Testing Vinegar! What Removes Bacteria Better:Full Strength, 50/50 Dish Soap or 50/50 Water??
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
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This video is all about vinegar!
I tested, with sterile swabs and Petri dishes, various surfaces around my home to see how well vinegar removes bacteria. I tested full strength vinegar, 50/50 vinegar with dish soap, and 50/50 vinegar with water.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:01 Intro
00:48 How I conduct my bacteria testing
02:16 Testing 50/50 Vinegar Dish Soap
04:51 Results 50/50 Vinegar Dish Soap
06:30 Testing Full Strength Vinegar
08:17 Results Full Strength Vinegar
10:02 Testing 50/50 Vinegar Water
11:56 Results 50/50 Vinegar Water
13:41 Results all together
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I grew up in an ethnically diverse neighborhood, lots of WWII immigrants, so the smell of vinegar was everywhere. It was cheap, it was handy, and those older women used it to clean and deodorize anything/everything. What you've done here has proven those ladies right...and I'm grateful!
Thank you for watching and sharing your story.
I started adding it to my laundry and I never need a softener even in the dryer. My clothes feel very clean and I use 1/2 the detergent. I also clean everything with it.
@clairebear1808 how much do you add?
Lovely story, thank you for sharing ❤
@@montytortorella2832I pour it in the softener compartment, about a quarter cup
I call it pickling my house:)
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This is what they need to teach in science classes in schools! Real life science! Thank you for making these videos!
Thank you for watching and appreciating what I do!
I agree 💯. Schools need to teach real and useful skills.
They do teach about culturing bacteria and types and susceptibility basics
we did this with different substances on our bacteria found on our hands in my college microbiology including boiling and autoclave... it was quite enlightening
@@iceangel587 Using cleaners adds another practical layer to the lesson!
This is great! So one potential interpretation is: vinegar + water is good for quick everyday cleanup, but for deep cleaning you probably want to use either full strength or mix it with some dish soap. I am so glad the YT algorithm recommended this channel to me!
I personally never use vinegar in my home, but viewers wanted me to test it!
Why not since you proved it does a great job?
It is harsh on marble (my bathroom counters), I don’t care for the smell, it can eat away at rubber materials… I just prefers to use something like Force of Nature or Purell Disinfectant when I am cleaning an area to remove bacteria. I use Mrs Meyers if I am looking for a light scent. Just my preference.
@FieldOfFocus Thanks for your Dedication!! And most importantly, IMO, proven with shared results.... and Your videos speak volume on the integrity! NO hitches, snags... clickbait. I appreciate you! Glad I started thumbing for best ways to clean fly 💩 off high light fixtures. LOL
.. and in doing so upmpopped ur videos!!!! THANK YOU AGAIN for simply sharing this content for us viewers to make our best informed choices of products and methods! 🎉
Sorry, but I have to go clean something now! :)
HA! 😁😂🤣
Wish I hadn't seen this on a Sunday, my day of rest!!😂 Can't wait to clean now!!
Thinly peel oranges or lemons with a vegetable peeler and place the peels in a bit of alcohol for two weeks. Add a bit of this amazing natural deodorant to your vinegar for cleaning and the whole house will smell amazing.
Thanks for your thoughts!
that's a good idea! Dawn Powerwash has alcohol in it
Grapefruit works as well!
Isopropyl alcohol or drinking alcohol?
@@Bones97000 likely cleaning ethanol/ethyl 70%
Had a tenant that apparently never cleaned her shower stall for the sux years she was there. I tried about 7-10 different products to remove the crust. Vinegar with a little bit of Dawn is the only thing that worked. The soap made it stick so it would break down the hard water deposits. Whew! What a job it was. The good news was she didn’t cook, lol!!!
Soap probably broke down the soap scum and fats/proteins down… I clean houses and I stick with Dawn + product like fabreeze, Lysol, hydrogen peroxide -or- bleach.. depending on how bad it is or client preference. I do soap, scrub, wash, disinfect and rinse. Easy peasy!
I am glad you were able to clean it!!!!!!!!!
@@x-mess seven years of soap scum. Took two weeks to get it clean. No mold so I guess she did clean just never bothered to scrub. Husband left her for being a do nothing wife. She never cooked. He just got tired of her lack of enthusiasm.
