Stop Mixing Baking Soda & Vinegar - Laundry Tips
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Please stop mixing vinegar and baking soda when cleaning. While it’s a very fun reaction it completely naturalizes the benefits of both.
Baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, is a high pH water softener that should be introduced early in the wash cycle. To achieve this add a tablespoon or two directly into the drum. Baking soda is also an amazing laundry booster that I talk about in other videos!
Vinegar is an acidic low pH chemical that should be introduced late in the wash cycle. Vinegar helps with stain and odor removal along with fabric softening.
When you combine the two they neutralize each other, from a pH perspective, which negates a lot of their benefits. I love both just keep them apart, they’re like fighting kids.
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Yes! OMG! Thank you! There's just way too many guides and advisors encouraging mixture of baking soda and vinegar, and I was going mad!
Same here! I don't know why so many don't know basic science lol.
Every time I see a cleaning video where they mix the two I’m like “ok cool so water with extra steps”
Finally somebody stops that useless production of sodium acetate! 👍
Doesn't sodium acetate ( the reaction product) have cleaning properties as well?
@@graftongodofmemes No, none, or so little as to be useless.
I have thought about that every time i see someone say this. This is so true. Baking soda is a base and vinegar is an acid and they absolutely cancel each other out. Im glad you made this video. Ive had this discussion with my wife many times. It just wastes both.
What about using both to clean fruits and vegetables?
@@coffeeowl14 just use one or the other
@tifanyb9436 only do one at a time, otherwise you are just making foam
@@cpu_1292 ok thanks
You are not the only one to think about this!
You gotta keep'em separated!
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I've been using vinegar in place of fabric softener for years. It's so good at getting smells out!
WHITE vinegar of course, besides, what little odour there is, soon goes.
How much vinegar do u use and when do u use it
I've completely stopped buying scent beads, fabric softener, and dryer sheets. I still use laundry soap. It is so much cheaper, my clothes aren't damaging as quckly. All of mh sensitive family members have seen a change for the better in their skin. My towels are super absorbent and fluffy now. Like a good hotel towel. I use my wash stuff exactly like this, 2 wool balls in the dryer.
Same its all a waste of money
Fabric softeners make towels less absorbent because they coat the fibers.
So true..When I stopped using Fabric Softener I noticed my clothes were less faded..I'm not buying it anymore
Is it possible to use too many dryer balls? I used all six and my stuff came out a bit wrinkly.
@@blues03I do 3 but I have used all six and haven’t noticed that problem yet
THANK YOU! MAJOR pet peeve of mine...either one has good cleaning abilities, but keep apart! Like mixing hot water with ice and expecting something great...
you never tried hot ice? Omg it’s the best, you mix in ice with hot water it tastes so much better than regular water
@@robob3ar lol!
great analogy!
Exactly. Vinegar cuts the soap during the rinse cycle and your clothes will be soft. No dryer sheets needed
Don’t use too much soap. An eggcup is enough to break the water pressure.
Vinegar doesn’t reduce static or leave fragrance on clothes. That’s what dryer sheets are for.
@@Ikey04-ge9gy If you have static, you're over drying your clothes.
@wolfe6220 okay but vinegar and dryers sheets don’t do exactly the same thing.
@@Ikey04-ge9gyor just use wool dryer balls
I actually use the baking soda in my pre wash compartment and vinegar in the fabric softener compartment.
you are doing a great job!
Do you have to mix it in with water first?
How much of each do you use?
FINALLY, thanks for bringing attention to this, I'm so tired of people spreading misinformation
If people paid attention in school perhaps they would know that baking soda and vinegar make salt and water. So you may aswell put a spoon full of salt in the washing. When you separate them the reaction is different because the soda is already washed away
So funny
Any time ppl say to mix baking soda and vinegar together for any cleaning, it blows my mind!
Finally 🙏🏽 someone with scientific reasoning in cleaning processes
Thank you so much! My intuition would always tell me that both react with each other, hence canceling each other out... So I'm not that crazy!!! 😅
it basically turns into salt water lol
Finally... someone said it out loud for the people in the back 👍
I add a little Dawn soap into my dirty clothes before washing as a stain lifter and gets the sweat stains out, vinegar for the rinse and baking soda in the dryer so my clothes repel cat hair.
Dawn, being a degreaser, will remove any food stains that dont come out with a regular wash.
@@susiex6669 dish soap will help to remove oils and large particles of food, but will not remove any stains left behind. You should use an oxygen bleach for that
Doesn't that leave baking soda all over your clothes? How would that work?
@@SandyCheeks63564 believe it or not, there's no residue on the clothes, not a lot but a dusting in the middle of the load, it all comes off and leaves my clothes static free, repels pet hair and freshens up towels
@@mnccsllsWow, that's very interesting! Thank you for sharing, I'm going to give that a try!
