04/14/2023
Cleaning with vinegar! 😀
I’ve sung the praises of cleaning with vinegar and water as one of the simplest and cheapest ways to get started with homemade cleaners. I’ve used my 50/50 white vinegar and water mixture on most of our home’s hard surfaces including sinks, faucets, kitchen and bathroom counters, and some of our floors.
So yes, vinegar and water is a great multi-purpose cleaner to keep on hand – BUT – are there any things that you should NOT clean with vinegar?
Indeed there are. Vinegar is an acidic substance so it’s not appropriate for everything. Here’s a quick look at three things you should NOT 🚫 clean with vinegar:
1. Granite or Marble:
Granite and marble are natural stones that are soft enough to be etched by vinegar’s acidity over time. Instead try a homemade cleaner that substitutes rubbing alcohol for the vinegar. To make your own granite cleaner combine 1¾ cups water, ¼ cup rubbing alcohol, and a small sq**rt of dish soap. Just plain old dish soap and water is a good choice too. And Quartz? I turned up some conflicting information on whether vinegar should be avoided on quartz but if you want to be better safe than sorry, use the rubbing alcohol mixture instead.
2. Hardwood Floors:
There’s also some conflicting information on cleaning hardwood floors with vinegar (and you can find plenty of hardwood floor cleaners on Pinterest that include vinegar). I’ve always just used plain water (usually just a damp cloth on my swiffer) to clean my hardwood floors
3. Phones and Computers:
Our electronic gadgets are expensive items and many of them have special coatings on their touch screens. Again, vinegar can be too acidic for these high-tech items. Which is to simply spritz eyeglass cleaner onto a soft cloth and then gently clean the outsides and screens of my electronics.
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