White vinegar

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I keep seeing people mentioning this.

Which part of the supermarket do you get it from - vinegar or cleaning?

I am being really thick I'm sure but don't want to end up making washing smell of a chip shop .

hmmm, i'm not sure either. i saw someone on here mention it to descale coffee machines, so i bought some white malt vinegar from the food bit. haven't dared use it yet though.....

With cleaning products. It has a low odour btw !

I buy mine with vinegar? I use half and half water for windows.

In both cleaning and vinegar section here and yes it's great for descaling as well as windows :o

good for loos too (with borax)

I bought the malt stuff and it's WRONG - made everything smell like a chippy. Think it worked though...........
I still haven't found the plain white vinegar in cleaning or vinegar sections of our shops.

So is the sort I want white malt vinegar?

white vinegar is next to brown (or whatever it is) vingegar in the supermarket

You need ASDA for white vinegar.
Tis good to use for fluffing yer towels too.

Just read helsy's post and I suppose not .

To the having malt part that is

i must be posh as i use white wine vingar!! 99p for a bottle goes along way if u dont use for salad dressings.
but any vinegar bar malt will do.

I know DH uses white wine vinegar sometimes - maybe there's some around somewhere.

I use white vinegar for cleaning anything and everything, nappies, towels, carpets, upholstery, windows, descaling the kettle and sink, cleaning the fridge....
Dh fell 'up' the stairs carrying coffee last year. It stained the cream carpet but after a couple of doses of white vinegar and water with the spray mist you wouldn't know now.
I buy it in Asda vinegar section.

Great stuff, it really is.

So how do you use it for towels etc gb? (Still working on that pic btw).

I use it neat on limescale which gathers on my taps. I soak cotton wool and use an elastic band to secure the bits that would otherwise fall off, leave it overnight then rinse off.

Never tried with windows, but happy to give it a go - do you just dilute it 50/50 with water and clean as normal?

And for carpets? Does it leave a vinegary smell?

Put it in the conditiner compartment of your washing machine. It's the build up of detergents that can make towels crunchy, white vinegar help dissolve it.

how much do you put in MrsD?

A good dash. Probably as much as I would conditioner.

For getting all the horrible gunk off the base of the taps.
I soak it in cotton wool and put that round tap base. Is amazing what comes off!

Now soda crystals...that's another story! :o

vinegar is also good for cloth nappies
my local tescos doens't stock white vinegar in the quantities that I need !

I was told the other day that value vinegar works just as well as white - for both windows and nappies.

I think you need to give the nappies an extra rinse to avoid chip shopness...

I have only ever used white vinegar (dunno if it is malt or wine, just the first clear one I grabbed ) - never ended up chip shoppy

I think it was expat who makes shower spray; I bought some white vinegar yesterday but can't find the post of how to make it - anyone else know? (Or are you back expat?)

it's good for bath toys that have gone a bit slimy too. put them in a bucket with water and 'some' (ermm, a good dash?) white vinegar... gets rid of all the mould.

it's called distilled malt vinegar in Asda

I've been thinking for some time that expat should be paid a fee by mumsnet to write a downloadable cleaning e-book

I'd buy it

non cleaning use - dilute it half and half and use on toes that are itchy because of athlete's foot. prevents it from breaking out. I suppose you could also wash/wipe shoes with it too to get rid of the fungus.

note: do not use it when the skin has broken as it will not burn.