@@pilarq7886 I don’t believe so. I used one third vinegar, two thirds water and enough dawn to color the water. The Dawn simply made it stay on the walls and was an added surfactant. If one mixes bleach and vinegar they can become ill.
@@pilarq7886 you need to research. Vinegar and bleach is an absolute no. It creates chlorine gas. Same as bleach and ammonia.
Dawn and vinegar are a recommended combination for cleaning.
These videos are my new thing. Science + everyday life.
I am so glad you are enjoying my videos! I have fun making them!! Thanks for watching!
I am living for these videos. Educational and entertaining. ❤
Yup. I have recently turned into a nerdy kitchen rat, with little projects and experiments scattered everywhere 😂
I just found you!!!
Thank you so much for all the effort that went into this video!
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Would love to see testing done with "Orange TKO" (A cleaner made from orange peels)...it smells wonderful...does it kill mold
I take a fifty fifty dilution of vinegar and water, plus I added some peppermint oil to clean in my kitchen. The peppermint oil drops helped reduce the pungent odor.
ooh yes peppermint oil can cover up that strong vinegar smell!
I added tea tree oil as well. Give more disinfecting power.
KEEPS BUGS AWAY TOO
you can also soak left over lemon peels in the vinegar for a week to get rid of the smell
@@kaycartwright7311I do that too!
I think on the toilet the soap helps the vinegar solution “stick” to the surface and also scrub and rinse away any remaining live bacteria. And because it’s perpendicular to the ground, it doesn’t have as long of contact with the product versus the sink etc. That’s my unscientific theory lol
Thanks for your thoughts, watching and commenting!
You are right the soap is a surfactant and helps the product stick to the walls of a shower or toilet bowl 👍🏻
I think you have somthing there!!!
That’s what I was thinking, also
Could be related to type of bacteria present, as e.Coli. Or, that detergent is more effective to destroy the fatty outer layer that protects bacteria.
Yay!!!! A real human in the video!!!!
Thanks!
That is true. I am a real human. 😁
Nahh it's AI - 😂😂
Appreciate all the effort you put into these! It’s regular folks like you who don’t have a monetary stake in a products you support and objectively test them that make our RUclips platform so amazing. Thanks for the informative comparisons as I use vinegar and dish soap for most of my cleaning and wasn’t so sure whether to add water or how much of each, and was considering getting a commercial disinfectant for my kitchen… but good ole vinegar and dish soap to the rescue… no need to spend extra on disinfectant. 😊❤ you have made my day! 🎉
I truly appreciate your support!
I was wondering about the 30% vinegar. That's what I use. It available at Home Depot.
It is stronger in smell though, but rather use natural than other chemicals
lab on live is very interesting. Normal people don't get to see this. We are privileged to lave you on RUclips.
Thank you for the kind words! I enjoy testing all sorts of products!!
Vinegar and baking soda has been my go to for decades. Love the scrubbing bubble action.
Thanks for sharing!!
Baking Soda neutralizes the acidity of the vinegar. The bubbles look great, but you just killed vinegar's cleaning power.
Learned this early on in high school - auto shop and chemistry class.
Use baking soda to neutralize battery acid / clean terminals of lead-acid batteries.
Chemistry class: Acid plus a base = a salt plus water
@@fredm7653 It definitely cleans well, it may not kill bacteria.
@@JC-justchillinit’s great for water staines on stainless steel bubblers…
vinegar and baking soda are great cleaners, BY THEMSELVES, when combined it looks neat but it's doing nothing to help clean
I smoke and when I was moving from my last apartment I used a swiffer with vinegar to clean the bathroom ceiling and walls because that’s the only place I smoked at indoors and it got the ceiling and walls so clean like brand new
Thanks for sharing!!
You know smoke doesn't stay in your bathroom only? It travels everywhere.
Shame it can’t clean your lungs…..
any issues stripping paint/ wallpaper?
FYI nicotine is notorious for reappearing if it's not removed with specific chemicals like TSP. you left thinking it was clean but it may have reappeared.
I stumbled across your content when I was looking into effectiveness of other cleaners, and wow! The dedication to doing all these tests must be so time consuming, and I'm genuinely impressed! 😁
It is rather time consuming. I do enjoy testing and seeing the results! I appreciate your support!
With 50/50 vinegar and dish soap, do you add any water at all. Seems very concentrated if not.
