I’m loving the whole getting back to basics sort of living, so I find myself using baking soda for a lot of things lately. It’s crazy how just a few staple ingredients can do so many things!
Here’s 15 cool uses for baking soda:
- Use as an antacid. Just mix 1/2 tsp. baking soda with 1/2 cup water. {My father-in-law swears by this}
- Soak toothbrushes in a mixture of 1/4 cup baking soda and 1/4 cup water overnight to keep clean and fresh. {I like to do this after I a cold}
- To make a fluffier omelet, add 1/2 tsp. baking soda to every 3 eggs.
- Remove scuffs {and even crayon} from furniture by putting a little baking soda and warm water on a cloth and buffing lightly.
- Dab a little baking soda on a bug bite to take the itch out.
- Brush on your windshield to repel rain.
- Sprinkle in the cracks of your drive-way to deter weeds.
- Add a teaspoon of baking soda each time you condition your hair to keep hair soft and fight split-ends. {Some people skip the shampoo and conditioner altogether, and just use the baking soda–do you do this? How does it work?}
- Use instead of soap to wash your car. Dissolve 1/4 cup in 1 quart of warm water.
- Wash your produce with baking soda. {When I’m in a big hurry and don’t want to wash all my produce at once, I just dab some on a wet washcloth, scrub the one item and rinse.}
- Clean and deodorize reusable lunch boxes. Wipe with baking soda and a wet cloth, or sprinkle baking soda inside overnight, and dump it out in the morning.
- Sprinkle in smelly gym shoes to neutralize odor.
- Add a teaspoon to hand soap to keep hands soft.
- Remove grease stains from the garage floor by sprinkling baking soda and scrubbing with a brush.
- Sprinkle a 50/50 mixture of baking soda and flour on cabbages to deter cabbage worms.
How about you, do you use baking soda for anything other than baking and freshening the fridge?
~Mavis
{If you haven’t already, check out some more uses for vinegar and old newspaper.}
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