Baking soda as a deodorant:
Mix a cup of baking soda and 2 T. of cornstarch and put it in a plastic container with a short-handled blush brush. Then after your shower you just brush on your deodorant. Since you’re still a little moist, it doesn’t have a problem sticking.
Or:
1/4 cup baking soda (for odor)
1/4 cup baby powder (for pleasant scent)
1/16 cup corn starch ( for dryness)
Mix and put in old baby powder container to just sprinkle on
Toothpaste – as a mildly abrasive tooth cleaner and mouthwash in one. (‘Dentist approved’)
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.
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.
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.
Scrub crayon off of white no wax floor. 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.
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 or use a paste of baking soda and water.
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!
Add it to your tooth paste so it won’t taste too bad. Put the toothpaste on then simply sprinkle on top.
Pour a little baking soda into the cat’s litter box keeps the odors out longer.
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.
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.
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.
Baking soda will also put out fires in clothing, fuel, wood, upholstery and rugs.
Clean vegetables and fruit with baking soda. Sprinkle in water, soak and rise the produce.
Wash garbage cans with baking soda.
Soak and wash diapers with baking soda.
Oil and grease – stained clothing washes out better with soda added to the washing water.
Always add 1/2 cup soda to your washing machine load.
Clean combs and brushes in a soda solution.
Wash food and drink containers with soda and water.
Wash marble-topped furniture with a solution of 3 tablespoons of soda in 1 quart of warm water. Let stand awhile, then rinse. Clean formica counter tops with baking soda on a damp sponge. To remove stubborn stains from marble, formica or plastic surfaces, scour with a paste of soda and water.
Wash out thermos bottles and cooling containers with soda and water to get rid of stale smells.
Wash glass or stainless steel coffee pots (but not aluminum) in a soda solution ( 3 tbsp. soda to 1 quart water).
Run you coffee maker through its cycle with a soda solution. Rinse.
Give baby bottles a good cleaning with soda and hot water.
Sprinkle soda on barbecue grills, let soak, then rinse off.
Sprinkle soda on greasy garage floor. Let stand, scrub and rinse.
Polish silverware with dry soda on a damp cloth. Rub, rinse and dry. For silver pieces without raised patterns or cemented-on handles: place the silver on aluminum foil in an enamel pot. Add boiling water and 4 tbsp. baking soda. Let stand, rinse and dry.
Reduce odor build-up in your dishwasher by sprinkling some soda on the bottom. Run your dishwasher through its cycle with soda in it instead of soap to give it a good cleaning.
To remove burned-on food from a pan: let the pan soak in soda and water for 10 minutes before washing. Or scrub the pot with dry soda and a moist scouring pad. For a badly-burned pan with a thick layer of burned-on food: pour a thick layer of soda directly onto the bottom of the pan, then sprinkle on just enough water so as to moisten the soda. Leave the pot overnight, then scrub it clean next day.
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.
Clean plastic, porcelain and glass with dry soda on a damp cloth. Rinse and dry.
Remove that bad smell from ashtrays with soda and water. Sprinkle a bit of dry soda in your ashtrays to prevent smoldering and reduce odor.
Clean your bathroom with dry soda on a moist sponge – sink, tub, tiles, shower stall, etc. Keep your drains clean and free-flowing by putting 4 tablespoons of soda in them each week. Flush the soda down with hot water. Soak your shower curtains in water and soda to clean them.
To remove strong odors from your hands, wet your hands and rub them hard with soda, then rinse.
Sprinkle soda in tennis shoes, socks, boots and slippers to eliminate odor.
Add 1/2 cups or more of baking soda to your bath water to soften your skin. Putting 2 tbsp. of baking soda in your baby’s bath water will help relieve diaper rash irritations.
Gargle with 1/2 tsp. baking soda in 1/2 glass of water. Freshens and cleans your mouth. Used as a mouthwash, baking soda will also relieve canker sore pain.
Bug bites: use a poultice of baking soda and vinegar. Bee sting: use a poultice of baking soda and water.
Windburns: moisten some baking soda and apply directly.
Making Play Clay with baking soda: combine 1 1/4 cups water, 2 cups soda, 1 cup cornstarch.
If your baby spits up on his shirt after feeding, moisten a cloth, dip it in baking soda and dab at the dribbled shirt. The odor will go away.
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.
Repel rain from windshield. Put gobs of baking soda on a dampened cloth and wipe windows inside and out.
Add to water to soak dried beans to make them more digestible.
Add to water to remove the “gamey” taste from wild game.
Use to sweeten sour dishcloths.
Use dry with a small brush to rub canvas handbags clean.
Use to remove melted plastic bread wrapper from toaster. Dampen cloth and make a mild abrasive with baking soda.