I think maybe test tv remote, car keys, phones and doorknobs . Sinks ,counters and toilets are cleaned much more often than these things that are touched all the time and rarely cleaned. 👍🏼 Love me some vinegar, especially in the wash of new clothes to “ set” the dye but also in place of fabric softener to cut down on static cling.
I have tested other areas around my home. What I have found to be the most consistent testing surfaces are the ones I tested here!
Bacteria in My Home: I sampled 39 places in & around my home to test for bacteria! VIEWER REQUEST ruclips.net/video/MEwNB8eDACU/видео.html
This is great! Actually finding non toxic (and cheap)ways of cleaning and knowing it works. I love it!
Glad you like it! 😊
Thank you... finally someone to prove it debunk what we all were told about cleaning products.
I love testing these products! It can be eye opening!
Although incubating at 37C will select for organisms and potential pathogens which may inhabit the human and mammalian skin and gut, incubating for longer periods at room temperatures (varying between 12C - 24C) may select for the organisms that proliferate best on surfaces around your home, such as surface moulds and bacteria on walls and tiles (especially grout between tiles) subject to condensation, and incubating at 4C (for even longer!) will select for food spoilage psychrophiles that may inhabit your fridge and larder.
Room temperature organisms can also proliferate in occasionally used dried herbs, spices, flours, sugars, teas, etc., and pet treats, dry foods and bird seed may introduce unwanted mites that can spread through kitchens, as they swarm and migrate, so always keep in sealed vermin-proof containers.
There may also be extremophiles living in washing machines, dishwashers, microwave and conventional ovens, grills, air fryers, and bread makers.
It's a jungle in there!
I sure is!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Might as well live outdoors like we were meant to.
Oh for God's sake. You have an immune system for a reason. The human race has only become sicker and weaker from all this obsession with sterility. You are not performing surgery in your house. Use a bit of vinegar or bleach solutions, for sure, to keep mildew and mold from growing in moist environments like bathrooms. Sweep and vacuum and dust to keep your home from becoming dusty. But let common sense prevail.
@@kerrybyers257 that’s funny…our intelligence taught us thousands, if not millions, of years ago to find or create shelter. If it was meant, we would have scales or fur 🤣
@@kerrybyers257
You go first, then get back to us on your experiences.
Managing weather is not fun when you are living outside.🌞🌧❄️
Back in the 80‘s when I did my prerequisites for nursing school, I swabbed Petri dishes for microbiology. I used a few different cleaners on my kitchen sink to compare their ability to remove bacteria. It was fun. I believe you had fun testing this out.🙂
Awesome! it is a fun test!
I love that you also teach the scientific method. Thanks for cleaning info AND how to be scientific.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
I put vinegar in my rinse water for washing dishes. I use full strength vinegar to clean windows and use newspaper to dry the windows. No streaks! Both of these hacks were taught to me by a 90 year old friend who owned a commercial glass shop.
Thanks for sharing what you do!
Washing things removes bacteria. Plain old soap will remove bacteria. This is why there was no need for "bacterial soap" when it came out on the market. Just wash with soap and water and your good to go. 😊
I have tested just soap as well! I test all sorts of products!
Any soap can make the claim of antibacterial because all soaps lead to disrupted cell membranes which are made of lipid.
Thought i saw a report about the washing action physically removed the bacteria so antibacterial soap wasn't needed.
surfactant and agitation. true, that antibacterial agent was removed from the market, it was a potential carcinogen. avoid the orange coloured soap
Yes antibacterial is good for things you can't just drench in soap and water
Thank you for this! I have been irrationally afraid of germs since I was a child. Seeing the Petri dish really helps me calm down. I’ll be watching many of your videos.
Yes! It will help you see what products work in various areas of the home! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Those are called phobias...Sounds like a germophobia in your case....
If it helps, the reason the toilet bacterial samples were resistant to vinegar is because they're specifically toilet bacterial colonies. Urine is usually naturally acidic, and stool can be as well, so the acid of vinegar is not as effective on them.
@babycakes8434 there can be several reasons, diagnosing someone with germophobia over youtube is stupid. It could be ocd or theyre just a hypochondriac lmao
Wow this is so amazing to see. Shows we dont need all the crazy stuff to be able to clean. Mostly soap and some vinegar. Thanks for this, its awesome !
