White Vinegar as fabric rinse aid

[favorit]

sorry, can't find anymore the thread where I read about it ... but I tried and it works beyond my guess !!

I ran a load of duvets. As I had a small box of Dixan I used to boilwash some white towelling, I used it for duvets too.
I ran them on cottons 60°C - quick - 1200 rpm (two rinses only). The second rinse water was crystal clear !!.
I admit I was afraid of the smell ... despite of the half glass of vinegar I poured in the FS dispenser, there was no smell at all and the scent of the powder detergent was gone away too !

Thank you all for this tip !

 

[mixfinder]

Notches

Hamilton Beach gears are soft metal and often became out of alignment with a spoon to the beaters or even from mixing heavy batters. When the gears moved forward and the armature would spin it caused the beaters to hit each other. Easily remedied by removing the two screws that hold the beater assembly to the motor and moving them back into alignment. The notches were caused by the beaters hitting each other for extended uses. The small caps cover the carbon brushes known as points for the speed control. Sunbeam has them in models 3 through 9, just ahead of the governor and hidden by the control knob. They helped to smooth the action of the governor, causing the switch to open and close, maintaining even speed. These were later replaced with capacitors. If you remove the small black caps you will see small brass fittings that unscrew to reveal the carbon brushes. They are somewhat difficult to replace. The gears were sometimes replaced with brass which made them sturdier but also noisier. In models H, K and forward the cogged beater drives most often moved and deformed before the gears, rendering the mixer useless until the spindles are replaced. In buying vintage Hamilton Beach mixers its wise to check the spacing of the drive cogs in the beater spindles before purchasing. Once it happens the beaters won't fit.

 

[mixfinder]

Sorry Wrong Thread

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[whirlcool]

Yes, distilled vinegar is a great deodorizer and is very good at knocking down suds in the rinse cycle. We use it from time to time and it really does a good job. And it's cheap too! Laundress could probably tell us why vinegar knocks down suds.

It has a lot of uses. We use it to clean the noseprints off of our windows where our dogs look out. Windex won't even smudge the marks, warm up a paper towel with vinegar on it in the microwave and the marks are removed in one pass. We rinse the window with a papertowel with water on it to rinse and dry.

 

[mayguy]

I've been using vinegar for over a year, and I have very good result with it.

I've been going "Green" and nice not dump all of these chemical onto our clothes, and down the drain, and the air we breath that you get from Downy or other fabric softeners. (yes it's cheap too!)

Now I can't stand the smell of Downy or what ever the customer use for fabric softener cuz it stinks! LOL

Clothes comes out just as soft, and I noticed the bath towels absorbs more.

 

[mysteryclock]

One side benefit I've noticed of using vinegar as the rinsing agent is that it has helped removed the last bit of grey limescale from the SS drum of my Bosch FL, and has kept it away. We have quite hard water here so that's quite an accomplishment IMO!

 

[rll70sman]

I've been using vinegar as a fabric softener for about a year or so. My dish rags and bath towels were getting a sour smell which just seemed to be masked by Downy. After adding a cup or two of white vinegar over the course of several rinse cycles, the smell disappeared. Not to mention, vinegar is also an excellent cleaner and disinfectant, which will help remove the soap scum and scale buildup in your washer. Use it to descale and freshen your coffee pot, dishwasher, and garbage disposer as well.

 

[mysteryclock]

You can also use vinegar...

...to clean granite as well as most other spray cleaners, and as a light-duty degreaser, a glass / mirror cleaner, and to clean bathroom fixtures in combination with baking soda.

I read somewhere that one of the main reasons they don't tout the disinfecting properties of vinegar is that it might scare off some folks to see a kitchen food product labeled as a "disinfectant". Makes sense I suppose.

 

[zanussi_lover]

I use it in the dishwasher

I use it instead of rinse aid, it gets my dishes really shiny.

also use it for cleaning taps in the bathroom

 

[michaelman2]

We all talked about this subject several months ago, and someone mentioned that the acidity of the vinegar could mess with the components of some machines? I still use the vinegar in the rinse, but does anyone remember the thread that discussed the potential problems associated with the vinegar?

 

[zanussi_lover]

it was my thread

Look up ECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVES

its that one i made =]

 

[iheartmaytag]

A vinegar rinse when you clean your carpets helps nuteralize the akali detergent and remove the browning of traffic areas, as well as cleans the areas where pets or kids may have dribbled urine. Just one cup to a gallon is all it takes. The smell disapates as the carpet dries.

 

[ronhic]

White Vinegar...

....as a fabric softener was one of the first things that I started spouting the benefits of when I joined the forum about 12m ago...

Whilst I am undoubtedly not the first to have mentioned it, it is good to see that many people have tried it and are happy with the results

 

[charbee]

We started using it back in November, when we began to use our home-made laundry powder, and it works wonders. We use it on everything except towels...it's a great alternative to a nasty chemical fabric softener, and the best part of it all is no smells! No "fragrances," no "flavors"...just "CLEAN!"

I think Toggles brought up the fact that vinegar will eventually "eat" porcelain, but we haven't really seen much new damage to the tub...but then we're talkin' about a Maytag from the '70s in "rode-hard-and-put-up-wet" condition to begin with. ;-)

 

[autowasherfreak]

I use vinegar and water in a spray bottle for washing windows and mirrors. I have also used as a rinse aid in the dishwasher and I have used several times instead of fabric softener, since my roommate is allergic to Snuggle and Downy. I also used it to get rid of hard water build up on the reservoir for the humidifier attachment for my CPAP machine. I think there is a book out called either 101 or 1001 uses for vinegar.

 

[mayguy]

Charbee

What do you use with your towels then?

 

[charbee]

mayguy: We don't use any sort of softener at all with towels, and they come out the way we like them. My mom used to use so much Downy on towels that after so many years, they all actually repelled water, rather than absorbed it. I swore I'd never have "rubbery" towels after I left home. So we just wash 'em in hot and toss 'em in the dryer and they come out great.

 

[gmmcnair]

Vinegar

Since I wash with natural soap, I use vinegar to keep residue and scum from forming in the machine. Has worked great at 1/4 per load in my Whirlpool TL for the past three years.

I was initially concerned about the porcelain, but not a problem to date. The vinegar seems to be dilute enough in 20 or so gallons of water not to be a problem.

 

[sudsmaster]

Most laundry detergents and soaps are basic - that is, high pH. They often come with builders to boost the alkalnity as well. Some of this alkalinity may be left over after the first rinses. Vinegar acts to counteract this alkalinity, and in the process will also reduce sudsing. It may also help to dissolve precipitates that might form during the wash process. We all know how acid eats into limestone or marble, right?

I use a spray bottle of diluted vinegar at work to cut the water based machine cutting coolant I invariably get on my hands. Soap doesn't get rid of it, I could stand at the sink washing my hands with it for 10 minutes and still not get it off. But the vinegar instantly cuts the slipperyness.