10 Uses for Baking Soda in Your Home
The holy grail of the preparedness industry is “multi-purpose.” It’s especially true for the items you put in your bug-out bag, due to limited space.
But it’s also true at home as we try to save money for important things. Using the same item for a number of purposes cuts down on spending, as well as clutter.
Baking soda, a white, crystalline compound, chemically known as bicarbonate of soda, might not have quite as many uses as duct tape – then again, what does? – but there are plenty of ways you can utilize it. You may already have some in your refrigerator.
Let’s take a look at 10 of the uses you can get out of this inexpensive item:
- Clean your refrigerator. Add one teaspoon of baking soda to a quart of warm or hot water and use the resulting solution as a cleaning agent.
- Eliminate smells. Unpleasant odors will disappear when you sprinkle baking soda on the bottom of your toaster oven, rubber gloves and other items.
- Unclog a drain. Pour a cup of baking soda into your clogged drain, then add one cup of vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then pour a quart of boiling water down the drain.
- Stain removal. That same paste can be used to tackle tough stains from clothing, china and plastic.
- Food washer. If your fruits and vegetables could have pesticides or dirt on them, wash them in a bowl of cool water containing several tablespoons of baking soda.
- Bug repellent. Sprinkle baking soda at the bottom of basement windows in order to keep bugs from making themselves at home in your house.
- Gain traction. Sprinkling baking soda on your porch and front steps in cold weather can help melt ice that might form. It won’t damage cement or shoes.
- Pain relief. Soothe the discomfort from an insect bite or burn by making a paste with baking soda and water, then applying it to the spot. You can also add it to your bathwater to relieve sunburned or itchy skin.
- Brush your teeth. People say it’s more effective for cleaning and whitening teeth than toothpaste, and you don’t get the negative side effect of fluoride.
- Resist sweets. If you can’t stop eating sweets, try this when you have a craving: dissolve one teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of warm water. Rinse your mouth with it and then spit it out.
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Keep a small box of baking soda next to your stove. If you have a small fire, throw soda on it to extinguish the fire. This is especially good if you have an electric stove, where spillage flashes when the heat is turned up high.
When I was fourteen, I went blackberry picking at my aunt’s lake house. Got into a patch of chiggers. She put me in a cool bath with a box of baking soda mixed in. Helped a lot. An old remedy that works!
You can take baking soda and turn it into washing soda; which can be used to make your own detergent.
I often use baking soda to clean out the washing machine. My wife likes to use bleach to clean the washing machine; but baking soda gets the funky smell out and leaves your clothes smelling fresh and clean.
I sometimes use baking soda to clean the kitchen grout when it gets a little too dirty. Baking soda acts as a bleach and keeps things nice and bright.
Organic, aluminum free baking soda and organic maple syrup mixed together(3 parts maple and 1 part baking soda) cures cancer in anyone! Mixed together and brought to a simmer. Stir, then remove from heat and refrigerate. Take 1 tablespoon of the mixture 3 times a day and your cancer, no matter what and what stage will be cured! This is for real folks. Remember, it has to be aluminum free baking soda. Almost all baking soda contains aluminum in stores. Find an organic store. This works.
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You can also use it as a “soap” replacement when trying to keep yourself clean and also as a natural deodorant, after using it with water, rinse and pat yourself dry and then sprinkle under your arms and into your private areas
When wife had 3700 rads of radiation treatment from waist to chin front and back were burned very bad. I must have sent $1000.00 on sunburn pain lotions, none did any good. My mama suggested baking soda applied every night and it stopped all the pain in 3 days. When I told her Doctor about this he would not talk about it. Always have wonder if he knew ??
geraldc
Most Doctors know more than what they say to you, they don’t make money off of cheap remedies that anyone can do. and thank you for saying that!
Thanks for your comment, Gerald. That’s a great reminder that there are sometimes better and less expensive ways to treat physical conditions than what a drugstore might sell.
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