There are lots of products to use!! This playlist has them ruclips.net/p/PL6P5xAP9Rj6IJ5kgLIWGraNHNM-qYFH4B
I just gotta say I’m happy for you that you’re finding success in this content! This is what us curious people wanna know and see! Keep it up! 🎉
I do hope my channel grows and I am glad that those who watch and subscribe enjoy it! Thank you for your support!
Wow! White vinegar has been used for cleaning for at least 100 years!
Great point! Thanks for watching!!
There was a town who used it to clean money during the black plague. They had an outbreak and made arrangements with the neighboring town to make food deliveries and they left coins soaked in vinegar. The germs stopped there and didn't spread to the next town
Omg pls don’t let them spike the price up now! I clean with it everyday including my girly parts 😇
HA! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Same for the girly parts. It works wonders! I even started using it diluted to clean my contact lenses and it cleans much better and is more cost effective than the contact lens solution.
For girl parts, I sometimes like a spritz of water with tea tree oil. I don't wear contacts so can't speak of that.
@@divakim206May I ask specifically what and how you do this? I'd like to know for myself. Thanks.
They already have! It wasn’t very long ago (?early 2020?) I could still purchase a gallon for 99 cents. Now it’s 2.50-3.25 per gallon.
I've been using the vinegar-water solution with good results. I like that it's both effective and no-rinse. It's easy for me to see that it's working in the kitchen area where odors can quickly develop. A quick spray to the sink keeps it clean longer. Also, the dish rag. It can host odor-forming bacteria that is resistant to washing. But rags used to wipe away vinegar solution never develop odors.
Thanks for your thoughts!
have you tried the lysol disinfectant wash on the smelly dish rags?
@@janem3575 I've used bleach, but the vinegar solution takes care of the smell directly and before any bacteria can build up.
Yes! Vinegar even took off the years worth of algae on the siding of my home . Let it sit for 30 minutes, scrubbed it, wiped it , and good as new . It never came back either !
NICE! That is good to hear!
@@FieldOfFocus 🫶🏽🫶🏽
Adding the scrubbing is another variable. I would test one without the scrubbing as we know scrubbing can break down cellular structures
Thanks for your thoughts! There are lots of variables for all the testing I do!
I toured a large slaughterhouse (I know but hear me out) once and they told us they used vinegar to clean their entire facility each night, that it was tested to be even more effective than bleach because it can help avoid creating biofilms. They even randomly test all the surfaces each day for bacterial cultures as well to head off any infection. They even have an in-house microbiologist!
I’ve been using vinegar in the kitchen ever since.
Personally I make a homemade cleaning spray that is about:
22 oz vinegar
2 oz concentrated plant-based all-purpose cleaner
1 oz Castile soap
1/4 oz Plant-based dish soap
I’ll tell you what. That stuff cleans better than any spray I’ve ever bought in the store. We have a 1.5yo so I do a LOT of cleaning lol. I like to put this baking soda on the counter, I add peppermint essential oils to it. Sprinkle it on the counter and spray the vinegar spray. Can do a bit of water first and use it to scrub anything off the surface. The vinegar makes it bubble and is goood for scrubbing g together, the little one like a it too. Wipe it up and you have a wonderfully clean and fresh surface.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Did they use just pure vinegar?
@@donnaknudson7296 yeah, that would be overwhelming. I've seen professional cleanings, esp on large areas, they use a spray hose for even application to cover large areas. i'd have to kwave open, all the windows and doors to defume the place
I did in this video.
@@janem3575 Thank you.
This is my first view of your videos. Thanks for running these control tests. I’ve always wondered what was best. I use a lot of full strength vinegar or Dawn dish soap plus vinegar. The Dawn + vinegar removes soap scum very well.
You are welcome! I really enjoy conducting these tests!!
Loving these home experiments, Good to know that even an inexpensive pantry item can provide such reliable cleaning/disinfection! Looking forward to more, TIA
YES! I love testing products to see if product claims or what people say work match real world results!
I use boiled vinegar to remove stains from ceramic and also use it in my kettle to remove scale build up. Thank you for the video. It was really interesting. Watching from 🇦🇺👋🏽
Thanks for sharing!
I seldom have to drop below 2x to understand someone, but this video was worth it...
Funny I sped it up to 1:25.
