"Among those, you can choose between pine scent, lemon scent, oxygen-boosted, or extra-concentrated formulas - and the list goes on. In short, there's a lot to choose from, and it all puts a dent in your wallet. Luckily, there's a simple solution you can make at home that works just as well out of dish soap and distilled white vinegar."
"If you go looking, you will find dozens of articles that tell you to mix soap and vinegar together. If you do this, you can probably clean your floor with it. The problem is that soap is alkaline and vinegar is acidic, meaning that they actually neutralize each other. It's widely shared that you shouldn't mix vinegar and castile soap, but any dish soap will be neutralized by vinegar as well."
The grocery store offers many specialized cleaning products for different surfaces and scents, but a homemade solution of dish soap and distilled white vinegar can clean floors effectively. Acetic acid in distilled white vinegar cuts through residues like soap scum and mineral buildup. Soap molecules have hydrophilic and hydrophobic ends that bind grease and pull it into water. Use soap first to remove grease and grime, then follow with diluted vinegar to dissolve leftover residues. Avoid mixing soap and vinegar together because soap is alkaline and vinegar is acidic, which causes mutual neutralization and reduces cleaning effectiveness.
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