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Baking soda and white vinegar uses

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Butterflies13 · 15/02/2019 22:23

Hi everyone
I’ve recently bought a whole lot of baking soda and white vinegar in a bid to use less chemicals at home. I tried cleaning my oven trays today with the these both but they didn’t have the cleaning effect I was hoping for (still lots of marks left).

Can you suggest how I can use these products to clean my house especially the oven, mould around windows/shower etc as I’m at a loss at how much and what order I should use these to get an effective clean! Also do you have any other tips or uses for these products?

Thanks

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krisskross · 15/02/2019 22:26

JiltedJohnsJulie · 16/02/2019 07:27

Marking my place too OP

MadauntofA · 16/02/2019 08:15

White vinegar is great for windows and stainless steel, baking soda made into a thick paste with a few drops of water for scrubbing anything. Baking soda then vinegar poured down plug holes followed after a while by v hot water helps clean them. Vinegar to replace fabric conditioner in the washing machine, and rinse aid in the dishwasher. Also a bowl of vinegar in the hottest wash to clean the dishwasher. For mould, especially round the shower, I would use the fab tip I picked up on MN - soak toilet roll in bleach, squidge on to the mould and leave for a few hours, then throw away and clean - magical!!

ReaganSomerset · 16/02/2019 08:18

Remove limescale from toilet- remove all toilet water (involves bailing out with a cup of some sort) fill with white vinegar. Leave overnight. Scrub in the morning.

ReaganSomerset · 16/02/2019 08:19

@MadauntofA does that toilet roll trick work on the sealant around the bath? I was going to just reseal it, but your method sounds easier!

WhoGivesADamnForAFlakeyBandit · 16/02/2019 08:21

I've got some black textured tiles that are covered in grey and white splodges from limescale and toothpaste - could I just fill the mop bucket with vinegar and go for it?

MadauntofA · 16/02/2019 08:25

Regan - that is specifically for the sealant, it really is magic!!

MadauntofA · 16/02/2019 08:27

Your bathroom smells of bleach all day though!!

MadauntofA · 16/02/2019 08:28

Who - I'd probably try cleaning a small patch first then if ok, go for it

ReaganSomerset · 16/02/2019 08:28

@MadauntofA

Amazing. I will get on that today. So excited (more than is probably healthy) to try this out!

bagpiss · 16/02/2019 08:35

I bought a lovely white linen top on eBay this week for a work project.
Unfortunately it had the most disgusting armpit stains (strategically not shown in photos)
First i soaked the stains in white vinegar for 1 hour. Rinsed
Then mixed a bit of water with a couple of tablespoons of bicarb/baking powder into a fizzy thick paste ( both work similarly)
Brushed the paste into stains with toothbrush. Left for two hours.
Washed as per usual. Tadaa. No grotty pit stains.

Bewarethequietboy · 16/02/2019 13:38

I recently used it to clean the floor around the loo underneath the Lino. There had been the lovely smell of stale wee for a while and after cleaning everything else I discovered that the Lino wasn’t sealed to the bottom of the loo or along the side of the bath and that the plywood floor was unsealed and really stinky and mouldy. I poured on some bicarbonate, then dripped on the vinegar which all foamed up and after scrubbing it with a brush and leaving it to dry it smells so much better. Now I need to varnish the floor and put the Lino down and seal around the loo and base of the bath and try to teach DS1 and DS2 to pee in the loo, not generally around it, and possibly DP too!

MikeUniformMike · 16/02/2019 18:51

The best way to clean badly burnt on bits off oven tray is to soak the trays in very hot water with washing powder in it.
I use white vinegar for cleaning most things I would use anti-bacterial spray or window cleaner for, and also on furniture and leather.

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Butterflies13 · 16/02/2019 21:13

Thanks for the tips. Can’t wait to try these!

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Fozzleyplum · 16/02/2019 21:17

Make a paste of white vinegar and baking soda and smear it all over the shower. Leave it for a while then rinse to get rid of limescale and soap scum.

PerpetualStudent · 16/02/2019 21:22

I make an all purpose cleaning spray by leaving a bunch of orange peel soaking in a jar of vinegar for 2-3 weeks, then mixing the resultant orange-vinegar half and half with water in a spray bottle. Does the job for day to day wiping down counters etc

eatthepineapple · 17/02/2019 19:32

Following. Have recently been using more vinegar in cleaning but I'm sure there are so many uses I hadn't thought of!

pancakeBlanket · 17/02/2019 19:43

You can use it to remove tarnish from silver jewellery. Put aluminium foil into a bowl. Add a squirt of vinegar, sprinkle of bicarb and hot water from a kettle and leave for 30 mins. You don't need much. Works a treat.

pancakeBlanket · 17/02/2019 19:43

And add the jewellery obviously 🙄

forumdonkey · 17/02/2019 21:11

Whites and white bedding. It brings them up unbelievably white. Ariel powder and bicarb soda in the drum, lemon juice in the detergent drawer and white vinegar in the rinse dispenser. First wash is a cold wash. This is important because a hot wash can seal stains. Repeat exactly the same and follow it with a hot second wash.

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