You do not know white vinegar ?
Also called white vinegar or crystal vinegar, it is an essential for an ecological household. It is a great weapon in the home for descaling, disinfecting, shining and degreasing.
If you want to know more about its powers and how it can help you in your daily tasks, just read on.
Not convinced? White vinegar costs less than one euro per liter for a consumption of about 1 liter per month, not bad, isn't it?
Even before talking to you about its daily dosage, this product has a very first quality environmental and is not harmful for your health. This natural product, avoids to you alone a quantity of chemicals in several fields.
1. White vinegar dissolves limescale
White vinegar has a pH around 3.5, which makes it an acidic substance. It is therefore ideal for dissolving limescale in a kettle, on our taps and even on our joints.
For a better effectiveness, it is important to let it act, on the tap you could even soak a microfiber of white vinegar and surround your tap with it if you are afraid that the product runs out too much. In the bottom of your kettle, you just have to heat it and the trick is to rinse it. In addition, the vinegar used to dissolve the limescale in the kettle will clean your pipes so it won't be wasted in vain.
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2. White vinegar degreases and shines your dishes
Whether you wash your dishes by hand or in a dishwasher, white vinegar will give you a serious boost.
Use a small amount in the rinse water of your dishwasher and it will not only deodorize your dishes and pipes but it will also make them shine. Mix with hot water and it will degrease your most delicate dishes.
3. White vinegar disinfects
White vinegar is a perfect alternative to bleach
. Bleach is not only toxic but also far too powerful for our interiors, white vinegar offers a perfect alternative without danger. It will be one of your best allies to clean your toilets.
4.White vinegar is descaling the pipes
As we have already seen, white vinegar is ideal for maintaining our pipes.
Not only will it clean the pipes, but it will remove any unpleasant odours.
If your pipes start to clog, add a little baking soda and then pour in your white vinegar and you have a powerful mixture to unclog.
5. White vinegar removes stains
For any stubborn stain on your laundry - grass, coffee, wine - white vinegar is the answer!
Soak your fabric and lightly rub the stain before putting your machine beat.
6. White vinegar gives new life to copper
You have a battery of copper pans, white vinegar and a good handful of coarse salt will make them shine like the first day.
7. White vinegar cleans windows
Spray white vinegar and wipe with newspaper or a microfiber cloth adapted for ecological windows, and you're done with the chore of cleaning windows.
8. White vinegar is a precious ally for laundry care
No more polluting fabric softeners ajust replace them with white vinegar in the washing machine compartment. Your laundry will be softer, and white vinegar can be used to enhance and fix colors.
Worried about the smell? It leaves almost no smell, and if you have a particularly sensitive sense of smell you can add a few drops of essential oils.
9. White vinegar desodorizes
You're tired of bad smells in the fridge or closet and in the garbage.
Pour pieces of sponge soaked in white vinegar and place them in the rooms in the closet that you want. Cleaning the inside of your garbage cans with white vinegar not only disinfects them but also removes bad odors.
10. White vinegar soothes insect bites
If you have just been stung, a compress soaked in white vinegar will soothe your pain.
11. White vinegar helps controlling weeds
On this point, at Bergamott we have a vision in line with permaculture, weeds are not there by chance. They allow a rebalancing of the pH of the soil and also aerate the soil, but if you want to get rid of them without having a negative impact on the soil, simply spray 1 L of white vinegar mixed with 0.5 L of water and spray this mixture daily on the weeds.
White vinegar is a pillar of home DIY that we suggest you discover and implement.
It's up to you!