Thanks for watching!
What really stuck out to me was the vinegar with dishsoap you didn't have to wait before rising and wiping. For me, that seemed like the overall winner 🏆 The only place where I'd use full strength vinegar might be the sink drain. But thank you for this experiment! I've been trying to dechemical my home, and this is the first time I get to view the data and results. Not just trust some website online ❤
I am glad you found my video helpful!!!!
This was a wonderful test! Thank you for taking the time to do this for us!
You are welcome. I love testing all sorts of products!!!!!!!!!! It is so interesting seeing the results!
If you take a large jar and add slices of lemon to the vinegar you can make lemon vinegar and it smells amazing. Let it sit for six weeks before using. Then keep making a new supply to have on hand. That way you don’t have to have a stinky noxious smell when cleaning with vinegar
If you add peppermint oil to the strait solution of dawn and vinegar it repels spiders and bugs as well
Thanks for sharing!!
I add lemongrass to mine. We had problems with gnats last spring and they don’t like the smell of lemongrass. Lemongrass is in a lot of bug sprays that don’t use chemicals, so I like using it to clean my floors and pretty much everything.
I heard loads of people talking about vinegar and how good it is at cleaning but ive only used it on towels becasue i heard a hack to get towels soft again was that everytime they start to feel a bit rough, put them in the washing mahcine, add normal detergent and white vinegar in the fabric softener part. Never add fabric softener to any towel wash. Wash as normal and it literally works so good its crazy. Idk if it also because i tumble dry them too that also makes it better. No more throwing towels away so quickly!
Thanks for sharing!
I like vinegar with a little dawn, to get the film and reduce scrubbing. Great video!!
Thanks for watching and sharing what you use!
Vinegar and dawn combination makes granite countertops shinier than windex.
I love cleaning with vinegar, I never have to worry about weird toxic chemicals and it works great.
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching!
I been using full strength vinegar for years. Thanks for doing these test. 👍🏻up just subscribed
You are welcome! I love testing all sorts of products! Thanks for watching, commenting, and subbing!! 😊
This is the sort of science I trust! Excellent work.
Thank you for your support!
I would love to see a “negative control” where you use plain water. This would isolate the effect of scrubbing and rinsing alone, and show the actual effect of the disinfectant mixtures, not just the act of cleaning.
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@@FieldOfFocus
Bam! One step ahead!👣
I need to scrub everything in my house now! I think I like the vinegar and dish soap best for an all purpose cleaner. This was a very good informative video. Thank you for taking the time to do all of this work! You got a sub from me!
Thanks for your support!!
Observation Worth Noting: Because some of the Vinegar + Water situations (sinks+) did not work as well? It seems wise to make sure the sink is reasonably dry before cleaning it with vinegar. (Often folks clean the sink after doing dishes. But if the sink is very wet… the full strength of the vinegar may be a little less. I mean, it won’t be a 50/50 dilution of course. Just thinking aloud that the most effective clean will be when the sink is dry. Maybe I’m being silly.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Happy that you are doing the experiment and all I have to do is see what works best
Thank you for watching and supporting!
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Great To Know
Thank you for this tried and proven info;
vinegar is a safe cleaner is why I use it
in fridges and places that pets and people
will be coming in contact with;
even the outdoor birdbath. 👍
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
Vinegar is great at descaling faucets and shower heads. Pour vinegar in a baggy, submerging the faucet or shower head in the baggy, and rubber band the baggy so it stays. Come back some hours later and remove, and run your faucet. The scale comes right out.
To be honest, I wasn’t excited to see vinegar BUT I was pleasantly surprised at the results!! I don’t use it because of the smell, but your results are hard to resist. I’d be curious to know how long it keeps the bacteria at bay. Maybe we all should have been drinking vinegar during COVID lol Thank you for your videos
I am not a huge fan of the vinegar smell in my home when I clean.. but it is good to see how well it works! I am not sure how long it will keep bacteria away... that would be a great test, I will add it to my viewer suggestion list!
I love to add eucalyptus oil into my cleaning vinegar. It smells great, has antibacterial properties and is a brilliant cleaner in its own right.
I should add eucalyptus oil to my next essential oil test!!!
drinking vinegar!? covid is a virus not a bacteria doofus.
The smell dissipates pretty quickly.
