PRETTY much everyone has used baking soda topped with vinegar to clean their sink drains but apparently, it's not really doing anything.
A cleaning company debunked this myth and claimed people have been doing it in the wrong order.
Taking to social media, The Big Clean Co. shared their professional opinion about the hack.
While performing the cleaning routine themselves, they said in the video: "I think the people doing this miss the day we mixed these in high school science.
"Because while baking soda is a great cleaner and vinegar is a great cleaner, they are opposite each other on the pH scale.
"So this reaction you see happening, although it looks cool, it's just them neutralizing each other, leaving you with nothing but salty water.
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"If you have your heart set on using them both, use them one at a time to get a better result."
She further explained that you can use baking soda with water or hydrogen peroxide to make a paste.
And, using vinegar with water will lower the acidity level.
A lot of people tend to use baking soda and vinegar combinations to clean kitchen sinks or soften the gunk in their ovens.
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However, you can use baking soda and vinegar to break down any clogs in your drain or neutralize any odors, but not to clean.
Previously, experts shared the four things you should never clean with vinegar.
Vinegar is certainly a useful natural disinfectant, but it’s not safe to use on stone surfaces such as marble and granite.
Vinegar’s acidity can dull marble, granite, and whitestone and even eat away at the sealants used to protect the stone.
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The same may occur on hardwood floors and objects if they have a wax sealant.
You should also skip using vinegar when cleaning electronics, your dishwasher, or removing pet odors.
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