How do these baking soda/vinegar cleaning hacks work

Question

You often see videos of people using baking soda, vinegar and boiling water to clean stains in the kitchen or the bathroom. From my understanding these ingredients should simply neutralise each other. So how does it help cleaning? Or is it simply a social media myth

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

Mix baking soda and water to make a paste. Spread the paste onto the surface and wait for it to dry. To clean it up, get some vinegar in a spray bottle to fizz up the baking soda and wipe it off.