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I love using vinegar in the wash....I also make sure to wash all new clothing...especially jeans, in a vinegar wash to set the dye...then the colors won't bleed together.
Can you put new jeans in with other colors and vinegar???
Thanks!! I knew bleach and ammonia are a no no !! If vinegar acts as a bleach I guess there's no reason to use both. Thanks for the link! I can attest to what ammonia and Bleach do. Mixed them outdoors once and was almost overcome...
Thanks!! I knew bleach and ammonia are a no no !! If vinegar acts as a bleach I guess there's no reason to use both. Thanks for the link! I can attest to what ammonia and Bleach do. Mixed them outdoors once and was almost overcome...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Cowboy!!!! Vinegar does NOT act as a bleach. It's ACIDIC, so it strips the build up of ALKALINE based products, along with dirt out of your clothes.
The reason vinegar is a good rinsing agent on your hair is, the acidic ph level neutralizes the imbrications of your hair shaft, thus, it smooths it out. Each hair shaft has imbrications, which can get damaged by over processing with heat, chemicals, and shampoos. Think of imbrications as a stack of paper cups. If you run your hand up a stack of them, that's what imbrication means on your hair. Anything acidic will calm the shaft back down.
I use Arm and Hammer Unscented and I use unscented dryer pads. I can't stand the smell of the perfumes they add to other detergents. What do you use?
I buy large containers and usually the cheapest. Right now there's a box of Gain in my laundry room. No telling what it will be next time I buy detergent. I quit using Arm and Hammer because it lifts so much color from my black clothing--sweat pants, sweat shirts, jeans, black socks, etc.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Cowboy!!!! Vinegar does NOT act as a bleach. It's ACIDIC, so it strips the build up of ALKALINE based products, along with dirt out of your clothes.
The reason vinegar is a good rinsing agent on your hair is, the acidic ph level neutralizes the imbrications of your hair shaft, thus, it smooths it out. Each hair shaft has imbrications, which can get damaged by over processing with heat, chemicals, and shampoos. Think of imbrications as a stack of paper cups. If you run your hand up a stack of them, that's what imbrication means on your hair. Anything acidic will calm the shaft back down.
Imbrications?? Wth!?? Crap.. I've posted in the science guy thread inadvertently Hmmmh!! Don't want nothing acidic near me!!
Let me get this straight:
1. Wash clothes with detergent
2. Bleach whites
3. run wash, vinegar only...stop before spinning/drain cycle and soak hair in vinegar solution
4. Jump in washer ...advance to spin cycle and shut lid behind you!!
OKAY!!
Imbrications?? Wth!?? Crap.. I've posted in the science guy thread inadvertently Hmmmh!! Don't want nothing acidic near me!!
Let me get this straight:
1. Wash clothes with detergent
2. Bleach whites
3. run wash, vinegar only...stop before spinning/drain cycle and soak hair in vinegar solution
4. Jump in washer ...advance to spin cycle and shut lid behind you!!
OKAY!!
Amazing the odd and different uses there are for common products. I've heard that toothpaste makes a good silver polish, too. Somewhere in the House Forum is a long-running thread on "Household Secrets". Lots of good hints have been posted there.
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Hmmmh!! Don't want nothing acidic near me!! 
