Your grandmother, and probably your great-grandmother, cleaned with vinegar.  So, the idea is that this is "Old School" is not a debatable issue.  Vinegar is one of those love/hate products.  Some people absolutely love it, and others want to ignore it whenever possible.

So, it can be said without apology, "Vinegar Smells!"  But, there is a very good reason to see this as a positive factor.  The vinegar smell will quickly go away, but it will take away a number of the smells along with it.

Vinegar is an acid kind of ingredient.  This is helpful since it will kill bacteria and virus. It will neutralize many of the bad smells that you find around the house.  So, which would you rather have?  A long-term-smell or a short-term treatment that smells? 

As I suggest in my book, "Naturally Green Clean," just add some lemon oil to the vinegar water that you are using.  Both are acid-type ingredients, so there will be no reaction.  The lemon oil will not only counter the vinegar small for the most part, but will add a lingering smell that should be considered essential oil.

Some people eat vinegar on fish and fries.  They love the taste, and are not turned off by the smell.  With a little positive attitude, you might learn to like the smell, but let me prove this theory a bit.

Bleach is a bad smell, but we have been conditioned to think that the post-cleaning bleach smell is a "Clean and sanitary smell."  Try putting your nose over an open bottle of bleach (not recommended), and take a deep breath. 

What you smelled was some pretty nasty volatile organic compounds, and it is obvious that bleach stinks!  However, we have been conditioned to think positively about bleach because bleach will kill all the germs ... right?  There you have it!  Smell can be what you make of it.

I have been asked if vinegar mixtures can be used in commercial applications.  The answer is "Absolutely!"  Why not.  Are we so conditioned that unless the cleaning products from from a manufacturer, they are no good?  More an more cleaning companies are buying my book and starting to mix their cleaning supplies each week.

Admittedly, I have not cover all possible combinations for vinegar, but with a little study, anyone can use vinegar in their cleaning products.  Even if you continue to use some commercial products, give the Natural Green Clean products a try.