I’m glad I’ve been using them appropriately lol. You can actually wash fabrics with vinegar and water alone.
Can you mix vinegar and softener or use one thing at a time??
Where should you put the vinegar in the machine drawer?? Please help
But having that strong smell in ur clothes?? Wouldn’t it be terrible?
@@HazelGrey.I've been using vinegar as a fabric softener for years. It does NOT make your clothes smell of vinegar.
It is great to clean your drains. Dump in some baking soda into the drain and then pour in vinegar. Then pour in some more vinegar to activate the rast of the vinegar. It works great on the garbage disposal also. I don't measure. Then rinse with water.
Thank youuu. I’m so sick of seeing people do this all the time.
THANK YOU!!! They need to stop it in general!! Basically it's an exciting way to make a salt and water
Thank you for this.😮 I honestly thought I was doing something great... turns out I was just doing it extra wrong.😅
Me too
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Thank you so much for this.
People mixing them together are just getting a little salt
Uhg!!! New to your channel as of today, and this video was a gut punch! I do this all the time. So happy I saw this.🎊🎉👍
Would have have been nice to see this BEFORE I did this exact thing 🤦 Thanks for the info
I use it with the regular clothes soap to clean because that foam (which is basically the gas trapped in the reaction) is what helps clean more effectively, THEN rinse it all. And after I've done all that, I put it in the washing machine. Of course I only do this for underwear (not bras) and very hard to clean stains.
People like bubbles, that's why a lot of hand soaps have a added ingredient to make lots of foamy bubbles.
The answer to your cleaning needs is mixing baking soda with hydrogen peroxide. They dont neutralize each other like soda and vinegar. But DO NOT leave them a long time mixed in a closed container like a spray bottle or it could explode. Just spray peroxide on the baking soda and scrub whatever you need to clean. I use them in laundry together also and they work well.
I thought hydrogen peroxide will stain or lighten fabric like bleach does?
@@Mckmeowit definitely would if used on clothing.
@@MckmeowI use 3% on all my clothes as a stain remover and it has never bleached my clothes
That's literally all Oxyclean is, a mixture of sodium carbonate (washing soda) and hydrogen peroxide. It's 15% peroxide by weight.
@@harryw.174Baking soda is different than washing soda...
THANK YOU! Nobody believes me when I tell them that mixing baking soda and vinegar neutralizes both and is not effective!
And some people get rashes with baking soda! So do a trial on one towel first before using it on all towels. It took weeks and multiple (5×) washings to remove the residual of baking soda to stop the welts and itching on my daughter! It was the baking soda, which can be harsh on sensitive skin.
Was trying to find this out, mixing together is causing a small leak in my front load washer, so I thought separate would be better. But then wondered when to add which. Thanks!
this answers my ?!! THANK YOU! i can use white vinegar to just rinse the cloth👍🏼
Omigosh, yes! Did these people that push the vinegar/baking soda nonsense not take basic science class in high school ?!!!
THANKYOU! This has been driving me nuts for years!
Dont use fabric softener. Is unnecessary chemical coating.
Right, but putting the vinegar in the fabric softener compartment of your washing machine will make sure it is released at the right time in the wash cycle, he's not actually saying to use fabric softener in this video
This is great. I roll my eyes every time a see a "just mix vinegar and baking soda" 😂
This is exactly correct and using simultaneously can also cause spotting on your clothes
The best use for the liquid sodium acetate is salt and vinegar potato chip flavoring.
I needed this! I was so confused before.
Thank you!!!!!!! Every time I tell someone this they refuse to believe me
not quite... Mixing both makes sodium acetate, which is a cleaning additive as well, but not sure about it's efficacy compared to using baking soda and vinegar in separate sessions in the clean cycle, I am not a professional cleaner.
Baking Powder is pretty good at bleaching stuff and that's a mixture of baking soda + solid acid.
the reaction itself is beneficial though. Just because they cancel each other out doesn't mean it's not useful. The CO2 released dislodges dirt similar to when you deglaze a hot pan wit water.
Why do you need to add baking soda or vinegar to your wash? Isn’t Borax enough ?
Makes sense to me. I always wonder what chemical concoction are we making when we use the two to clean the pesticides from produce. I really think we are creating another chemical agent when cleaning the produce.
It makes sodium acetate, which is an effective degreaser and breaks down organic compounds
I use baking soda and vinegar to clean my glass top oven and add a hot water towel to the top of that and leave it. It works.
EXACTLY!! vinegar helps the clothers get more dry wnd baking soda helps with the smell. People are just crazy
That's why theres Arm and Hammer laundry detergent it's the best for laundry. Love it and now I've found it with added fabric softener. It's inexpensive and laundry is clean and smells fresh.
Or people just may not know. Yall love putting other people down to make yourselves feel " smarter". 😒 Now that's crazy.
