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Baking soda also known as Bicarbonate soda is a popular household product mostly known for its useful addition in baking. Not only that it is widely used in cooking, but this product is also a versatile one. Surprisingly, it can also be beneficial to our health and other household-related concerns. Here are the 25 most useful hacks you’ve ever expected for baking soda!
Clean Your Produce
Baking soda is one of the best ways to get rid of those mucky pesticides from your fresh produce. Yes, that’s right. What you can do is soak your fresh fruits and vegetables in a bowl with 1 teaspoon of baking soda with 2 cups of water or clean with a wet cloth. Then that’s it. No more filthy fruits and vegetables.
Clean Rugs And Carpets
Restore your rugs and carpets by sprinkling baking soda to remove all the stains that are in your rugs and carpets. Scatter a huge portion over the rug and pour hot water over it. Allow the mix to sink overnight and then vacuum to achieve the best results. If the stain becomes tough, reapply the paste many times. Your carpet looks new just like this and your wallet didn’t even suffer!
Mouthwash
Having a bad breath is really tough. No matter how hard you try to get rid of it through brushing, it won’t be enough. However, using mouthwash can be effective to at least reduce the smell and cover up the ends that your toothbrush can’t reach. Surprisingly, baking soda can do the work. It is the perfect solution to freshen your breath as it provides antibacterial and antimicrobial benefits that will make those bad breaths away! The recipe is super simple. You only need a half teaspoon of baking soda, warm water, and mix as desired.
Deodorant
The use of baking soda as a deodorant supplement is an easy way to get rid of smells without chemicals exposing your body. All you need is a little baking soda and a little water. Rub this fusion under your arms and you smell nice and clean.
Air Freshener
Instead of eliminating bad smells, most commercial air fresheners conceal merely unpleasant smells. Do we even know what chemicals these bottles contain? The reply is no! Baking soda is your safer option and interacts with the smells rather than just cover them.
Whiter And Brighter Clothing
Did you know that baking soda can also clean and whiten your clothes? How? Because it has an alkali, a soluble salt that helps remove dirt and stains. Just add 1 cup of baking soda to your regular detergent then put it on your washing machine with your clothes to get cleaner and brighter clothes.
Bathroom Cleaner
The bathrooms in our house are the hardest area to clean. The marks in your bathtub will make you want to pull out your hair. There may be a wide range of products to choose from, but baking soda is the most economical cleaning product to use. It not only whitens the surface of the bathroom, but it also disinfects it. It’s good for everything. From tiles to toilets and all in between. When the mixture is created, rub it for 20 minutes across the designated areas and wipe it away with water or wet cloth.
Polishing Silverware
Silverwares are perfect when they’re all clean and shiny. But as time goes by, it tarnishes and fades away the beauty it has when it’s still new. But don’t worry, that’s where baking soda comes in. Baking soda triggers a chemical reaction in order to target tarnish marks. So, pour in a mixture of hot water and baking soda over the silverware and see how the chemical reaction takes place. The results will pleasantly surprise you!
Spa Treatment
Stressed or overwhelmed because of a long work week? Do you want to go to the spa but have no budget for it? Try combining a hot bath and an ounce of sprinkled baking soda to create a homemade spa in your bathroom. It does not only allow you to go out of the house, but it also saves you a lot of money.
Disinfect Toothbrush
Cleaning your toothbrush every day may not be as important as cleaning our teeth. But during the cold and flu seasons, it is extremely important to clean them properly since you are always using it and putting it in your mouth. With the use of baking soda together with water and vinegar, you can get rid of all the germs and bacteria your toothbrush can have. In just 30 minutes, your toothbrush will be as clean as new.
Treating Bug Bites
It is not safe to apply baking soda every day. But it is helpful to alleviate the redness, itching, and itching that is accompanied by an insect bite. Most of the creams suggested adding baking soda. You can actually create your own solutions with just baking soda and water.
Burnt Pot
You tried to do all this and are ready to throw away your favorite pot because you accidentally scratched the ground when you cook. It’s the worst! It may be difficult to clean up these types of accidents, but that’s before you hear of that baking soda solution. What you need to do is boil water and baking soda and pour over the burnt areas.
Cleaning Shoes
Baking soda is your solution to the embarrassing problem of stinky shoes. All you need to do is add two tablespoons of baking soda in two clothes. Set the fabrics together and put them in the shoes for the best possible results.
