Uses For Bi Carbonate Soda or Baking Soda.

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Eddie Bauer
Eddie Bauer

Wednesday, 18 June 2008 08:56 

 

 

Not only is baking soda good for wonderful for cooking and cleaning. It is inexpensive and has many uses around the home and is 100% natural
For cleaning alone you save on using expensive chemicals. No more expensive smelly chemicals that harm our environment.
Baking soda is a very multi facet product and throughout history and in ancient time it recognised by bakers to make breads trapping carbon dioxide in the ingredients of the bread enabling it to rise.
Baking soda has gone on to do marvellous wonders and is now being used in the manufacturing of glass, paper, soaps, and in detergents and toothpaste.
Baking soda is a naturally substance that is made from sodium carbonate, and sodium bicarbonate.  

 

  • Absorbs kitty litter odours.

  • Add ½ cups or more of baking soda to your bath water to soften your skin.

  • Add to water to remove the "gamey" taste from wild game.

  • Add to water to soak dried beans to make them more digestible.

  • Aid in treatment of warts and moles.

  •  Allergic reactions to creams or medication by rubbing baking soda on the area.

  • Always add ½ cup baking soda to your washing machine load.

  • Always add 1/2 cup soda to your washing machine load.

  • Apply soda directly to insect bites, rashes and poison ivy to relieve discomfort. Make a paste with water.

  • Assists relief from heat rashes.

  • Baking soda will also put out fires in clothing, fuel, wood, upholstery and rugs.

  • Be sure to keep an extra box of baking soda by your stove in case of grease or electrical fire. Scatter the powder by the handful to safely put it out.

  • Bee sting: use a poultice of baking soda and water.

  • Clean combs and brushes by boiling water in a saucepan, adding a cup of baking soda and boil for 10 minutes, Rinse clean with cold water

  • Clean combs and brushes in a soda solution.

  • Clean Formica counter tops with baking soda on a damp sponge.

  • Clean kitchen food processors from stains and grease etc but putting baking soda in and whiz around a little.

  • Clean plastic, porcelain and glass with dry soda on a damp cloth. Rinse and dry.

  • Clean vegetables and fruit with baking soda. Sprinkle in water, soak and rinse the produce.

  • Clean your bathroom with dry baking soda on a moist sponge - sink, tub, tiles, shower stall, etc.

  • Clean your fridge and freezer with dry baking soda sprinkled on a damp cloth. Rinse with clear water.

  • Clean your silver with paste of baking soda.

  • Clears up stuffy noses and itchy eyes. Use to inhale in vapouriser.

  • Coffee stains in cup and glasses with stubborn stains can disappear with paste of baking soda and water.

  • Deodorise your fridge and freezer by putting in an open container of baking soda to absorb odours. Stir and turn over the baking soda from time to time. Replace every 2 months.

  • Deodorise your microwave from unpleasant odours with dish of baking soda.

  • For a badly-burned pan with a thick layer of burned-on food: pour a thick layer of baking soda directly onto the bottom of the pan, then sprinkle on just enough water so as to moisten the soda. Leave the pot overnight, and then scrub it clean next day.

  • For silver pieces without raised patterns or cemented-on handles: place the silver on aluminium foil in an enamel pot. Add boiling water and 4 tbsp. baking soda. Let stand, rinse and dry.

  • Freshen up waxing oily hair by mixing 1 teaspoon of baking soda to your shampoo, wash your hair. A great way to restore your hair balance.

  • Freshen up your carpets with baking soda sprinkled over it and vacuum.

  • Freshen up your dish cloths with baking soda.

  • Gargle with 1/2 tsp. baking soda in 1/2 glass of water. Freshens and cleans your mouth.

  • Get temporary relief for bladder infection till you can seek medical attention.

  • Give baby bottles a good cleaning with soda and hot water.

  • If your baby spits up on his clothes after feeding, moisten a cloth, dip it in baking soda and dab at the stain. The odour will go away.

  • Keep a container of baking soda in your garage as well as in your car to put out a fire. It won’t damage anything it touches.

  • Keep your drains clean and free-flowing by putting 4 tablespoons of baking soda in them each week. Flush the baking soda down with hot water.

  • Makes sore throat feel better.

  • Making Play Clay with baking soda: combine 1 1/4 cups water, 2 cups soda, 1 cup cornstarch.

  • Mosquito bites & bee stings, ticks & blisters: use a poultice of baking soda and vinegar.