Please people, pay attention to this! I’ve been telling folks this for years. Baking soda is alkaline and vinegar is acidic. They really do cancel each other out when used at the same time. Vinegar in the final rinse will lower the pH to reduce the alkalinity of the wash water and bring the pH back near neutral.
I thought vinegar also deteriorates the rubbers inside the washing machine
5% acidity buddy
Is 5% acidity or less the safe concentration of vinegar for the rubber seal?
I literally hate it when people clean with baking soda and vinegar at the same time you're just scrubbing it with water that reaction makes water
Soda Crystals work amazing!
Baking soda truly works for me and bed bugs hate it
Yeah baking soda works very well. Baking soda MIXED with vinegar is useless. The chemical reaction leaves you with a slightly salty water. It's a basic component being mixed with an acidic component which becomes neutral. Baking soda plus hydrogen peroxide is what you should be doing.
How do you use it for bed?
@@JudyAbbott494you can wash your bedding with it and also sprinkle it on your mattress
If you have bed bugs you should try a very thin layer of diatomaceous earth throughout the house. Unfortunately baking soda alone will not get rid of them completely.
@@maszlagmathat's very dangerous for pets I've heard.
For top load washers: Add 4 cups of 5% distilled white vinegar solution into the hottest temperature and highest water/load setting. Let sit for about an hour with lid open and water at the highest level. Then drain all water. After that add one cup of baking soda in and restart by filling up the washer again with hot water at the highest water setting. Let sit for a few minutes then drain completely.
Adding baking soda adds another layer of cleaning, eliminates any residual acidity in your washing machine plus reacts a bit with any leftover vinegar to form an exothermic reaction with CO2 gas as a by product. This can be helpful as the CO2 can agitate any gunk still stuck off.
It might be efficacious though to add the 1 cup of baking soda to the washing machine water after you let the 4 cups of vinegar seep in for that hour. I say this because this will create the most bubbles (CO2 gas) to agitate any gun in the machine. Drawback is since the solution in the full washing machine is now neutralized, all the pipes downstream are not going to get the benefit of a slightly acidic washout.
However, the biggest concern the vast majority of time is the gunked up components in the washing machine itself not the downstream drain hoses/pipes.
So stick with the instructions in the first paragraph unless you want to experiment around.
Source: Degreed Chemist and full time handyman/construction worker.
You basically turn the baking soda and vinegar into water and carbon dioxide (the gas that we exhale when we breathe). No cleaning properties
Never knew people used vinegar in laundry. Dishwasher, yes, but never knew washer
I read that vinegar causes corrosion in the machine…
Probably made by the people that sell you chemical laden soaps and fabric softeners.
That is true. Every acid is corrosive.
Same with hair!!! They both can work on hair but for the love of all that is good in this world please stop mixing them. The acidity in vinegar neutralizes the alkalinity of the soap, along with other things. Only mix them for fried chicken and cheese sauce please.
Do you understand how many gallons of vinegar and pounds of baking soda I’ve wasted-
Thank you ❤️
Oh damn I always put the vinegar in the bleach slot and put softener in the softener slot.
You're only supposed to mix them if you want to get rid of bad odors on the clothes before washing them in the machine. Like baby clothes for instance (poop smell, dried out milk, vomit) etc...
Arm and Hammer laundry detergent works like a champ for this very reason that people are using the vinegar and baking soda. I swear by it.
Unfortunately a lot of laundry machines in apartments don't have that option dispenser, everything's got to get thrown into the load together 😅 maybe baking soda on the bottom and vinegar on the top 🤷
I add baking soda to the powder detergent. And the vinegar in place of bleach or softener. I don’t use fabric softener
Good stuff 2 know! I wish I had watched your video yesterday when I mixed baking soda and vinegar to wash my stinky ass front loader! I got the idea from a video on YT with over 2 million views!!! That’s the problem with getting your information from a general RUclips video, lol!
do you recall which creator posted that video?
Always shocked me how many people did not learn this very basic fact in grade school.
I know i did.
I don't have an electric washer. I use zote soap to wash and vinegar to rinse.
This is exactly how I clean my baby clothes so there’s no residue that could irritate skin. It also works wonders for smells or laundry that needs to be ran a second time because it didn’t get dried fast enough.
Thank you! It has been making me crazy 😅
So vinegar instead of fabric softener, what can we add for a nice smell of laundry?
Maybe substitute the vinegar with citric acid since it smells better and is also kinder to rubber seals.
RUclips University got people doing dumb stuff EVERY SINGLE DAY! 😂
I didn’t know I was supposed to be using them. Cool, cool, cool.
An opera house has a longer Ring Cycle than a washing machine, even with vinegar.
Will washing soda soften my water? When should i add it to my laundry?
This is relevant even if you don't use baking soda because powder detergents still have it in it.