Heartburn
Heartburn, commonly called acid reflux is a burning sensation, essentially coming down from your throat into your stomach. It can be caused by excessive consumption, stress, spicy foods and certain fruits. It can be super painful, but before you find baking soda that fights this problem and neutralizes acid of the stomach. Drink 1 teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water and you should feel normal soon!
Fluffy Omelet
For people who don’t love eggs, they feel like omelets aren’t a good way to sustain them during the day. This produces carbon dioxide bubbles and lightens the omelette by adding 1/2 teaspoon every three eggs. Your eggs will look brighter and more delicious too!
Cleaning Drains
Clogged drains are the worst either in the kitchen or in the bathroom. By using vinegar, baking soda, and a pot of boiling water, we can solve the problem. Our drain will be clear after 5 – 10 minutes.
Garbage Disposal Odours
Baking soda can also be used for smelly waste by using a handful of baking soda and vinegar solution. To make this, use running hot water for one minute in the waste disposal and pour 1⁄4 baking soda into the drain. Turn the disposal 2 seconds and add 1 cup of vinegar after 10 minutes. As a result, it will develop a bubble. Apply running water to end the process and remove the odor of the waste.
Whiten Your Teeth
Most of us love coffee or tea. But too much of this drink can change our teeth’s color. If we don’t want to abandon our drinking habits, we may spend more of our salary on the dentist or even on the dentist. Baking soda is the cheapest way to whiten our teeth. Simply add a quarter teaspoon of baking soda in combination with water and apply it with your toothbrush to whiten your teeth.
Sore Throat
Do you suffer frequent sore or throats? Or worse, chronic sore throat? This disease may be the worst and taking too many antibiotics can harm your body. Try baking soda for quick and healthy relief three times a day.
Lighten Dark Underarms
Having a dark underarm is already humiliating, but when summer is drawing near, it’s making us more embarrassed since we can’t wear our favorite swimwear or top tanks. But, baking soda does wonder to our dark or uneven underarm. You only need baking soda, water, and a bowl to make a perfect solution to our problem. Simply apply the mixture to the area and massage it for 1 minute. Leave it for 30 minutes then wash it with warm water. Do this 2-3 times a week to see the best result.
Chronic Kidney Disease
The gradual loss of functions in one’s kidneys is chronic kidney disease. The kidney is one of the most important parts of the body which works for our health because it removes waste and excess water from our blood. Baking soda can slow disease progression, which can overcome the effect of taking supplements.
Kill Weeds
By applying baking soda in the cracks of your driveway or sidewalk, we can remove the weeds in your home. Repeat and monitor the time before you have to pull the weeds out of your crack.
Clean The Microwave
By applying baking soda to the clean damp sponge, we can clean up our microwave. Rub it gently on the microwave parts after application. Rinse with warm water after rubbing, and the result is pleasant, as it has no smell and no chemical residue left.
Cure Dandruff
If we suffer from dandruff and try all we can to cure the problem, but it is not effective, we have another solution for you. Instead of shampoo, we can use baking soda. Apply baking soda to our wet scalp and massage in the shower. Just make sure you rinse it properly.
Clean Your Hairbrush
If we want to make our hairbrush look clean again, we have a solution. In a combination of 1 teaspoon of baking soda and warm water soak both items. Rinse it off afterwards and dry it completely before using.
Make Your Grill Sparkle
When the summer or warm weather comes, we like to have a barbecue with our family in our own backyard. If your grill is dirty, tough due to the winter season, the grill must be as clean as it is new for your family. We have a solution for you, just use a baking soda in a damp bowl and scrub it to the barbecue. After you have finished the process, rinse the grill and the result will surprise you.
Make Your Floors Shine
If we have wood or tiles, we know that it’s painful to see that the shine is gone. It costs a costly amount of cash just to fix it. We have the cheapest solution in our house for floor lightening and cleaning. Dissolve 100 g baking soda in a warm bucket then mop and rinse the dirty part and you will see the floor shining again..
Appliances Like New
It can no longer be the cleanest product after we use a lot of our appliances like washing machines or coffee makers. We’ve got a solution to this problem. We can clean the dishwasher and coffee maker by using a bakery soda in an empty cycle.
Exfoliate
Everybody wants good wellness, especially at night, and we like mixing things sometimes. So, try adding baking soda paste to your skin and exfoliate it by rubbing it in a circular motion then rinse with warm water.