  • Neutralise battery acid from car and cleans the mess up.

  • Oil and grease - stained clothing washes out better with soda added to the washing water.

  • Polish silverware with dry baking soda on a damp cloth. Rub, rinse and dry.

  • Putting 2 tbsp. of baking soda in your baby's bath water will help relieve diaper rash irritations.

  • Reduce odour build-up in your dishwasher by sprinkling some baking soda on the bottom.

  • Relief from Acne, rub a little paste of baking soda and water.

  • Relief from cold sores. Rub a little paste of baking soda and water on it.

  • Relief from heat rash. Use paste of water and baking soda.

  • Relief temperature of feverish children with cool bath with baking soda.

  • Relieves razor burn.

  • Relieves vaginal itch.

  • Relieves, sunburn, mouth ulcers, sore gums, skin ulcers. Removes bad breath.

  • Relieving heartburn. One teaspoon in a glass of water.

  • Remove that bad smell from ashtrays with soda and water.

  • Removes smelly hands.

  • Repel rain from windshield. Put gobs of baking soda on a dampened cloth and wipe windows inside and out.

  • Replaces salt loss when you have diarrhoea

  • Rub baking soda on your cutting board to rid of the odours from garlic, onions etc.

  • Rub stainless steel and chrome with a moist cloth and dry baking soda to shine it up. Rinse and dry. On stainless steel, scrub in the direction of the grain.

  • Run you coffee maker through its cycle with a baking soda solution. Rinse clean.

  • Run your dishwasher through its cycle with soda in it instead of soap to give it a good cleaning.

  • Soak heavily soiled laundry in baking soda.

  • Soak your shower curtains in water and baking soda to clean them.

  • Soda absorbs kitty litter odours. Cover the bottom of the kitty box with 1 part soda; then add a layer of 3 parts kitty litter on top.

  • Sprinkle a bit of dry soda in your ashtrays to prevent smouldering.

  • Sprinkle baking soda in your rubber gloves, so they can be removed easier and also easier to put on next time.

  • Sprinkle baking soda on your wet toothbrush and brush your teeth or dentures with it.

  • Sprinkle soda in tennis shoes, sports shoes, socks, boots and slippers to eliminate odour.

  • Sprinkle soda on barbecue grills, let soak, and then rinse off.

  • Sprinkle soda on greasy garage floor. Let stand, scrub and rinse.

  • Stop your steel wool pads from rusting after use place in jar of water with baking soda in.

  • Take 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water to relieve acid indigestion or heartburn.

  • Take a baking soda bath to relieve general skin irritations such as measles and chicken pox.

  • Take a soda bath to relieve general skin irritations such as measles and chicken pox.

  • To make your own baking powder, stir and sift together 2 parts of Cream of Tartar to 1 part baking soda and 1 part cornstarch.

  • To relieve sunburn: use a paste of baking soda and water.  

  • To remove burned-on food from a pan: let the pan soak in baking soda and water for 10 minutes before washing. Or scrub the pot with dry baking soda and a moist scouring pad.  

  • To remove strong odours from your hands, wet your hands and rub them hard with baking soda, then rinse.

  • To remove stubborn stains from marble, Formica or plastic surfaces, scour with a paste of soda and water.  

  • To remover vomit odours from any area, sprinkle baking over the area soiled.

  • Treat athletes foot.

  • Use baking soda as an underarm deodorant.

  • Use dry with a small brush to rub canvas handbags clean.

  • Use soda as an underarm deodorant.

  • Use to remove melted plastic bread wrapper from toaster. Dampen cloth and make a mild abrasive with baking soda.

  • Use to sweeten sour dishcloths.

  • Used as a mouthwash, baking soda will also relieve canker sore pain.

  • Wash food and drink containers with soda and water.

  • Wash garbage cans with baking soda.  

  • Wash glass or stainless steel coffee pots (but not aluminium) in a soda solution ( 3 tbsp. soda to 1 quart water).

  • Wash glass or stainless steel, chrome, glasses and coffee pots (but not aluminium) in a soda solution..

  • Wash marble-topped furniture with a solution of 3 tablespoons of soda in 1 quart of warm water. Let stand awhile, then rinse.

  • Wash out thermos bottles and coolers with baking soda and water to get rid of stale smells.

  • When scalding a chicken, add 1 tsp. of soda to the boiling water. The feathers will come off easier and flesh will be clean and white.

  • Windburn: moisten some baking soda and apply directly.