cher wrote:
> White vinegar will clean most things, so I use this on a warm glass oven
to
> keep doors sparkling. rinsed first in hot soapy water or suds, and
> rinsed,and finally buffed up with kitchen paper towels.

I think that many of us have already discovered this usage.


> Sprinkle bicarbinate of soda, around the sink plug hole...

It's bicarbonate of soda, or sodium bicarbonate...

It's also drain hole or drain rather than "sink plug hole."


> and then pour some
> white vinegar ontop....this will fizz up and slowly go down the
> drain....taking all the grease and yuk with it.

It'll fizz up all right. It may fizz up more than expected. It will not,
however, automatically take "all the grease and yuk with it" as it loses its
steam and runs down the drain. Why would it? As it has no soap or detergent
action of its own, it's not meant to lift "grease and yuk." You may find
that the "grease and yuk" in your drain is probably still there.


> Use a dab of white vinegar on a cloth around the taps too...infact
anywhere
> where a slight stain maybe, it is excellent as the acid gets to work
> instantly on most things. Even in the bath room, and limescale comes away
> effortlessly.

Um, yes. Remember that acid reacts with all metals and not just scale. As
you merrily swab your taps with vinegar, you lose your taps by degrees.

The effect is especially notable on less expensive fixtures, where you'll
see erosion and discoloration quite quickly as the chrome is eaten away.


> Glass and ceramics are left unharmed. I've never used it on my ceramic
> hob, as I use a special cream, but can't see that it would harm this.
> Anyone have a glass fronted coal or log fire....cleans the glass up real
> fine..

Glass and ceramics may be etched by vinegars.

Fireplaces can be great tar/creosote producers. Don't try to take that stuff
off with vinegar.