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FYI - report via ABC network........caution about using vinegar as a cleaning product.

I've always avoid vinegar for scrubbing..... if vinegar can make great pickles - best to use something else.

 

Per report - "V" can cause pits in various materials, especially in kitchen cleaning, and cause rubber gaskets to deteriorate.

 

Just something to consider

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When you have hard water, vinegar works great for stains on faucets. It's worth the  risk.

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@fthunt   Thank you.  Good to know.  I do use it on certain things, but not full strength.  And I do use white vinegar mixed with baking soda for the occasional burnt stuff at the bottom of a stainless steel pan.

 

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@fthunt. This makes sense as vinegar is an acid.

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It's great at cleaning old dingy tile grout too.

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I use distilled white vinegar as a toilet bowl cleaner- it works great!  Smiley Happy

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I've used white vinegar and water for 2 decades now in my kitchen especially and on my laminate PergoXP floors. Zero problems. 

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@fthunt 

I've been using it (some what diluted ) on my car windows. Windex did not clean the glass completely.

I now  want to remember to be especially careful near any rubber i.e. widow wipers.

So,Thanks for the reminder.

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Vinegar mixed with baking soad certainly cleans my white stove top around all the burners too. Never use anything else to keep it clean and it takes only a few minutes too.

 

 

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Yes, i used vinegar in our home we had built,in 2000, no longer live there, but moped my tile floors,tiled shower, it did damage both. 

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