Pls don't use fabric softeners
Vinegar is a great fabric softener
Fabeeha probably means commercial ones like Downy or Snuggle. They gum up the washer and have toxic forever chemicals that get absorbed into the skin.
A tennis ball in the dryer will speed up drying time, work as fabric softener, lasts forever, and doesn't pollute.
@@fluffytail6355 yeah. We can just put some vinegar on a towel tissue and place it in our storage drawers on top of the washed and dry clothes
@@_fabeeha_ Don't do that
I want to use vinegar in the washing machine but I don’t because I've read in two different sources that vinegar breaks down the rubber seals in washing machines and dishwashers. Something to consider.
With the small amount of vinegar you use compared to the amount of rinse water, it wont damage anything. Ive been using it for 30 years.
I don't have a compartment for my fabric softener so I put vinegar in a downy ball and it do what it does during the rinse cycle
What the measurements though? Looks like two tablespoons of baking soda but is that 1/2 cup or 1 cup of vinegar?
THANK YOU! I wish I had a dollar for every post or article I've commented on to correct people and had 100 more jump in to argue
?
Literally where is the group of idiots?
The baking soda is detergent.
The vinegar is softener.
Who skipped this? Or are idiots just tossing softener in WITH their soap - Because they are products of American education?
And here was me putting everything in after the cycle was done...
The time you should use baking soda and vinegar is if you want to make it cool volcano
Finally! I've always found people mixing the two so funny because you're just cleaning with sodium acetate, which does absolutely nothing for dirt. 😂
No ones ever told me to do that but it's what I've always done!
What’re the benefits of using baking soda during the wash?? I didn’t realize you could honestly, I’ve only ever heard of the vinegar instead of fabric softener 🤯
I thought you were going to say "stop mixing vinegar and baking soda for model volcanoes" and i was about ready to throw hands
thank you 😅
All this videos about white vinegar forgetting mention one thing, no smell in laundry, but definitely you will feel that specific vinegar smell in washing machine tray and bathroom for hours and hours....
This is good to know I guess but why does CO2 counteract the benefits of both? The thing that they're doing is like removing residue from detergents and stuff like that. So how would co2 inhibit that
Put the baking soda with the soap. Use the vinegar as a softener substitute.
Why would you even use these raw materials when there are already different kinds of FORMULATED fabric detergent? 💀
You had me... I thought I did something wrong by using them separately. I do that for over ten years now and my clothes are quite nice and soft. I also use shaved soap bars from the hamam. It always smells amazing
What is the purpose of adding vinegar to the fabric softener !!
Be careful of baking soda as it may fade the colors of your clothes.
The pH is what helps with the cleaning. Keep them separate
I saw someone claiming mixing them together and waiting for the foam to die down is a great cleaner. I had to comment, you basically made your vinegar water and your baking soda disappear.
Dont use baking soda, use washing soda. Sodium carbonate is a tougher cleaning agent than sodium bicarbonate.
most sodium bicarb you can buy is technically a mix of the two. Producing just bicarb is a lot more expensive and there is not much difference in the usecase so it's no biggie for most. Pure chemicals can be surprisingly expensive (especially for analysis) and washing soda is more expensive than baking soda by a few factors pretty much for that reason.
@@PLF...You can buy baking soda & decarboxilate it in the oven yourself
@@kt323Wow, O never knew this. On to one of my fave things to do- research. Thanks for this info😊
Ofcourse, all you need to do is spread a layer of soda on a baking sheet and bake it at 250 to 300 degrees for an hour.@@omifunkemccloud3362
junior high school chemistry --- or what Grandma taught you !!!
Great tip!! Thank you 😊
sorry im dumb....but can u use them during the same load, just put them seperately? or should you not use during same loads at all? either one or the other?
As a chemist: thank you😂😂
No vinegar in the washer. I used to scoff but it absolutely will wreck your washer. Damaged seals, premature drum rusting nope nope nope
Thank you for the guidance
It doesn't it make your laundry stink
Good to know
Thank you for the info
@BrandAccountNoRobuxfabric softener coats the clothes in a layer of fat, which builds up in the washer over time. Vinegar straight up corrodes everything because of its acidity...
My fabric softener slot releases fluid the moment I close the detergent door. Normally, a washer would fill the slot in with more water to “turn on” the softener slot (it works like an Aristotle’s greedy wine cup; add too much liquid, and a hidden channel will siphon everything out), but mine just releases no matter what. Idk how to fix this.
Woah, I had no idea you could use both in the same cycle!
The fizzle helps to penetrate fibers and lift oil, but this has to happen instantaneously as it can't be done during a cycle.
Try Arm and Hammer laundry detergent it even now has softener. I swear by it.. its inexpensive, cleans all fabric types, whitens, removes odor not harsh on skin and won't wreck a washing machine.