Distilled white vinegar is a popular natural household cleaner. Can apple cider vinegar be used as a substitute?

Household vinegar usually contains about 5% acetic acid, but this wasn’t strong enough to control weeds, says Jerry Ivany, lead author of the study. The challenge for researchers was to determine the ...

"Cleaning vinegar usually has a higher concentration of acetic acid compared to regular white vinegar." White vinegar ...

Here's the kicker, though — cooking vinegar won't cut it. You need herbicidal vinegar with an acetic acid concentration of 20% or more. Think of dish soap as your covert ops agent — a surfactant that ...