Vinegar rinse for colored hair?
sowngrow (8a)
16 years ago
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Why white vinegar in the rinse .....
Comments (3)Well vinegar is instituted in a rinse cycle for various reasons. If a person uses homemade soap based laundry detergent, the vinegar will remove any soap residue left on the clothing. Vinegar also removes built up laundry detergent and hard water residue. It has the ability to soften clothes naturally without the use of chemicals for the enviornmentally friendly concsious individual. It also has gentle bleaching properties and natural disenfecting properties. In addition to all of this, for those that are chemically sensitive, it dries and no odor is left behind, just the smell of fresh laundry. Mind you, this in only for white vinegar. I have no idea what the others would do, but I have a feeling the others would not do well as they would most likely leave a stain behind....See MoreFabric Softner vs white vinegar in rinse help
Comments (17)Vinegar works in two ways with regards to laundry: Vinegar dissolves minerals. If you have hard water that is combining with detergent and leaving a residue on the clothes, the vinegar will dissolve the minerals in the water, stopping the deposit of residue. Vinegar neutralizes the alkalinity of wash water. This makes clothing feel more pleasant to the skin. There is nothing inherently "softening" about vinegar, and the fact that I have a whole house water softener probably explains why I get no benefit from vinegar. Those with hardness in their water will benefit the most. I also read in another thread that Miele recommends against using vinegar, as it may damage vital rubber components in the machine. Senseo, a large manufacturer of coffee makers, also says that vinegar can damage its machines and recommends use of citric acid instead. The concern stems from the fact that acetic acid (vinegar) is a mineral-based acid, and as such is damaging to some rubber and plastic components. Citric acid would be a better product to use in the rinse, and citric acid also has the added benefit of "smoothing" fabric fibers which is something vinegar doesn't do....See More36 uses for distilled white vinegar
Comments (8)I buy it by the gallon also. My mom use to use it all the time, but me being of the 60's generation or maybe I was just not smart back in the day abandoned vinegar and used store bought cleaners and such that my mom used vinegar for. I came back full circle when I got wiser, in my mid thirties..I think that is when I realized mom wasn't so dumb after all. LOL...See MoreFDA investigating reports of hair loss, hair breakage, balding...
Comments (14)I think, like so many things in life, what will work well for one person is a disaster for someone else I have very fine, thin, frizzy hair. Back when I tried Wen, I was also exercising hard every day - and I sweat like a pig. :-) Wen was a fiasco in my hair. First of all, I second the comment above about it never feeling clean. My scalp sweats, and the Wen just never seemed to get the sweat off the way regular products do. My scalp itched like crazy. What made me finally give it up though was that my hair got progressively more limp and yet more frizzy with each passing day. I hung in there for a while and tried everything I could think of - more product, less product, leaving it on longer, rinsing it off quickly. Didn't matter, Wen and my hair were not meant to be. I was turning into Roseann Roseannadanna on the stuff. Wasn't the look I was after. Glad people out there like it, but it never worked for me. I understand how it may clog pores or whatnot, the stuff felt heavy to me in my hair - which is maybe why my fine, limp hair just kept getting more and more limp, all the while fanning out like a peacock strutting its stuff....See Moresowngrow (8a)
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