Fran Lehen

Fran Lehen — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:37:00 +0000

This is probably a stupid question but do you think diluted apple cider vinegar (organic could possibly whiten teeth?

By: Ditmas Deb

Ditmas Deb — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:12:36 +0000

Vinegar and salt mixed together makes a fantastic copper cleaner. It will take off all the tarnish and leave it that beautiful red/orange that you like about copper.

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:55:05 +0000

Vinegar is *great* on coffee. I put a glug in the water reservoir on my (mother-in-law’s) coffee maker, let it sit for a while and run it all the way through. No more rancid coffee.

Same for thermoses and the moka pot. Want to see something disturbing? Dilute some vinegar in the top of your pot and pour it through the basket to the bottom chamber. Take the basket out and pour it back into the top chamber, and then back through.

Then turn the pot upside down and pour it through there.

If your pot is anything like mine you’ll be a little horrified at how clogged it was. A few passes (with the same vinegar) and it rinsed right through.

By: Marina

Marina — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:57:17 +0000

You can just use salt to remove coffee-stains from your favorite mug. Use the same procedure–that is, throw some salt on it and scrub–and it works just as well.

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By: eric

eric — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:07:34 +0000

In order for the hair rinse to work, you must use apple cider vinegar with the mother enzyme, not HEINZ from your super market. Pasteurization not only kills bacteria but all living enzymes rendering it no different from white dead vinegar which is useless in terms of health, but it will clean just about everything. Its not just the acetic acid that helps your hair, but the trace nutrients that are present. ACV balances the ph level of your hair and helps to open the nutrient path ways that supply your hair. Chemicals like “sodium lauryl sulfate” found in many shampoo’s,soaps, and tooth paste is a foaming agent (that which causes the foaming we all like)is the same cleaning agent in car engine decreaser’s.

By: K

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:34:35 +0000

I use white vinegar for everything. Besides dishsoap (which also cleans carpet stains) and laundry detergent, it’s the only household cleaner I purchase. It’s a fabric softener, all-purpose cleaner (including hardwood floors), cat box deodorizer, cofeemaker cleaner. I don’t mind the smell. It’s clean and natural. Way better than chemical fragrances.

By: kollagen

kollagen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:12:15 +0000

As a company we have tried the e cloth and water and it does work really well but i find the vinegar and water does an even better job because it doesn’t ever smear and if you dont mind the smell of fish’n chips its also a plus. The steam cleaner is something i am looking into getting will make the job a lot easier and will hopefully do a better job.

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By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:25 +0000

Oh, and a bottle of 90% or better rubbing alcohol can be as low as 99 cents or even less. Most chains have sales on that stuff.