Stumbled across this and now I will make my kids watch it because they hate to see me coming with my vinegar or vinegar, soap, essential oil mixture
😂🤣
With so many options for cleaners, it really does get confusing at times deciding what to use where! You always wonder if it really does disinfect or not. I try to narrow down how many different cleaners I have in my house, but that’s not always easy since the bathroom and kitchen are entirely different surfaces. While I’ve always thought bleach was the best disinfect, it’s not an option for my granite countertops or stainless sink. 🙃 So… the search continues. Thanks for the interesting facts on the vinegar!
Hi there! I am so gad my channel is helpful! I am glad you noted that some cleaners work better in different locations. I have had some people argue with me that my results are wrong because a cleaner does well in the kitchen but not the bathroom and vice versa. I have a long list of products to test so check back once in a while to see how it is going! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Why can't you use bleach on granite and stainless steel sinks? I have done this. Is it damaging to it? I know that vinegar is not an option for granite, because it is acidic and damages natural stone.
@@BelindaTN
Bleach is not recommended for either one. It can destroy the protective layer on either one, and can sometimes change the color on granite. While you will always find differing opinions, I opt to play it safe.
@@carolstella6776 Oh ok. Bleach is not my go too cleaner anyway for the kitchen.
thank you! Quite helpful channel, solved a debate.
I am glad I could help. Thanks for watching!
Amazing 😍 as a scientist myself, this is excellent 👌
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love using vinegar to clean❤. Thank you for doing these test. It really doesn't cost allot to be clearn.
You are so welcome!
And to think...for years we've been told that vinegar is not an antibacterial cleaner...this disproves that theory! And I just wanted to ask you if you're originally from MA? We're just over the border in NH, and your accent is so familiar to our friends from MA. Just found you today, and plan to binge watch your other videos now!
Yes I am from MA. Born and raised in Boston, living in Maine now!
@@FieldOfFocus I am born and raised in Connecticut but living in the south since the late 80s. As soon as I heard your voice I smiled with happiness! lol
So great! Thank you for doing this and reporting back to us!💕
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
YT recommended your channel today ... 👍 I am amazed & grateful for ALL the work you do to provide us with results (knowledge) about the products we have purchased. Definitely binging on your videos today! Again ... thank you. 😊 New subscriber.
Thank you so much for your kind words!! I am glad you find my content useful! Thank you for watching, commenting, and subscribing!
@FieldOfFocus Thanks for your Dedication!! And most importantly, IMO, proven with shared results.... and Your videos speak volume on the integrity! NO hitches, snags... clickbait. I appreciate you! Glad I started thumbing for best ways to clean fly 💩 off high light fixtures. LOL
.. and in doing so upmpopped ur videos!!!! THANK YOU AGAIN for simply sharing this content for us viewers to make our best informed choices of products and methods! 🎉
Thanks for watching!
We use vinegar to preserve for botulism in foods when we canned/jar preserved with no fridge or freezer.
YES! Great point!
Fantastic video! I love vinegar for cleaning and de~stinking all kinds of things! Thanks so much!
You are welcome!
14:57 14:58 15:00 15:00 15:03 Thank you,by far vinegar is less expensive,than purchasing CHEMICALS!!Bravo.👏👏👏👏👏
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!! 😊
Vinegar is a CHEMICAL. It's 5% acetic acid in aqueous solution.
Just so you know, EVERYTHING is a chemical. Every single living thing.
@@Fezz1020 white vinegar is just 3%-6% aqueous acetic acid. It's an industrial chemical.
@@ralphclark well if you have to get technical,I guess what I meant,is if you have allergies to cleaning AGENTS, vinegar works for me.🌻🇺🇲
I bought a used RV that was not used very much. It had less than 20 hours on the generator after almost 10 years and the truck had under 30,000 miles on it. What I found was some kind of brown slime in the fresh water tank. Looked like it may have dried on and fully filling the tank pulled it off the sides of the tank as the vehicle moved and agitated the water. I kept a sample of the slime for a long time, then threw it away long after the problem was solved. I emptied and refilled the tank over and over again through the next few months and saw a reduction of the material as I caught samples as I drained the tank each time I refilled it. I wasn't sure if it was just growing more slowly or coming off the insides of the tank so I used about 3 gallons of 7% white vinegar in the 30 gallon tank and drove around. After dumping that I saw a lot of the material come out. Much of it looked bleached. But as you would expect you could smell and taste vinegar after it was refilled. Seems like a bad thing but subsequent refilling and dumping of the tank showed little and then no more scaling from inside the tank. It ended the contamination in that tank which as not reoccurred in the following 10 years.
ooh that sounds like quite the project!!!!!!!!
