Today I am going to share the many useful things that Baking Soda can be used for...
It's a wonderful 'green' cleaner, plus it's safe for human use and the environment.
I'd love to hear more uses, if you know any!
- Remove Tarnish from sliver: Mix a thick paste of B.S with weather, apply to the silver with a damp sponge, rub, rinse, and buff dry.
- Boost the strength of liquid laundry detergent: Add one-half cup of B.S, with the usual amount of detergent, to your regular wash.
- Clean a fiberglass bathtub or shower, stainless steel sink, tile, a microwave oven...
- Maintain your septic tank: Flush one cup of B.S down the toilet once a week. B.S helps maintain the proper pH and alkalinity, controlling sulfide odors.
- Deodorize cloth diapers: Mix one half B.S in two quarts of water, and soak diapers in solution.
- Deodorize a trash can: Sprinkle liberally with B.S
- Deodorize garbage disposal, sink drains, dishwasher, carpet, cat box, and food containers
- Soothe poison ivy rash, insect bites, sunburn, windburn, prickly heat, and tired feet
- Take a refreshing bath
- Brush your teeth and wash your mouth
- Use as deodorant
- Remove crayon marks from walls or wallpaper
- Remove conditioner and styling gel buildup from hair
- Refresh stuffed animals
- Clean baby bottles, nipples, and bottle brushes
- Whiten socks and dirty clothes, boost bleach
- Clean chrome bumpers and hubcaps
- Degrease and clean barbecue grills
Facts
- Baking Soda has an almost unlimited Shelf Life.
- A box of B.S can be found in 9 out of 10 refrigerators.
- B.S was used to clean the Statue of Liberty for the 1976 Bicentennial celebration.
- B.S was promoted as a key ingredient in 25% of all toothpastes sold in 1994.
- *The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Navy's Civil Engineering Lab have jointly developed an inexpensive method of using baking soda to decontaminate soil laved with halogenated organic chemicals.*
- *Baking soda can restore lakes damaged by acid rain.
- *Baking Soda has been used to increase the effectiveness of sewage treatment plants.
- *Baking soda has been used to reduce air pollution in factory smokestacks.
- It was invented in 1846 by John Dwight.
