Baking soda is an ingredient that most households already have but did you know, besides cooking, it can do a lot more? Find out below.
Fill your sink halfway with water, add a cup of vinegar followed by a cup of baking soda. Ta-da! Unclogged sink.
The chemical reaction helps to loosen up any grimy sludge found in your drain pipes. Rinse with hot water and you’re good to go.
Mix one teaspoon of baking soda with half a cup of water to make this mouthwash. Swish it around your mouth, spit and rinse with water. Baking soda helps to neautralise odours from odour cauing bacterias.
Neutralise odours from your retainers and mouth guards with baking soda. Add two teaspoons to a bowl of warm water and leave your retainers to soak for about 10 minutes.
Add two teaspoons of baking soda to a small bowl of water and leave your silver inside. The chemical reaction helps to put the shine back in silver pieces.
Add three teaspoons of baking soda to a cup of water and mix. Spritz some of the mixture on the walls of your oven or microwave. Leave overnight and clean the next day with a damp cloth.
Sprinkle some baking soda and let it set over affected area, afterwards, vacuum affected area to remove odours.
Add two teaspoons of baking soda to a cup of water and proceed to rinse your vegetables with them. Be sure to give a good rinse with water afterwards.
If your toilet bowl seems to stink even after plenty of washes, sprinkle some baking soda all over it and let it be for a few hours.
Rinse off and check if the smell still remains. Alternatively, mix three teaspoons of baking soda and a cup of water together and spray it around the rim of the toilet bowl.
If you accidentally spill oil on your clothes, immediately get some baking soda to soak up the oil. Leave for about five minutes before brushing it off.
Notice a stain on your tile that you can’t seem to get off? Scrub it with some water and baking powder mixture to clean it off.
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