Testing out or rather experimenting with the ingredients sold at Summer Naturals and now at The Crafters Shop has been thoroughly enjoyable, I have concocted all sorts, purely for my own use, laundry powder, soap nut shampoo, dishwasher powder, cleaning sprays galore.
One of my first experiments back in 2006 was the White Vinegar and Bicarbonate of Soda cleaning spray. I poured about 300ml of White Vinegar into a 500ml bottle and then started to add bicarbonate of soda, it was a bit messy, it did its fizzy thing. Eventually it calmed down and I was able to screw on the spray lid.
We had a utility room which was probably 9-foot square with a sink and wall units, piles of laundry, clothes hung up. Anyway, I had left the bottle on the draining board, turned round to start tidying and woosh! The spray fitting whizzes past mi left ear, hits the ceiling swiftly, followed by the contents of the bottle, splattering me and every single surface in the room, the bottle landed on the floor, no idea if that hit the ceiling or not.
Clearly, I’d missed that chemistry lesson in school!
Now, I have read recently on various social media sites and websites that Vinegar and Bicarb wipe themselves out when mixed and are therefore useless for cleaning and when mixed makes water……not willing to do a taste test but I am not sure that is correct, however some people do think it is correct. I have highlighted above what happens when the two are mixed however during a lengthy trip down many worm holes, I have been unable to find anything relating to quantities used, in the writing of these articles and comments. It really is all down to how much of each ingredient you use, yes there will be a reaction, however it depends on quantities used in the mix.
Read more in part 2 where it is explained in detail with some amazing hints and tip on how to use White Vinegar and Bicarbonate of Soda together.
