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I’m not using milk as a cleaning agent

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PLEASE don’t use H²O² on textiles unless you want to bleach them. And grease is usually an oil and as such you can just use soap or any other surfactant.

The part about voting is true tho’.

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As long as you thoroughly flush the hydrogen peroxide out fairly quickly after using it (I shoot for under a minute) then it shouldn’t bleach your clothes. Although if it’s something really expensive I would do a test somewhere less noticeable first.

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Hmm, perhaps I got lucky with my one work shirt - it was already a light red, and I didn’t notice any dimming when I used a bunch of hydrogen peroxide on it to get a handful of blood out. Maybe it’s just darker things?

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yeah, grease is just oil and the best thing to remove both of them is dish soap in warm water.

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what about milk for ink? Ive not heard of that and cant reason out why it might work.

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Welcome to my home! Please don’t mind the vinegar and spoiled milk smells. There’s soda available over by the grease stains. You might also notice some ink and fizzing blood stains, but we’ve also got some crusty bitter coffee powder. If you need to drop a deuce, just go anywhere, but make sure you grab a few voting ballots after.

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…you wash regularly after doing the spot treatments.

Also, if you have a problem with clothing odors, even after washing and drying, start adding a cup of white vinegar in the main wash cycle. Your clothes will smell better.

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…you wash regularly after doing the spot treatments.

Perhaps you do. I’m a bit more of a collector

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A biologist even.

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Yep, white vinegar is GREAT for getting the musty smell out of towels and stuff. It’s also good for greasy counters and stove tops. The smell goes away pretty quickly taking other smells along with it.

I’ve had great luck using it when I’ve done dumb shit like going on vacation with something stinky in the fridge. Pull everything out, toss what’s bad, spray the shelves with a 50/50 vinegar and warm water solution, let it sit a minute, and wipe it up. Then pop everything back in. It just kills the smells.

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White vinegar rather than malt or cider.

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TIL there is more than one type of vinegar.

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Rice vinegar, wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, champagne vinegar. There are more!

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if they’re so different, why are cooking recipes never called for a specific type of vinegar? Most of the time I just see them listed as “white vinegar” or just “vinegar” in the ingredients.

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Vinegar is the result of fermentation, and you can ferment a lot of weird shit. Anything with a good amount of sugar in it can be turned into a vinegar (provided it doesn’t kill the yeast strain in initial fermentation and it has enough oxygen for the acetic acid bacteria to ferment further).

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Heh, you had me there. Did not expect.

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