Simple Solutions Around the Home with Baking Soda
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Most everyone has that yellow box of baking soda in their pantry for baking and some may even toss one in the fridge to keep nasty odors at bay. But did you know that baking soda has a plethora of other uses? This is some amazing stuff!!
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Why use Baking Soda?
Baking soda is a non-toxic, naturally occurring, substance that is made from sodium bicarbonate. Because it’s a naturally found substance, it will not harm you, your family or the environment. Not only is baking soda good for cooking and cleaning but it is also one of the most inexpensive substances that you can buy to use in your home!
Common Uses for Baking Soda:
- Safe way to scour and clean entire kitchen
- Use in laundry – cleaner, fresher clothes
- Use to Brush teeth and wash hair
- Sooth stings, bug bites and sun burns
- Used in baking and cooking
- Freshen your fridge
- Freshen carpets
UnCommon Uses for Baking Soda:
- Use to make deodorant
- Balance the PH in your swimming pool
- Clean BBQ grill
- Use to strip wallpaper
- Removes Rust
- Use to extinguish fires
- Clean stains from plastic
- Use to clean drains
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A few of my personal favorite ways to use Baking Soda:
Clean combs and brushes
Clean combs and brushesKeep your combs and brushes free of natural oil build-up and hair product residue by soaking combs and brushes in a solution of 1 teaspoon of ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda in a small basin of warm water. Rinse and allow to dry.
Bring Sour Sponges back to life
Bring Sour Sponges back to lifeSoak stale-smelling sponges in a strong ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda solution to get rid of the mess and bring in the fresh (4 tablespoons of ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda dissolved in 1 quart of warm water).
What are your favorite uses of baking soda?
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i like to use it to clean my teeth but also keep it on hand in the event of bee stings. Mix baking soda with water to make a paste. Put on bee sting and it will draw the pain out.
I use it in the sink and dishwasher.
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I sprinkle baking soda on my mattresses when I wash the bedding – vacuum the baking soda ,
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I use baking soda to scrub my stainless steel sink & for baking
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Baking soda is great for deodorizing sink drains.
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We recently got our very first grill…and sometimes it’s hard to clean. Didn’t know baking soda can remove grunge from grills until I saw the link above! Thank you for the tips and we sure can have a clean grill before we start each grilling! yay!
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I recently bought the large bag of baking soda at my local warehouse club and use it to keep the washing machine from smelling funky between uses. Toss in a cup of baking soda after a load of laundry and leave it in there till the next load, where it helps to boost the performance of the detergent!
I had NO idea all the uses this was very informative for sure…
I mix it in my hand with my shampoo and wash my hair with the mixture to get rid of product build up.
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I never knew you can use it clean hair brushes! I am going to try that today. I have been looking for something to clean my hair brushes with. Thanks for the tips!!
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I never thought about cleaning baby toys with baking soda. I’ll be trying it out soon!
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I’ve used it for bug bites and cleaning drains. I’ll have to try the comb/brush cleaner trick!
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I will have to try cleaning/freshening up scrub sponges.
Cleaning with it sure makes sense!
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I have recently used baking soda to get out a juice stain from my carpet.
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I use baking soda with lemon juice to clean the bottom of my pots and pans.
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My newest use for baking powder is as soothing talc for sunburn. I like to make a paste with a little water and apply to the painful areas – instant relief.
I mix it with essential oils to make my own commet cleaner.
I use baking soda in a paste to clean the really tough stains from under the burners on my gas cooktop.
I also make it into a paste to clean the gray fingerprints and grime from the textured sides of my fridge.
My mom always put baking soda on canker sores in our mouths to help speed up healing.
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I like to use baking soda and water to clean hair product overspray from my bathroom floor. It gets rid of the stickiness.
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