Everyone at home has been under the weather right after the Chinese New Year. My mother was the first one to get sick. Then it was hubs’ turn, followed by Ashley and then me. All of us are better now but last week, my mother has got the sniffles again. I guess there are many germs lingering in the air and my sister suggested that I disinfect the house with some vinegar. I tried this method before many years ago during the SARS epidemic. So, I took half a bottle of vinegar, mixed it with some water and pour everything into my old electric kettle. I brought the kettle to the living room and let it boil for 10 mins. After that, I moved to the kettle to the dining area, kitchen, all the bedrooms upstairs and repeated the boiling process.
A bottle of white vinegar which costs RM3
Vinegar & water boiling in the kettle
Vinegar is nature’s magic cleanser that kills mold, bacteria and germs. I have read somewhere that vinegar can kill 99 percent of bacteria, 82 percent of mold and 80 percent of germs (viruses). My cousin who used to work in a restaurant in the USA said most of the restaurants practice this method to disinfect the place. They also use vinegar to wipe the tables and clean the chairs. Now, my whole house has the sourish vinegar smell 😀 I hope all the germs and bacteria are gone now.
I have never tried or heard of this before. I will try it.
The smell is tolerable right..
yes, tolerable. just sourish for a while 🙂
First time I’m hearing this. By the way, I heard from the grapevine that we’re testing for the return of Avian Flu in the next 2 weeks!
really so laku eh. but i got no electric kettle. so i think i will disinfect with dettol only ler..
hope lil ashley is not around the room when the boiling kettle is there…looks a bit dangerous
i did it when she was in school 🙂
I never heard of it before, but why not try right? I will try it as Marcus always having sniffles. thanks for the info.
wah…ini macam also can ah. using Lampe berger is also a good way but pricey.
i am gonna try this rite away…
First time I heard of this matter! Thanks for sharing.. Can try it out 1 day soon.. I got an old kettle 🙂
my mil used this method to disinfect her home too. yup, soury taste/smell thereafter for a day or two. but she just boiled the pot over the stove, and since is single level and the stove is kinda in the middle of the house, the air moved around and it did the job. your electric kettle way is good idea but i don’t think my mil has an electric kettle.
I got to know from watching Home and Health channel. But we use vinegar for cooking eor..won’t it be bad for us..hehe
Looks like a cool idea that is cheap and works well! Thanks for the tip! I love this sorta cool and cheap tips that works wonders.
Oh, thanks for sharing.
The sour smell, smell like vinegar pork leg? hehehehhe. Your neighbour must be wondering, thought u’re cooking vinegar pork.hehe
ei, really,ar? Vinegar to disinfect? wow, thanks for sharing. I think I want to try that also leh. Maybe Ashley’s eczema will get better too, with less interfereing 3rd party “agents” like germs and virus around. haha. U finished watching gems of life? I am just going to start catching it today.haha.
ooh….okay….looks like a worth-to-try method…no harm & cheap anyway!! i’m wondering if it can also shoo mozzies away….now denggi so terrible lor!!
ooi, u really watch a lot of drama/series ehh…tsk tsk tsk!!!
i’ve never heard of this. tot u will use dettol. anyway, i will tell my mum to try it for our house! thanks for the tip!
hey, cun wor. din know can do like this. but i don’t have any old kettle wor 🙁
I must try this! I recently bought a bottle of vinegar to clean my dirty pots and pans.
wow thanks for sharing this very cheap and simple remedy!
so how’s everyone now? back to pink of health? 🙂
wow! i must try soon! thanks for sharing!