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- Use as ice melt
- Mix with water and use as a soft scrubbing detergent
- Make a paste with water and clean out pots and pans
- Pour some in your drains and add white vinegar. Let set for a few minutes then pour in hot water. This will
help clean and deoderize drains.
- Before calling the plumber, use baking soda and vinegar to unclog drains and toilets
- Mix one tablespoon baking soda and one cup of water to minimize razor burns. Use this as an aftershave
- Store some in a powder puff container and use instead of store bought deoderant
- Pour some in your smelly shoes to help deoderize
- Store an open box in your refrigerator, closet or any other closed in space to use as a deoderizer
- Add 2 teaspoons to 2 cups of water and store in a spray bottle. Shake well and spray into a smelly room
- Sprinkle onto your pet and brush off. This is an effective dry shampoo
- Keep damp basements smelling fresh by hanging an old nylon stocking filled with baking soda from the ceiling;
- Remove crayon from washable walls by scrubbing gently with a damp sponge sprinkled with baking soda. Also
effective on grease, pencil marks and markers
- Keep lawn furniture clean by wiping them down with a solution of water and baking soda
- Loosen knotted shoelaces by sprinkling them with baking soda and working it in.
- Get rid of onion and garlic smells from you hands by making a paste with baking soda and a little water.
Wash and rinse.
- Pour baking soda into rubber gloves to keep the insides dry and smelling fresh. Also they will slip on and
off easier.
- Grow sweeter tomatoes by sprinkling the soil with baking soda. The baking soda neutralizes the acidity of
the tomatoe and keeps away some of the gargen pests.
- Control compost odors by sprinkling with baking soda
- Clean a birdbath by sprinkling baking soda and scrubbing with a cloth or brush
- Clean the bottom of your iron by rubbing a cool iron with a paste of baking soda and water. Clean the steam
holes with a cotton swab dipped in water and baking soda.
- Remove age stains from linens by adding a half cup of baking soda to the wash water
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