Vinegar and Baking Soda for cleaning?
Question:I have been using this to clean for years now, scrubbing the sink and tub, washing counters, cleaning drains. I always figured that the vinegar was acidic enough to eliminate most bacteria. Am I right or wrong, and if I'm wrong is there a better way to clean that is natural? I refuse to buy antibacterial products (although I guess I do use a 10% bleach solution, which by its nature is antibacterial, from time to time, but only when it is absolutely necessary) and most commercially produced cleaners. Does Seventh Generation or any of those other Eco-friendly products work better than the baking soda and vinegar method?
Answers:
Vinegar will remove most films and grimes, but does not dissenfect, nor does it sanitize. You can buy products that have an E.P.A registration number, meaning that the epa has approved of that product to be safe for the enviroment. Hospitals, Barber shops, And hair salons are required to use theese products. They can be purchased at any local resturant or janitorial supply store. If you are still not comfortable with that idea, mabey you can try 70% isopropyl alcohol. It will kill many not all, but many germs on a non-porous surface.
Don't waste your money.
Hi again try this stuff called holy cow. It is a window cleaner but they have other all natural and bio friendly stuff. I bought the glass cleaner because i thought it was cool and at a 1.19 not a bad price. It works great! and best of all it does not stink. Most cleaners are very strong smelling or smell like straight vinegar, not my fav. But i got it at wal-mart and it works great.
Give it a try and let me know how you like it.
I have no idea about the Seventh Generation products. But I favor vinegar and baking soda for a lot of my cleaning too: It works just as well as most other commercial products, is safer for the environment, and for the most part less problematical for people with sensitivities and allergies.
well im not real sure about the vinegar being acidic enough to kill most bacteria. all bacteria act differently and can survive in many different atmospheres. in my microbiology classes in school we learned that the only thing that killed all bacteria(except one kind) is 1:10 solution of bleach. but it would be cool if you found something else. maybe i can do an experiment here in the lab. the micro lab is across the hall.
yes the vinegar is enough to disinfect alot of things, works great for general cleaning.
I use five things for cleaning; vinegar/baking soda (mix these together and you have a sink drainer cleaner upper)/ ammonia(removes grease)/ bleach/ for disinfecting (but do NOT mix these two together )
Bam (also kills bugs dead bang) and Magic Eraser (this gets anything the other stuff misses.
Hey if something works why change it?
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