Love this! I use vinegar for a lot of cleaning.
I am impressed with the results!!!!
Many soaps are salts of carboxylic acids. Vinegar is a 4% (or more in "cleaning" mixtures) solution of a 2-carbon carboxylic acid. If you mix vinegar with soap, you will partially reprotonate the soap to make lipids (read fats). Keep vinegar separate from soap. Bleach is a different story, as it is alkaline.
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Thank you for sharing!!!
WTch out for Dawn dishwashers liquid, as it does contain some ammonia. Don't use with vinegar or emphatically, products containing chlorine.
@@alancoe1002: which forms CHLORAMINE gas - a very small molecule easily absorbed through mucus membranes.
@@alancoe1002 My husband just left to shop for us. I asked him to pick up Palmolive Dish soap. I have always used Dawn. This is my first time watching this channel. I have been using vinegar for cleaning for years.
I'm so glad I found this page today, new follower! Thank you for doing this work!
Thank you so much for the kind words!!! I appreciate that!
You can buy higher acidity vinegar used for " cleaning " at Home Depot , Lowes , etc.
True!
I was wondering what strength this was - if it was said, i missed it. I believe cooking vinegar is around 4%, "cleaning" vinegar is 10%, but at hardware stores you can buy agriculture vinegar which can be up to 75%
@@jlt131 Yes , household 4-5 and I believe I have seen up to 40 % agriculture . Home Depot around 25 % . I'm guessing agriculture vinegar is used for cleaning animal feeding stations , etc . Being safe for the animals as it is easily rinsed away .
@@peterrudy9207 it's also a fairly safe way to kill plants down into the stump/roots.
@@jlt131 I have read for weeds to use rock salt . Though what grind? . I suppose to spray or pour the vinegar first and then the rock salt to cling to the salt , so it won't be blown away .
I use full strength vinegar with a small squirt of Palmolive dish soap- just enough to break the surface tension and cause sudsing to flush away bacteria. I use this on everything and in every room. But I use a commercial cleaner for inside the toilet bowl.
Thank you for taking the time to conduct your testing and sharing the results.
Does it have to be Palmolive? I have Dawn dish soap.
Thank you for sharing what you use!! Thanks for watching!!
I use diluted rubbing alcohol or witch hazel. Workers great on countertops and items like plastic. Degreaser and no rinse drys clean as a whistle
Thanks for your thoughts!!
This gives me more confidence and peace of mind about cleaning my house with simple, ecological products! 😊 Thank you for your hard work you did a great and clear demonstration!
Thank you for your support!
Whoa!! I am an amateur, we've lived in Bohemian filth for decades and I am just discovering the joys of cleaning.
I love cleaning with vinegar and also happenstantially mix it with dish soap and/or baking soda.
This is very encouraging.
😊, thank you!!
Mixing the acidic vinegar with baking soda (alkaline) kinda just neutralizes the acid, doesn’t it?
@@doloresreynolds8145 mm-mm. It fuzzes up and purifies things, it's magical!!
Like in a greasy pan, a squirt of the vinegar, a squirt of dish soap, a sprinkle of baking soda and voila!! It bubbles and it's easier to clean both the inside and outside of a copper bottom pan.
In grammar school, in Lux Lab, I was taught by a chemist that vinegar and salt clean a copper bottom pan great.
Since I'm a cleaning amateur, I just play with stuff and see what happens.
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@@doloresreynolds8145sadly yes, it does. Turns into salty liquid iirc. It’s better to use only baking soda and hot water, boiling if trying to declog a pipe, as that’ll work better.
I am glad you are finding what works for you!
My mom used vinegar to mop the floors. I hated the smell but now I use vinegar to clean everything including the floors.
I just found your channel while looking for cleaning products recommendations. And now I’ve gone down the Petri dish rabbit hole, love your videos and super informative!!
Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you are enjoying my videos!
Also, add essential oils and it helps with the smell
Tea tree, peppermint, lemon, or thieves are all great options.
