Coke as a laundry additive?

9 years ago

Okay, if you love your soft drinks, just scroll down and bypass the first few dire warnings about the evils of soda, and tell me what you think: Uses for Coke?

I don't drink sodas very often -- maybe a couple of Diet Dr. Peppers per month, if that -- but when I was a kid, my motorhead friends used to clean their whitewalls with it.

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Cavimum
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Back in the `1970s, I always heard to pour Coca-Cola straight onto a vehicle windshield to really clean it well.
MizLizzie
Original Author
9 years ago
Right! I remember that, too. Not sure I could scrub the toilet with it, tho . . . Or put it in my laundry.
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dadoes
9 years ago
Caramel coloring and sweeteners (corn syrup in non-diet) ... don't think I'd use it as a laundry additive/softener.
dchall_san_antonio
9 years ago
Coke is highly acidic. As I recall it has a pH of 3.0, about the same pH as vinegar and orange juice. If it did not stain everything with caramel coloring, it would have other uses.
MizLizzie
Original Author
9 years ago
Coke does have a lot of phosphate in it, as I understand it. But I think the primary goal of the article was to horrify people into not drinking it.