Does anyone know any interesting uses for baking soda?

Answer 1

Dump it down a garbage disposal, pour in some vinegar, and it will deodorize the drain.

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Answer 2

line a glass pan with tinfoil shiny side up. Shake baking soda over the foil. Pour on almost boiling water. Place any silver or silver plate , jewellry cutlery etc. in water for a few moments . Turn item over if needed to get all sides. Rinse off and dry with a soft cloth This is an excellent non toxic tarnish remover , safe for everything except pearls.
lets hear it for the wonders of baking soda!!!

Answer 3

There are so many things you can do with baking soda. You can mix a small amount into your shampoo (and then rinse well) to make your hair shiny. You can mix it with body wash for a gentle skin scrub. There's the fridge thing (put it in fridge to get rid of odors). It can be used with hydrogen peroxide to whiten teeth (only once a week though). Sprinkle in smelly shoes and discard in the morning before wearing them. All sorts of uses....

Answer 4

My GYN swears to baking soda for (sorry guys) douching. 4 Tb spoons to a quart of sterilized tab water. I did this twice a month, never have I felt so fresh and vibrant. It's a solvent detergent, meaning it can be ran through your veins, not to mention a whole hell of a lot safer than vinegar.

Answer 5

You put baking soda on car battery termals and then add about a teaspone of vinagar to each termal and it will make them look like new. You might have to add vinagar 2 - 3 times to desolve all the baking soda... Then rinse with cold water.
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Use Baking soda to brush your theeth if you really want clean theeth.. No joke,this really works.
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Baking soda will also help stop bad breath.
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If you are ever sick, and throw up, Put about 2 teaspoons of baking soda in a glass of water and gargle.. It will take the sour taste out of your mouth.
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When cooking Navy beans, Add about 1/4 cup of baking soda to the water when you are washing them.. It will make them so there is not any gas produced.
Sometimes, you might want to cook the beans for about 15 minutes and then drain, and use fresh water... This also works..

Answer 6

absorb odors in a refrigerator. also make it fizz like crazy when it reacts with vinegar. Do you have a lot of extra baking soda to unload or something?

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Go to Yahoo*s Search; Type in Household Hints. You*ll be amazed at all the info out there, espcially, uses for cleaning with household products.

Answer 9

Toothpaste - as a mildly abrasive tooth cleaner and mouthwash in one.
Potscrubber - make it into a paste and scrub stainless steel, iron or copper pots with it.
Clean porcelain sinks and tubs.
The old one - put an opened box in the refrigerator to absorb odors.
Use instead of powder in your shoes to absorb moisture and odors
Neutralize battery acid quickly in case of spills.
Use gently as an exfoliating facial scrub.
Soothe bee stings, and other insect bites by spreading a paste of baking soda and vinegar on it.
Use in bath water to relieve irritated skin. (Good for baby, too)
Anti-acid, mix 1/2 teaspoon in about 4 ounces of water, and drink all at one time. It will cause you to 'burp', as it neutralizes stomach acid the same way it does other acids.
Use in diaper pails to keep them fresh.
Also use in garbage cans and wherever odor is a problem.
Test garden soil for acidity by mixing one cup soil with two cups water, then stirring in 1/4 cup of baking soda. If you have a volcano erupting in your container, your soil is very acid. If you just have a little fizz around the edges, you have a minimally acidic soil.
Carpet deodorizer - sprinkle on carpet, and leave overnight, then vacuum in the morning. Offending odors will be gone.
Put a generous amount of baking soda in a dish. After using steel wool, wring out, and store it in the dish of baking soda. Cuts down on rust, and is ready to scour away!
If you have allergies to laundry products, try using baking soda to wash your clothing and especially bedding.
use baking soda to scrub crayon off of white no wax floor. It works wonderfully, and best of all is nontoxic . No other cleaning product gets the crayon off with such ease! Just wet a sponge and sprinkle baking soda on the area or directly to the sponge and rub the crayon right off! Wipe up the excess baking soda and you are done!
Dump onto acid spills/stains such as vomit (after you've picked up any solid matter). The baking soda will wick the liquid up out of the carpet as well as neutralize the acid. Pick up the wet clumps before vacuuming, though, or it gets gross in the beater bar of your machine.
Put sunburned kids (or yourself) in a cool (not cold) baking soda bath for half an hour. This also works well for chicken pox and mosquito bites.
Use it with warm water to wash the inside of the refrigerator.
Clean stainless steel sinks - a paste made of dishwashing liquid and a generous amount of baking soda takes brown stains out!
pour a little baking soda into your kitty litter it keeps keeps the odors out longer. . .

Answer 10

Sucks up the bad smells in the fridge and freezer. Ooooh, interesting.