9 Things vinegar amazingly won’t clean

Vinegar will eat away at the protective coating on the screens for computers, TVs, phones, etc. Your best bet is to invest in a microfiber towel or a screen genie ball. For particularly tough spots: Try warm water. And always make sure your device is off.

Be careful! We spend thousands of dollars on marble and natural stone countertops in our kitchen, and vinegar is a kitchen staple. But, if used as a cleaning agent on that precious stone, it can corrode and cause pits or potholes over time.

Vinegar can cut through a lot, but it when used on a greasy pot or pan, it just mixes in with the mess. You’ll need an alkaline-infused product to cut through the grease. Good news: That’s what they make dish soap for.

Never put vinegar in a cast iron skillet! Will it clean that bad boy? Yes. But, the whole idea of a cast iron pot or skillet is that it absorbs the flavors of whatever you make in it. Just use water and elbow grease.

Yes, vinegar is a great natural way to cut down on insects and weeds, but it can also harm a lot of plants. Make sure to target your vinegar spray specifically to the weeds. To cut back on critters in the garden: Plant marigolds.

While vinegar is a fairly useful disinfectant and will clean away a simple flu virus, it won’t kill many types of salmonella. In other words, cutting boards should be scrubbed with hot water and soap first. Then use a commercial disinfectant.

Whatever you do, don’t use vinegar on any waxed woods. The vinegar will eat through the wax, those leaving the wood dry and dull (and, eventually, brittle). For waxed tile floors, you can use vinegar, as long as it’s your plan to remove the wax and start over again. (Which, let’s face it, is sometimes a necessity.)

Mixing bleach and vinegar is extremely toxic. Together the two actually make a chemical once used to clear out trenches during the war. It’s nasty stuff for people and the environment. Do not ever make a bleach and vinegar cocktail. Please.