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.
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.
Doesn’t that make your clothes smell like vinegar?
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.
Neat. Are we talking cleaning vinegar or the food-grade stuff sold in smaller quantities?
Edit: thanks for the clarification, everyone.
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.
Just standard white vinegar sold in regular grocery stores. I use cheap food grade vinegar.
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.
Good to know, thanks for the info.
I think balsamic vinegar works best.
No, I use it during the rinse cycle and it’s fine.