system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5 why homemade cleaning solutions that use baking soda AND vinegar work, don’t they just neutralize each other?
gpt
They don't work. When cleaning use one or the other, never both. Those make good cleaning agents specifically because they are reactive. When you mix them all you are doing is reducing their reactivity and therefore the effectiveness.