Little Known Uses For Baking Soda
Now, baking soda has gotten a lot of publicity. Not as much as a sports superstar or the Pope, but definitely some publicity. People at least know that it’s useful for some things although on what those things are exactly is pretty vague for most people. If you’ve got a little box of it sitting in the cupboard somewhere, you’re in luck – here are some uses for baking soda you might have not known before.
Uses for Baking Soda in the Kitchen
Okay, baking soda in the kitchen makes perfect sense but what those specific uses are can be in the shadows. If you’re a new cook, you’ll probably burn one or two things while you’re on the road to cooking excellence. Burnt food in a pan can cause some cleaning woes, but soaking it with a mix of hot water and baking soda can make cleaning it a much easier task.
Clogged drains can’t do much against half a cup of good old baking soda, followed up with a nice shot of vinegar. It’ll bubble for a little bit, but that’s okay – it’s what’s supposed to happen. After few minutes you can wash it out with some hot water.
The Bathroom and Uses For Baking Soda In It
There are plenty of ways to make baking soda useful in the bathroom. You could even, say, use it to whiten your teeth. It’s pretty simple to apply – just put your toothbrush into some baking soda before you clean up your mouth with it. It actually works both as a way to whiten your teeth and to make your breath cleaner and fresher as well. Incidentally, one of the uses for baking soda is to clean dentures.
Poison ivy, measles and of course, chicken pox can be handled with some baking soda. Half a cup of baking soda in a tub of water does wonder for the itchiness and the body itself. It also has the nice bonus of making your skin nice and soft.
Oh Yes, Even the Living Room
Yep, the living room has some uses for baking soda. Carpeting and cloths can make an empty house look a lot classier. The right kind of fabrics just scream elegance if mixed with the right colors and combinations – unfortunately, those fabrics can catch a lot of odors in them. A good sprinkling of baking soda can absorb all the smells if let for around thirty minutes. Afterwards, run the vacuum over it and the carpet would be nice and clean.
Baking Soda For Me and You
There are plenty of uses out there for the savvy owner of a box of baking soda. This is only scratching the surface and the tip of a very large iceberg. This doesn’t even get into how baking soda can be used in gardening and in the bedroom – well, not for any of the really fun stuff but definitely for some hygiene and cleaning. Try some of these out and perhaps you’ll be living in a much cleaner and better smelling home.