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Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 10:32 am Post subject: vinegar instead of fabric conditioner
Who uses vinegar instead of fabric conditioner? Do you infuse your vinegar with any scents? does your laundry smell of pickles? which vinegar do you use? Has the washing machine coped with the vinegar treatment over time ok?

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 10:53 am Post subject:
I'll put some white vinegar in with a rinse...neutralizes the alkali if you use washing powder, apparently. Anyhow it brightens up the clothes because you're cleaning off the detergent/soap residue. No vinegar smell afterwards and a cleaner washing machine as well

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 12:37 pm Post subject:
I've used white vinegar to get stinkiness out of synthetic long underwear used for nordic skiing. No vinegar smell afterwards, and significantly less B.O.

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 12:48 pm Post subject:
I've never bothered with fabric conditioner.

Nicky cigreen

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Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 1:55 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

I've never bothered with fabric conditioner.

do you line dry everything? FDo you mostly wear natural fibres?
don't you find the towels are very crispy without fabric softener?

sean
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 2:03 pm Post subject:
Yes, yes, no. We have very soft water here, maybe that makes a difference.

Nicky cigreen

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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 3:46 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Yes, yes, no.
We have very soft water here, maybe that makes a difference.

we have very soft water here too. Maybe it's a matter of being used to how clothes feel if you do or don't use fc. There is definitely a difference.

I shall have to try different things depending on what is in the load of washing.

Slim

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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 3:52 pm Post subject:
I never use fabric softener either. Towels are a bit crisp for that very first use after line-drying, but not in an unpleasant way (unless perhaps you dwell upon the thought as a negative?) By second use they don't seem much different than a tumble dried towel. All other articles of laundry I prefer coming in off the line - nice crisp clean smelling bed sheets, etc....

NorthernMonkeyGirl

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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 4:05 pm Post subject:
I found vinegar to leave a strong smell. However, I could only find distilled/brewed white vinegar as opposed to plain acetic acid. Perhaps that makes a difference? I think brewed white vinegar still has the malt vinegar smell.

NorthernMonkeyGirl

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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 4:06 pm Post subject:
I found vinegar to leave a strong smell. However, I could only find distilled/brewed white vinegar as opposed to plain acetic acid. Perhaps that makes a difference? I think brewed white vinegar still has the malt vinegar smell.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 6:39 pm Post subject:

I never bother with fabric softener either. Vinegar didn’t smell, but did t make any other noticeable difference. I wear jeans, cotton tops and wool hand knits. Jenna wears school uniform or cotton jersey stuff almost exclusively. Towels can be a bit stiff, although i usually line dry them. Or just bung them in the dryer for a few minutes to soften them up. Mostly I just put up with it. They dry better without fabric softener anyway.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 18 7:00 pm Post subject:

NorthernMonkeyGirl wrote:

I found vinegar to leave a strong smell. However, I could only find distilled/brewed white vinegar as opposed to plain acetic acid. Perhaps that makes a difference? I think brewed white vinegar still has the malt vinegar smell.

yes, that's the only white vinegar readily available to me too - I thihk it is actually stronger.. ie more acidic.. I could be wrong about that though

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 18 9:05 am Post subject:
We are in a hard water area. I'm just used to it I suppose. I'm going to sloosh some vinegar through my next wash. You've got me intrigued now!

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 18 9:57 am Post subject:
Much of the dirt on clothes is acidic (skin mantle) so having a basic pH in your laundry is a good thing.

dpack

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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 18 10:38 am Post subject:
hence stale urine is a pretty good laundry liquid you might want to line dry vinegar is quite good at washing machine maintenance as it helps reduce limescale, soap and grot build up which in turn reduces the residues on fabrics

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