You need more views! Keep up the great content, so helpful.
Thank you for the kind words!!!
This video is when I enjoy learning something. Ty!
Thank you!
Thank you !
Thank you for watching!! I appreciate it!
I love cleaning glass with vinegar. Cleaned the shower today, started by using dish soap, rinsed that off then sprayed down with 50/50 vinegar and water, let it sit then squeegee off. Soaked the shower head in a 50/50 solution too and wiped down all the fittings. Everything is so sparkly now! No scale or soap scum.
Hi I’m first to comment lol, thanks for your videos. The Petri dishes are hard to come by on the internet at least in my opinion im excited to watch this video at 2AM lol
Hello!!! Thank you so very much for watching and commenting! I hope you enjoyed this one!
Great video ♥️ - and nice memories about my time in the highschool lab.
Thank you for watching!
One thing you might want to account for in future videos is that the first swab can mechanically remove bacteria on its own. One way to partially account for this is to have a fourth space in the petri dish and only clean half of the initial swabbed area. Do the second swab in the clean area, and do a third swab in the "uncleaned" area (area that only had the first swab and no cleaning).
It would be difficult for you to truly account for how well you swab one side versus the other from a mechanical force perspective.
Another thing to test with these is just water and scrubbing on its own. You could try to scrub purposefully harder on the water one or swab hard to see how much it makes a difference.
If you really wanted to get into it, you probably need some sort of pressure meter.
Yep, a rabbit hole.
However, your tests still prove how effective these methods are for controlling bacteria, so still awesome work! Thank you for sharing it!
I thought about some of that as well. I also noticed that she didn't wipe the 2nd ones like she did with the first. I didn't watch the rest after that.
This is the info that is pertinent to my interests!! Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Wow, these results were surprising and amazing!
Agreed!!! I was very surprised myself! When I start testing a product I try to guess what will happen, and with this I wasn't correct! 😬
Awesome! Thank you Ms. Field of Focus!
Thank you so much!
I'd be tempted to try 50:50 vinegar and water with just a dash of dish soap. I think it will be enough to work against bacterial cell membranes without the need for rinsing.
Thanks for your thoughts!
you can just use the detergent at that rate
This is interesting to see. I have been using a diy vinegar/water blend with the addition of clove, eucalyptus, cinnamon, lemon, and rosemary essential oils.
That sounds similar to OnGuard, Thieves, and Plant Therapy products that I have tested!
Btw, I’m SUPER excited to see your channel growing so fast! You’re suuuuper close to 3000 subscribers!🥳
THANK YOU!! It is exciting to see my channel grow! 😊
Thank you so much for doing this research!
You are welcome!! Thanks for watching!
I use natural substances for cleaning and vinegar is a go to for sure. I did hear of something food canners may want to take note of recently. It seems many vinegar brands have reduced the strength from 5% to 3% in a way that may not be apparent to a casual buyer who doesn't read the label carefully. That makes some canned food dangerous to consume if the lesser strength is used!
Oh that doesn’t surprise me. Thank you for sharing that!! Very important!
Great video, thanks for running this experiment!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I can not handle the smell of Bleach, so I use this all the time. Hopefully a lot more people understand that this Does work ❤
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Wow! Fantastic job!!
Thank you very much!
Thank you for doing these videos.
You are welcome! I love testing various products!
I’ve watched several of your videos in the past week, and I love all the information! I realized I am never going to remember it all, so I am coming back to take notes. 📝 If you had a quarterly newsletter, I would definitely subscribe. Thank you!!
Interesting.. I haven't considered a newsletter... Thanks for the suggestion.
This is exactly what I was looking for, now Im hooked on your content!!
I am glad you enjoying my videos!!! Thanks for watching!!
I'm quite stunned.
I've heard people praise vinegar for its antibacterial abilities, but I was NOT convinced.
"Those people are putting their faith in hopes, dreams and unicorns."
I happily stand corrected. 👍🏻👍🏻
Agreed. But if you watch my laundry vinegar video, you will see some very upset vinegar supporters....
If you've ever taken Microbiology, it's tough for me to really explain "microbes" to my young adult sons. As the grew up I'd tell them but I feel like these videos will apply some extra understanding. Thanks '😂
Love microbiology!
@FieldOfFocus ~Same~ and I can tell! Be my lab partner 💕? Haha