Hair Treatment
We want to have stronger and healthier hair. With this remedy, we can do this at home. Just mix a little baking soda and put it on our hair. This keeps your hair healthier and stronger.
Trash Bin Miracle
We all know the feeling when we open our trash bin just to be slapped with the stinky smell inside it. We’ve got a solution to the problem and it’s to spread a little baking soda at the bottom of your trash basin.
Chicken Pox Cure
You are lucky if you haven’t had chickenpox at all. However, when we have chickenpox, excessive pain, itchiness, and suffering will be at hand. We can reduce it by stirring half a slice of baking soda in a glass of water. We can use a sweet washcloth to add the mixture of the water to the parts where the body is made of chickenpox. After applying the mixture, allow it to dry completely on your body.
Clean Food Containers
People knew food containers quickly got stained from the foods we put on. Like the packed lunches, pasta sauces, soups, and many more. We would not ask why our food would not look appealing. However, we could make it clean as new again. We would sprinkle a clean sponge with baking soda and scrub the food container and afterwards rinse it in running water.
Clean Your Sponges
If we used a dirty sponge, then it would no longer clean our utensil. What was the point when we would be going to wash our dishes? However, if we wanted to sanitize our sponges, then we should follow this instruction. Soak it in warm water with a combination of baking soda for overnight. In the morning after we doused the sponge, we should rinse it with running water, and it would remove every bacteria in the sponge.
Calluses
Calluses were not a severe threat to our health. However, it would cause soreness and irritation when we applied pressure to it. For example, when we would walk, run or even jump. Studies showed we could reduce our discomfort when we soaked the calluses in a baking soda bath and would soften the area where we had thickened skin, and we should remove any scabbing on the area. It would lessen the pain we felt during the activity we did in our daily life.
Oil Or Grease Fire
Some people knew fire extinguishers contained a baking soda. The mixture could put out a fire because it could react to the heat, which would emit a carbon dioxide. It would result in extinguishing the flames. We could use baking soda to remove small fires and grease fires when it started in our home. Even though, we should not think that the mixture would get rid of massive fires because if there were a bigger fire, it would take all the oxygen which could have a negative effect or could make the fire larger. If we were hesitating to do something, then we should call for help.
Diaper Rash
If we were a parent, we did not like to see our child suffer from pain and irritation. However, we could not prevent having our babies get some diaper rash. We knew Creams and medicine were expensive. However, we had another way to ease the pain it caused to our lovely children. The cheaper yet effective way was put a little amount of baking soda into our baby’s bathwater, and we should wash our baby in the bathwater for a few minutes, and it would relieve the discomfort of our child.
Clean Walls
We could not blame our kids if they had vast imaginations. Our kids might think everything in their surroundings as their canvass if our kids drew something on the walls with crayons. We would not worry about it because we also had a solution to the problem. Put a baking soda on a slightly wet cloth and rub it lightly on the area where they draw using a crayon. Later after applying the first procedure, we should rub it with a clean, dry cloth, and it would remove the stains from the wall.
Cloth Diapers
If we were someone who used a cloth diaper for our babies, then we knew how difficult it was to wash and sanitized the clothing. We should make sure that it was clean before we would re-use it to our child. To keep the diapers tidy, we should follow the procedure. First, we should dissolve 1/2 cup of baking soda on 2 quarts of warm water and soak the cloth properly before washing it. It would surely give us the cleanest and sanitized cloth diaper to use for our children.
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Coat Closet Cleanliness
Some of us had tried to open our closet for the first time of the month since it was enclosed for many months. It would emit a smell that we would not expect as the last time we checked in our wardrobe. To make our closet fresh, we should open a box of baking soda and put it on our shelf where it had an odour. It would freshen our clothes inside the closet.
Keep Flowers Fresh
We knew how we would feel if a loved one gave us a bouquet of flowers. it would make our hearts flutter to the point we would fall in love. However, we would upset them if the flower would wither quickly. We could sprinkle a little in the flower with the use of Baking soda. Apply a teaspoon of the mixture to the water on the vase, and it would freshen the flower a bit.
Shower Curtain
We knew how cheap a shower curtain was. However, we should not decide immediately to buy a new shower curtain every time it got soiled. Studies showed it was made of PVC, which was a very harmful material to our body. New shower curtains would emit fumes that could damage our health, particularly when we breathe-in the chemical it produced in a steaming hot shower. If we were hesitating that cleaning shower curtain was difficult, then we were wrong. We just had to follow the process, and everything should be good as new. Apply laundry detergent, 1 cup of baking soda, light-coloured towels, and ten drops of tea tree oil to remove any mould on the curtain. Put the curtain into the washing machine with the mixture of the ingredient and laundry cycle it for 40-60. It would result in a sanitized and clean shower curtain.
