How to remove smell of vinegar

Quartz · 13 Jun 2023 at 12:36

When the weather changed last week I cleaned the walls of the stairwell of my block of flats (3 floors) with a vinegar solution to kill all the mold. It's paint on wallpaper on block. Unfortunately the smell of vinegar is persisting despite airing. How do I finally get rid of the smell?

JonRGV250 · 13 Jun 2023 at 12:38

Diluted lemon juice.

Murphy · 13 Jun 2023 at 18:10

How to remove the smell of lemon juice.

radderfire · 13 Jun 2023 at 18:41

The walls have probably adsorbed some of the vinegar solution and therefore it will gradually get released, hence the continued smell. If you leave it another week or two I expect it will go.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 13 Jun 2023 at 19:09

I believe you need to get some fish oil and use that, then apply a small amount of salt.

adidan · 13 Jun 2023 at 19:13

It'll fade eventually.

SquirrelMadness · 13 Jun 2023 at 22:19

Baking soda? I chuck stuff in backing soda water after using vinegar to clean rust off.

Haze · 14 Jun 2023 at 08:04

Murphy said:
How to remove the smell of lemon juice.

Hahaha yeah this, what a Muppet

Murphy · 14 Jun 2023 at 08:33

If I'm honest I've never understood the whole vinegar, baking soda, etc, etc as cleaners thing, i get people think it's more environmentally friendly but if all you want is a weak acid or alkaline why not just buy a weak acid or alkaline.

I mean vinegar is something like 4% acetic acid and the rest is mainly water and some other trace stuff so why not just buy some acetic acid and dilute it as required, and the whole baking soda removing smells thing was a marketing stunt.

Semple · 14 Jun 2023 at 08:35

Murphy said:
If I'm honest I've never understood the whole vinegar, baking soda, etc, etc as cleaners thing, i get people think it's more environmentally friendly but if all you want is a weak acid or alkaline why not just buy a weak acid or alkaline.

I mean vinegar is something like 4% acetic acid and the rest is mainly water and some other trace stuff so why not just buy some acetic acid and dilute it as required, and the whole baking soda removing smells thing was a marketing stunt.

I thought this was the reason people used white vinegar because it doesn't have much of a smell? Did the OP use Sarsons or something?

Doobedoo · 14 Jun 2023 at 08:37

I once put vinegar in my washer fluid tank because my mum said it was good for cleaning windows.

I learnt pretty quickly how foolish I had been.

Murphy · 14 Jun 2023 at 08:41

Semple said:
I thought this was the reason people used white vinegar because it doesn't have much of a smell? Did the OP use Sarsons or something?

White vinegar still has a smell for me, less of one but i can still smell it.

The Sarsons comment genuinely made me LOL, i had visions of someone frantically shaking a bottle of vinegar at the wall.

Quartz · 14 Jun 2023 at 08:50

Semple said:
I thought this was the reason people used white vinegar because it doesn't have much of a smell? Did the OP use Sarsons or something?

No, it was spirit vinegar. And diluted acetic acid is vinegar.

gingergundog · 14 Jun 2023 at 19:47

Sounds like you need some mustard

mattyfez · 16 Jun 2023 at 15:42

Just leave it, it will fade.