Is vinegar still an option for cleaning?

[xiongsy]

It use to be vinegar for equipments. Now, it seems there's a new trend with citric acid which isn't easy to find local (HD, Lowes, Walmart, etc).

Per google and other discussions, "Small Appliances. The plastic and glass surfaces on most small kitchen appliances, such as blenders, coffee makers, and toasters, are safe to clean with vinegar, but you want to avoid any rubber parts or metal that vinegar can corrode. This includes stainless steel."

Is vinegar still recommended? Dilute it? It's to clean my Nero 3 with gha.

 

[mfinn]

I use vinegar for most cleaning applications if I'm out of citric acid ( find it on amazon, 5lb. for $23 )
I just don't use vinegar on Vortec wetsides. That's where the vinegar issues came to light from.

 

[Tamberav]

It use to be vinegar for equipments. Now, it seems there's a new trend with citric acid which isn't easy to find local (HD, Lowes, Walmart, etc).

Per google and other discussions, "Small Appliances. The plastic and glass surfaces on most small kitchen appliances, such as blenders, coffee makers, and toasters, are safe to clean with vinegar, but you want to avoid any rubber parts or metal that vinegar can corrode. This includes stainless steel."

Is vinegar still recommended? Dilute it? It's to clean my Nero 3 with gha.

you can use vinegar, citric acid is more concentrated and likely not any safer for those parts. Citric acid works better for stubborn stuff.

 

[Tamberav]

For GHA, I generally just give stuff a peroxide or freshwater bath and then a scrub. Doesn't really need vinegar as we are not talking about calcified stuff.

 

[xiongsy]

For GHA, I generally just give stuff a peroxide or freshwater bath and then a scrub. Doesn't really need vinegar as we are not talking about calcified stuff.

I need to get those 35% or 12% hydrogen peroxide. 3% just take way too long. Scrubbed and bath in hydrogen peroxide did the trick. Thanks

 

[rhizotron]

Don't use vinegar on acrylic parts. It will destroy them. I tried soaking a little acrylic accessory in vinegar to remove lime scale and it shattered into a hundred little cube pieces, like safety glass.

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

https://a.co/d/hs8nq1g Also Available in small quantities at ACE Hardware in the Canning Section.

 

[jda]

Vinegar can degrade some plastics. I use Muriatic Acid. You can water it down the same as citric acid and it is cheap at Lowes or Home Depot and I also use it to lower alk in my salt mix.

Whatever acid you use, don't breathe it or let it touch your skin and especially eyes.

 

[sc50964]

I use a 50% dilution on vinegar & it has worked for me. Didn’t know about its potential detrimental effects on plastics and acrylic so thanks for mentioning that.