Baking soda has many more uses than you already know. These 20 home uses for baking soda are sure to surprise you!
Baking Soda, the popular ingredient which betters the taste of your cake can be used in many other ways than just baking. It can be helpful in many beauty hacks, kitchen hacks, cleaning hacks and many more. Here are some popular home uses for baking soda which can make your life easier and healthier.
Beauty Hacks
1. Whiter Teeth
Do you also keep searching google on how to make your teeth whiter? Well, this is one of the common issues which people face, as time passes our teeth become yellowing and damaged. Baking soda helps you to get whiter teeth in some easy and simple steps.
2. Skin Brightener
You can brighten your skin without using the creams which have a large number of chemicals in them. Baking soda proves itself to be the natural ingredient which can be used to make the skin lighter, brighter and softer. Baking soda is a great exfoliant and also helps to balance the pH level of your skin. Check more about baking soda as skin lightener here.
3. Baking Soda Shampoo
Baking soda can get you smoother and silkier hair after every wash. Yes, baking soda cleans your hairs and scalp in a very effective way that I don’t think any other commercial shampoo can do. Here’s the recipe.
Note: Do not overuse this shampoo as baking soda is highly alkaline and can disturb the pH level of your hair, making them weak and brittle.
4. Manicure
We all want our hands to look beautiful and younger. But instead of expending lots of money on those manicure treatments, baking soda and some essential nail care products can be used to do a manicure at home.
5. Deodorant
It’s irritating and a lot embarrassing when our body odor becomes noticeable by our friends and other people standing near us. We use chemical-filled deodorants and indirectly harm our skin, baking soda is a natural ingredient which will keep you smell fresh without causing any harm to the skin and also lighten the armpit.
6. Acne Spot Treatment
Short of your acne spot mask? You can make a baking soda acne mask which will be a lot healthier for your skin than those stores bought acne masks and cheaper as well.
Cleaning Hacks
1. Kitchen Sink and Disposal Cleaning
Baking soda can be helpful if you wish to clean off the grease, stains from the kitchen sink, or unclog the disposal. If you would like to add lemon scent or any other specific scent, add some drops of the preferred essential oil to the baking soda.
2. Bathroom and Tub Cleaning
Cleaning a bathroom and tub is more or less the same as cleaning the kitchen sink and disposal, except the surface area. Again, if you wish to add any specific scent, just add a few drops of the chosen essential oil.
3. Polish Silver
Silver loses its natural shine as time passes. Baking soda can help you get the shine of your silver ornaments back. It’s an easy process that you can do within a couple of minutes and be using aluminum foil, boiling water, and baking soda.
4. Car Battery Cleaning
Clean your car’s corroded batteries by yourself. Baking soda is a very helpful tool to clean off the corroded batteries, be it a car battery or any other normal battery.
Note: Be sure to disconnect the battery terminal while doing the process as batteries contain acids.Â
5. Clean Rugs
Your rugs are a fun place for the pets and children to enjoy all the day, which in turn makes it smell a bit unpleasant. To keep your rugs smelling fresh all through the day, sprinkle some baking soda whisked with a few drops of your favorite essential oil onto the rugs or carpets. Wait for 30 or more minutes before vacuuming the surface. For another easy alternative visit Lifehacker.
6. Extinguish Small Fires
If it’s safe, turn off every source of gas or electricity in the house and then dampen baking soda on the base of the fire.
7. Clean Crayons off From Wall
If you are still in the phase of parenting wherein you are used to of crayons as a part of your wall decor, then you got to try this hack. These four baking soda hacks will help you to get the beauty of your wall back without having the whole wall painted. Simply take a wet sponge and put a thin layer of baking soda on it, next rub the area until the marks are gone, and then clean the residual baking soda off from the wall using a wet washcloth.
8. Deodorize the Fridge
Cleaning the fridge regularly keeps your fridge fresh and free from odors. It is a time-consuming process to clean the fridge every now and then, the best alternative possibly is using baking soda and essential oil. Just combine baking soda and a few drops of essential oil in a mason jar or any other container and place it in the fridge. Change the deodorizer every month.
DIY Hacks
1. Bath Bombs
Everyone easily tolerates commercial bath bombs, but some may complain of irritation or allergies that those chemical fragrances or dyes can cause. If you want to avoid any such happenings, making Bath Bombs at home is the easiest way possible.
2. Toilet Bombs
Cleaning toilets daily are hard to do a task, DIY Toilet Bombs makes the task easier. It leaves a fresh, clean and deodorizing effect on your toilet. Dropping one bomb into your toilet bowl cleans it for the upcoming hours and can be repeated many a time in a day as it doesn’t have any ill effect on your health.
3. Play Dough
Making playdough at home with baking soda and cornstarch is easy and also a learning opportunity for your kids. Your kid can make anything out of his/her imagination using this playdough, they are engaging as well which means you’ll get time to complete your work with concentration be it household or office work!
4. Slime
Playing with slime is a fun activity and interesting too. Slimes that are available at stores contain many chemicals and borax which might affect your kid’s skin adversely. Try making a skin-friendly slime at home with easy steps and already available ingredients at your home. Involve your kids in the process of making slimes to make it more interesting and fun for them.
5. Volcano
The chemical volcano remains the classic science project which helps kids learn a lot about the eruption process as well as the chemical reactions between the used chemicals. Baking soda and vinegar can be used to make a scientific volcano as both of these ingredients react with each other in an eruptive manner.
