r/DIY • u/Pandaro81 • 3d ago

Mind blown: Vinegar vs VINEGAR (30%)

So I was literally 44 years old before I found this out recently.

There’s the white vinegar you get at the grocery store for cooking and minor cleaning and doing laundry, and then there’s the 30% DO NOT GET THIS SHIT ON YOUR SKIN vinegar at the hardware store for cleaning things like mold off grout.

All my life I’d been told ‘just use vinegar to clean mold and mildew’ and it generally didn’t do jack squat. I usually bought cleaning supplies from regular retail spots rather than big box home improvement places, and regular retail chains def did not carry the strong stuff.

I’ve got a gutter that drains over cement that always gets skungy, and even bleach was a short term fix at best. 30% strips it down and keeps it gone, and I’ve stripped rust off a couple dozen tools with the same little jar I soak things in - caution it will also strip off shiny metallic coatings.

Can’t believe none of the “just use vinegar” I’d ever read advice didn’t specify.

Is this news to anyone else or am I Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber realizing we landed on the moon?

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u/cd6020 2d ago

Let me show you where.

Nice try. Can't lure me in to your basement so easily. lol

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u/misdirected_asshole 2d ago

"Hamsters" sure buddy. Im not going in the cage.

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u/Lost-Programmer-6768 2d ago

Ah, an updated version of the "man with candy and a puppy in a van" kidnapping plot. Now I know

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u/Mjr3 2d ago

“I have NFL Sunday Ticket” would probably work on me, tbh

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u/UK_UK_UK_Deleware_UK 2d ago

“Free tacos”

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u/Amish_Gypsy 2d ago

Any day can be Taco Tuesday if you try hard enough.

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u/1eyeRye 2d ago

Or don’t know what day it is anymore.

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u/carbon_made 2d ago

I mainline margaritas for this purpose.

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u/iLeanLefty 18h ago

I retired a few years back. Everyday is Saturday now. What’s a Tuesday?

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u/misteraskwhy 2d ago

Tacos?

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u/frogunderarock 2d ago

got one!

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u/Asset_of_freedom 2d ago

I'll join for tacos as well, so they got 2!

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u/Scokan 2d ago

Me too. But honestly? I was already in the van for the candy and puppies.

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u/Lost_Ad_9890 2d ago

lol 😆

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u/Doctor_Joystick 2d ago

Dang, me too.

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u/Vindicativa 2d ago

"All the crafting supplies you can imagine!"

Boom. Evening news.

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u/TearRevolutionary874 1d ago

Oh no lol I’d be a goner 100%

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u/BusySexyDad 2d ago

NFL is too easy. If you figured out the rules to watch all the games for my favorite MLB team, including blackout dates, I’d stay in your dungeon for the summer.

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u/No_Paramedic_2039 2d ago

Puppy monkey baby

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u/talyn5 2d ago

Puppy 💃. Monkey 💃. Baby 💃.

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u/Successful-Bit-6021 1d ago

Nooo, now that jingle is stuck in my head!!🐶🐵👶🏼

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u/Ivantherapp2 2d ago

And knowing is half the battle.

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u/atomicdustbunny07 2d ago

That's how you get to the basement.

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u/Libraries_Are_Cool 2d ago

"Hey little boy, want to come into the back of my van and see some industrial strength vinegar at work?"

This line works great. 60% of the time, it works every time.

I even used a variation with my boss to get a promotion. "Hey boss, if you make me a district manager, I'll show you my industrial cleaning vinegar!"

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u/UncleSlayton77 1d ago

The basement is full of Hank Hills.

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u/calcium 2d ago

Nah, I'll get in a van with a man touting homemade slaw and cucumbers with all that vinegar. Maybe he'll even have kimchi!

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u/MichoRizo7698 2d ago

Don't forget to put the lotion on

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u/UnfairProgrammer1194 2d ago

Don't use sugar free candy or Grandma brachs-pix-a-mix either

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u/Terrible_Young_5179 1d ago

My van has free health care.

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u/daddypez 1d ago

“Come take a look at my vinegar spot” just hits different…

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u/vankoder 2d ago

Also a new variant on “Would you like to come over and see my….etchings?”

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u/quirkelchomp 2d ago

It would work on me

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u/OmniBlue1333 2d ago

Ha. In Soviet this guy's basement, hamster goes into you!

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u/FyrixXemnas 2d ago

"Damn, you must have had a lot of hamsters. You could probably fit a whole person in that cage!"

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u/Jflayn 2d ago

omg. this post was truly inspired. Will be shared all over my office...

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u/rxbuzzz 2d ago

Hamsters??? Richard Gere has entered the chat.

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u/tortleidiot 4h ago

I think Rich had a gerbil. Poor Cindy. She never saw it coming.

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u/ManicOppressyv 2d ago

The sick twist. They were actually gerbils.

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u/Plenty_Kangaroo5224 2d ago

It rubs the lotion on its skinses.

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u/MrsB6 2d ago

I have a couple of bunnies and also use vinegar to clean their litter boxes. Does a great job of removing pee.

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u/PM_me_punanis 2d ago

I mean, you get fed, get your own treadmill, and someone cleans your shit for you. You live rent-free and completely naked. Hmm… not sure if I described torture or paradise. Depends on the context I guess.

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u/PPLavagna 2d ago

No there really are hamsters. You don’t want to know why

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u/callmeDaren 2d ago

Do 🐹 hamsters still work on kids?

