Cleaning dishes with cider vinager

[B and C]

I don't know the cost difference. I have tried the vinegar and I still like my alcohol (all types!) better. Quick drying and no smell after the short drying time. I don't know what I am going to die from but it won't be a little bit of alcohol residue. I've never tasted it.

I use the stronger stuff so everything has a better chance of dying. I use vinegar to clean my coffee maker though. It does a great job of cutting through calcium when I run it through about 4 times with soaks in between. Takes me all day though but I have the time. Vinegar is only 5% vinegar, the rest is water.

 

[Weight]

I use distilled vinegar. It doesn't attract sour fly, fruit fly, or any other bothersome Beastie. . Even in a space filled with them. And it can found cheaper than bottle water.

 

[max+sophia]

I figure white vinegar is edible, but I don't want isopropyl alcohol on my dishes. Ethyl alcohol, maybe.

Sounds right.  What is the mix of water to white vinegar, to be strong enough to kill whatever?

 

[QinReno]

Sounds right.  What is the mix of water to white vinegar, to be strong enough to kill whatever?

These guys say 1/2 cup of vinegar to 1/2 gallon of water for general cleaning, and somewhat stronger for food residue. Sounds about right. I can't imagine the concentration is super critical. Everybody has their own formula, LOL. I also figure that my boiling water in the fry pan after the meal will kill most of whatever in the first place, and the vinegar is mainly followup.
- https://www.google.com/search?q=white+vinegar+for+cleaning

 

[rm.w/aview]

Cast iron cookware needs only to be wiped out, and for general kitchen duties Dr. Bronners diluted with water cause it smells good & cleans well, again just a wipe to dry, using recycled spray bottles for kitchen duties.

 

[mpruet]

A while back I did a lot of car camping in a Prius.  I had one spray bottle filled with a mixture of vinegar and water that I used to clean my cooking/eating utensils.  When I was recently in Alaska I used the same spray bottle in my class-B.  It's a great way to minimize water usage.

 

[travelaround]

I usually don't bother to dilute my white vinegar when I'm cleaning - but I'm a bit of a clean freak in that way. I have a coffee maker that specifically says, in the instructions, not to dilute the vinegar when cleaning the machine.

I have an electric tea pot I clean about once a month by bringing full strength vinegar to a boil in it. I don't leave it to boil . . . just get it there then turn it off. That removes the calcium deposits. I go back in an hour and rinse it out.

I clean counter tops and other things with full strength white vinegar too.

 

[max+sophia]

I usually don't bother to dilute my white vinegar when I'm cleaning -

Hi, Just wondering if white vinegar is a bug deterrent

 

[travelaround]

Hi, Just wondering if white vinegar is a bug deterrent

Bug spray for vegetables and other plants:
3 cups water
1 cup vinegar
1 teaspoon dish soap
Combine in spray bottle.

 

[Dingfelder]

I've cleaned with pure vinegar, but it's kind of like ammonia -- you're fine plenty of the time, but once in a while you get in range of a really solid whiff and it makes your eyes roll up into the back of your head.

 

[travelaround]

I don't mind the scent of vinegar since I use it so much, but if there are any cuts on my hands, it stings! That's what I don't like about it.

 

[_KJ_]

Regular white vinegar is a condiment and has a very low actual vinegar content.
You can get stronger white vinegar;
pickling vinegar is stronger and yes there is such thing as ‘cleaning vinegar’ which is so ridiculously strong!!

 

[travelaround]

I buy Heinz cleaning vinegar when I can find it. . . .

 

[Weight]

Vinegar was used as a cleaning agent for millennium. Very common in butcheries to prevent contamination, and remove odor.

 

[John61CT]

Why would you use anything but cleaning vinegar?

 

[RVTravel]

I'd imagine most using vinegar to clean dishes are not using "cleaning" vinegar.

 

[rosiemartinez1211]

I clean dishes with Absolut vodka...not really.

Absoltely not! That's alcohol abuse!!

 

[rosiemartinez1211]

I use a baking soda/vinegar mix for many cleaning jobs. But will probably just use white vinegar & water when camping. Never even realized there's a cleaning vinegar.

 

[Weight]

Cleaning vinegar is diluted to a strength of 6% acidity. White vinegar is diluted to a strength of 5%. They are both made from grain alcohol. Home Depot advertises "Green Gobbler" 30% vinegar, that would take off your warts.

 

[John61CT]

Once you get past 14% or so, it's not really "vinegar", bacteria don't work anymore.

In the US mostly from wood byproducts