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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Neat. Are we talking cleaning vinegar or the food-grade stuff sold in smaller quantities?

Edit: thanks for the clarification, everyone.

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] TeaWalker@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Just standard white vinegar sold in regular grocery stores. I use cheap food grade vinegar.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I think balsamic vinegar works best.