this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2025
1407 points (97.8% liked)

Curated Tumblr

4698 readers
2593 users here now

For preserving the least toxic and most culturally relevant Tumblr heritage posts.

The best transcribed post each week will be pinned and receive a random bitmap of a trophy superimposed with the author's username and a personalized message. Here are some OCR tools to assist you in your endeavors:

Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Doesn't that make your clothes smell like vinegar?

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Nope. The volatiles that make vinegar smell like, well, vinegar, are pretty dang volatile. Plus you're diluting it with a bunch of water, plus you're running it through the dryer which further drives off the vinegar-smelling volatiles. In the end you're just left with fresh, clean-smelling laundry.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

Neat. Are we talking cleaning vinegar or the food-grade stuff sold in smaller quantities?

Edit: thanks for the clarification, everyone.

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 4 points 16 hours ago

At our grocery stores you can buy a gallon of food grade white vinegar. Works great. I think it undoes old fabric softener on towels so they absorb better. But I have no empirical proof. No vinegar smells after it dries. I can smell it while it washes in the washer.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 16 hours ago

Just standard white vinegar sold in regular grocery stores. I use cheap food grade vinegar.

[–] TeaWalker@lemm.ee 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I just use food grade stuff for myself. Mostly because I can only get the cleaning vinegar in large jugs where I am. It works perfectly.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Good to know, thanks for the info.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I think balsamic vinegar works best.

[–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

No, I use it during the rinse cycle and it’s fine.