Cleaning Hacks: Where and How to Use Baking Soda

22.06.2023 05:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:25

Soda is a versatile product that is used not only in cooking, but also in house cleaning. In the article, you will learn how to effectively use such an eco-friendly tool.

Kitchen cleaning

It is enough to add soda to a soft sponge and slightly moisten with water. In this way, you can clean plastic containers from dirt and get rid of an unpleasant odor.

Baking soda will also help get rid of the unpleasant smell inside the refrigerator: - Prepare a soda solution.

Plumbing cleaning

To do this, mix soda ash and ordinary soda in a ratio of 1: 1, dilute a little with water to get a slurry. Apply the resulting product to the internal surfaces of the bathroom, sink, toilet bowl.

After 15 minutes, without removing the soda, treat the contaminated areas with a mixture of vinegar and linen bleach.

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What Not to Clean with Baking Soda

  • Mirrors and glasses. Although baking soda is a mild abrasive, using it on glass and mirrors can scratch the surface.
  • Marble countertops, baking soda can erode the protective layer of marble.
  • wooden surfaces.
  • Aluminum pots and pans.
  • Antique silver.

Baking soda is irritating when applied directly to the skin. Tip: after the procedure, thoroughly rinse off the remnants of the product with warm water.

Diana Dashkevich Author: Diana Dashkevich Editor internet resource


Content
  1. Kitchen cleaning
  2. Plumbing cleaning
  3. What Not to Clean with Baking Soda