Vinegar is a favorite cleaning ingredient for a lot of reasons. Apart from it being accessible and cheap, it is natural and non-toxic. This gives you comfort not to worry for anything that can come off as toxic when deep cleaning your home.
Vinegar is also very versatile. You can use it to clean a lot of things in the house. Even highly trained professionals cleaners would recommend vinegar as one of their top cleaning materials.
But, like a lot of things, vinegar cannot be used to clean everything. This article will list down things that you should not clean with vinegar.
Even though vinegar is a great deep cleaning ingredient because of its acidic value. This helps it cut through dirt and stains as much as any expensive cleaning product. It can cut through grease, grime, and mineral deposits.
The other side of the coin of course also has to be considered. Vinegar’s acidic value is not always helpful. It can also damage certain surfaces thus, it is important to be aware of the things you need to protect from the vinegar.
Here is a list of things to avoid when deep cleaning with vinegar:
- Granite, marble and soapstone countertops – acids are not known to mix well with natural stones. This makes vinegar a bad cleaning partner for anything granite, marble, or soapstone.
- Kitchen knives – a part of the kitchen you need to keep from vinegar are you kitchen knives. Acids do not work well with them and can even damage them. We suggest you to use just dish soap and water.
- Any mess that is egg-based – when cleaning the house right after a meal, make sure you skip vinegar when there is an egg-based mess left somewhere. Vinegar can cause the proteins in the egg to coagulate making it even harder to get rid of it. You can use a damp and soapy washcloth instead, that will do the trick!
- Clothing Iron – the acidity from the vinegar can also damage the inner workings of your clothing iron so avoid using vinegar on them
- Anything made of solid wood – vinegar on anything that is solid wood is a complete no-no. It can leave watermarks and sometimes can also damage certain types of finishing. We suggest you use a mixture specifically made for solid wood surfaces. This will make sure that your furniture coating is also protected.
We hope this article was informative. If you need more assistance, Ilaj offers only highly trained professional cleaners. We carefully vet our staff to make sure they are trustworthy and reliable. Our rates are reasonable and we offer a variety of services.
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