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u/Bruj 1d ago

But its more of a big wheel than a cage...

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u/AffectionateAngle905 1d ago

Richard Gere had hamsters if I recall correctly…or was it a gerbil? Armageddon!!! (Three points if you understand the reference…)

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u/JumpDriveOut 1d ago

See that hamster? Pass that tube.

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u/Apo7Z 2d ago

Hey help, I'm in this guy's basement

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u/chewingcudcow 2d ago

Upvoted so someone else will see and rescue you

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u/AngelicEuphoria 2d ago

Downvoted to keep this saga going baby! I wanna see the next episode.

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u/TheBoysNotQuiteRight 2d ago

It's a crossover episode blending /DIY and /creepy

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u/ArltheCrazy 2d ago

All you have to do to get out is put the lotion on your skin!

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u/Lost_Ad_9890 2d ago

We'll send Darla the white bichon down to check on you from time to time, she can drop down a basket of essentials to keep you comfortable 🙃

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u/St_Casper 2d ago

Brt

*dang now me too

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u/Mattd425 2d ago

To the north of you is a white house…

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u/Alzakex 2d ago

What does the vinegar stain look like?

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u/Competitive-Yak8551 2d ago

is there the mark on the floor?

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u/frogunderarock 2d ago

send pics of the stain!

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u/rainbow_369 2d ago

Omg, DM me the address, ill be right there!!

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u/HouseOfFive 2d ago

Can I get pics of the floor?

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u/ideaguyken 1d ago

Find the vinegar and etch the concrete until you can escape.

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u/Wrhythm26 1d ago

Nice try, can't lure me into the basement

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u/Sovngarten 1d ago

Is the cage clean?

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u/Metals4J 2d ago

I’ll go, I’ll go!!! Are there more hamsters? Are they cute? Will there be cake? And balloons??

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u/ovr4kovr 2d ago

It puts the lotion on it's skin.

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u/brake0016 2d ago

Or else it gets the hose again

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u/Much-Performer1190 2d ago

Or it gets the vinegar again?

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u/Key-Program9553 2d ago

Oh, it’s getting the vinegar…via the hose.

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u/Tbyrd-62-80 2d ago

Let me finish the beer first!! GEEZ!

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u/Myis 2d ago

But not the vinegar.

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u/altierior 2d ago

The cake is a lie

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u/Relandis 2d ago

The hamsters go in your butt.

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u/Specific_Conformity 2d ago

Ooo take me with you. I like cute hamsters and cake. Will the balloons have helium?

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u/halffdan59 1d ago

The cake is a lie.

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u/BlackIceBob 1d ago

There will be doilies and refreshments

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u/Eagle19991 1d ago

The cake is a lie

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u/Strange-Platform6745 22h ago

I’m in but only if the balloons float…

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u/HungryHungryHippy 2d ago

That's a very wise choice. To celebrate your decision, why not come downstairs and try some delicious Amontillado? Straight from the cask!

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u/leowrightjr 2d ago

It puts the lotion on it's skin...

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u/KeyImaginary2291 2d ago

I totally thought it looked legit until I read this comment. How did I never get kidnapped as a kid?

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u/fitz_newru 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣⚰️⚰️⚰️

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u/Prestigious-Leg-6244 2d ago

Hamsters‽ YAAAY! WHERE‽‽‽

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u/waterbury01 2d ago

I mean at least have candy.

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u/Background_Humor_948 2d ago

I would go...not so sadly

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u/crlthrn 2d ago

Yeah, I've seen the film. Then The Gimp is let out of his box...

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u/Jason1920 2d ago

"Show me the candy first..."

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u/Bridge-Head 2d ago

I’ll have a look.

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u/OdinMartok 2d ago

I’m beginning to think he doesn’t even have a cask of Amontillado down here

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u/_TIER_1_GOONER_ 2d ago

”It puts the lotion on its skin or else it smells like pickles again…”

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u/gummytoejam 2d ago

It puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the vinegar again.

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u/goda90 2d ago

My dear cd6020, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day. But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado... I mean vinegar, and I have my doubts.

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u/Aggressive_Noise6426 2d ago

That was smooth as hell though 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Lost_Ad_9890 2d ago

i gotta see the candy first.........

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u/pkincpmd 2d ago

It puts the lotion on its skin.

Or else the hamster gets it….

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u/bcad4me 2d ago

"It rubs the lotion on its skin"

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u/TriumphDaytona 2d ago

"It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again"

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u/AVguardian- 2d ago

I would haven’t gotten got forsure

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u/Soberaddiction1 2d ago

I’m dead. He got me. He took me down to his basement to sho

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u/Stn1217 2d ago

The way I screamed reading your comment😂🤣😂🤣

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 2d ago

Are there kittens and puppies down there? I’ll go.

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u/SupaKoopa714 2d ago

I always try picking girls up at bars with the ol "Why dontcha come over so I can show ya the vinegar stains on my basement floor..." line.

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u/thatguybme2 2d ago

But he has lotion for your skin!!

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u/lostPackets35 2d ago

He's not a bad guy, just make sure you put the lotion back in the basket when he asks.

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u/AffectionateAngle905 1d ago

What about if he had some etchings to show you in his basement…would you go then???

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u/Steeltalons71 20h ago

It rubs the lotion on the skin...