Oil Spills
If we had an oil spill in our clothes, carpet or anything else inside our house and we wanted to remove it, then we had a solution to this problem. We could use soda in the area because it could absorb the grease and oil in any various kinds of clothing. However, we should first remove the excess fat before applying the baking soda on the oil or grease spilt part of the clothes. Leave it for 10-15 minutes to absorb any remaining oil, and after the designated minutes, we should vacuum the remnants of the mixture and wash the tainted fabric in a cold cycle.
Cloth Furniture
We knew that different cloth furniture in our house could absorb various odours. After days or months, the furniture would emit a weird smell which was unpleasant for us. We could remove it by applying a baking soda on it and leave it for all-night. The next morning, we should vacuum the area to remove the mixture on the furniture. It would freshen the smell on the cloth.
Vacuum Cleaners
We did know that baking soda had deodorizing properties which could help to remove bad odour on an object. Its effectiveness could also work on a vacuum cleaner. Apply a mixture of baking soda and water to clean every part of the machine like the hose, filter, and canister. However, we should dry it thoroughly before using.
Dry Shampoo
Did we ever know what the component inside of most dry shampoo was? One ingredient on the shampoo was baking soda. We could also make our dry shampoo to save an amount of cash. Put a little baking soda on the hairbrush and brushed it along in our hair. Leave it be for five minutes. After the designated time, shake our finger onto our scalps and remove any remnants of the baking soda. It would also remove oils in our hair.
Fabric Softener
We understand fabric softener had a harmful chemical that would threaten our health. We could switch to baking soda for safer and effective use of this item. Apply a half cup of baking soda to a rinse cycle to soften all our clothing. It was simple and more reliable than using harmful elements.
Clean Fridge
Most of us were aware of how refrigerators could accumulate a stench over time. We could solve the issue by leaving a small open pot of baking soda inside the fridge. The bowl of baking soda would undoubtedly absorb the strong odours. We could stir the bowl to make sure that it would continue being effective. We should change the batch every few weeks. For those who were more thorough, we could wipe the shelves and the walls with a wet cloth that was dipped with baking soda and to rinse it with a cloth damped in warm water.
Remove Mold And Mildew
We might find ourselves in a situation where we would struggle with stubborn mould and mildew stains on the tiles and shower curtains. We could offer a hack for that. We should dampen a sponge and add some baking soda to scrub the mould and mildew.
Tile Grout
We all knew that tile grout could be severely irritating to look at. We could clean it up by making a paste using equal parts of baking soda and water. We should apply it on the grout in between the tiles and let it soak up for 10 minutes. We could use a toothbrush to scrub the tile grout and wipe a damp cloth once done.
Clean Children’s Toys
The children’s plush toys tended to get dirty in just a matter of time. We could freshen up these plush toys by placing them inside a large plastic bag and add 100 grams of baking soda. We should make sure to tie the top and give them a good shake. The baking soda would help to bring out the dust and even remove the stench. After shaking, we should remove the toys from the plastic bag and vacuum them.
Clean A Mattress
We could freshen up the mattress with the help of baking soda. We could do this by sprinkling baking soda on the bed and to wait for 15 minutes. Afterwards, we should vacuum it. The baking soda would bring out not only the dirt and dust but also the stench. Note that we could do the same for carpets.
Patio Furniture
For those who would bring the patio furniture out of the storage to prepare for the summer season, we could brighten it up with a wipe down of baking soda with water on the cloth. The patio furniture might smell musty and dirty after being kept in the shed during the winter. We could sprinkle some baking soda and leave it be for 15 minutes. Afterwards, we should vacuum, and the patio furniture would be good as new.
Washing Machine
There might come a time when our washing machine could no longer keep our clothes smelling good, and it could be a sign that it was time to clean the machine. In the present, washing machines need to be cleaned more frequently, especially for those who were using the front-loading model. Thankfully, we could use baking soda as a perfect natural cleanser for the inside of our washing machines. We should start a large, hot load without adding any clothing to the washer and to add baking soda and vinegar so that we could remove the buildup and smelly mould.
