Baking soda may be the best thing you could have in your home. It is good for your health, your skin, your hair and it is a great ally in the cleaning war. To make it short, it is good for everything!
Here are a few interesting uses for baking soda:
- Freshen your breath
- Soaking retainers, mouthpieces and dentures
- Facial scrub
- Body exfoliant
- Neutralizes underarm body odor
- Antiacid for your stomach
- Itchy skin and bug bites
- Hand cleanser and softener
- Hair cleanser
- Cleaning brushes and combs
- Bath soaking
- Cleaning greasy dishes, pots and pans
- Cleaning and removing odor from wooden cutting boards
- Soothes painful feet
- Cleaning the microwave
- Cleaning the oven
- Freshening sponges
- Cleaning tea and coffee pots
- Cleaning floors
- Septic care
- Cleaning furniture
- Cleaning shower curtains
- Washing stuffed animals
- Cleaning shower glass of hard water and soap marks
- Boosting liquid laundry detergent
- Cleaning baby clothes
- Cleaning cloth diapers
- Washing sneakers
- Cleaning and freshening sports gear
- Removing oil and grease stains
- Cleaning batteries
- Cleaning cars
- Deodorizing the fridge
- Cleaning trash cans
- Unclogging drains
- Cleaning lunch boxes
- Washing fruits and vegetables
- Freshening closets
- Cleaning kitty litters
- Cleaning pet boxes
Here are a few baking soda cleaning recipes that will make your life easier:
- Mix it with vinegar to unclog your drains: pour baking soda in the drain, and right after pour a cup of vinegar and let the mixture do its job for a few minutes, before you generously rinse with hot water.
- You can mix it with lemon juice to scrub and clean your oven, microwave or cutting board, and even greasy pans and burnt pots.
- Mix it with olive oil to cleanse your skin.
- Another beauty use is to mix it with your shower gel to get an efficient body scrub and get rid of the dead skin cells.
- Use it on its own to clean your scalp if you have greasy hair and your regular shampoo is not enough.
- Mix it with warm water until you get a smooth paste to scrub your bath tub, toilet, faucets etc. (If they’re really dirty, mix it with vinegar or sprinkle it on half of a lemon and use that to scrub)
