06 Feb Using Baking Soda at Home (Part 2)

Baking soda is a miracle ingredient. It’s one of the ingredients that you should always have in your home. Not only can you use it regularly in cooking, but it’s also a very versatile cleaning agent. In the first part, we discussed some important uses of baking soda. In this section, we will cover the rest of these points about using baking soda at home.

Using baking soda for the clothes

Whiter clothes

Mix baking soda with laundry liquid to make your clothes whiter and preserve the natural colour of dyed clothes. Just add half a cup of baking soda to the laundry liquid and wash the clothes

Eliminating the bad smell of clothes

Washing clothes with baking soda can easily remove the bad smell of cigarettes, sweat, or smoke.

Absorption of fat stains

If you see grease stains on your clothes, go for baking soda. Baking soda may not completely remove the stain, but it absorbs most of the grease and makes it easier to clean these stains with laundry detergent.

Removing sweat stains on clothes

Removing sweat stains from clothes is a difficult task and many times laundry liquid isn’t able to do this. To solve this problem, mix 4 tablespoons of baking soda with water to make a thick paste and place this paste on these spots for an hour. After that, wash the clothes with a washing machine.

Disinfection of sports clothes

When you wash your sports clothes, the smell of sweat may not disappear completely. To remove the smell of a sweat from sports clothes, the best thing is to soak them (preferably in the washing machine) in a solution consisting of laundry liquid, water, baking soda or vinegar for several hours. If the clothes smell a lot, be sure to add vinegar to this solution.

Removing the blood stain

To remove blood stains on clothes, mix one unit of baking soda with two units of water and pour it on the bloody cloth or clothes. Wait for 30 minutes and try to remove this stain with a clean and dry cloth.

Disinfection of children’s clothes

Using bleach to disinfect children’s clothes isn’t the right thing. Because the pungent smell of the bleach harms children’s respiratory systems. The best option for this problem is to add baking soda to the washing liquid for children. This combination magically removes odours from children’s clothes, including vomit and urine.

Using baking soda in the bathroom

Cleaning the bathroom

Many chemicals have been made to clean the bathroom, most of which have a strong smell. In addition, their prices are usually high. An ideal option for cleaning a bathtub is to make a composite material. Mixing vinegar, baking soda and essential oils with water can clean and smell your bathtub in the best possible way.

Cleaning the toilet bowl

The combination of vinegar and baking soda produces a non-toxic substance that you can use to clean and disinfect the toilet bowl at home. Don’t forget that the smell of vinegar will quickly fade away. Baking soda can also eliminate the bad smell of the toilet.

Cleaning the bathroom curtain

If you want your bathroom curtains not to get mouldy or damaged, you should wash them once in a while to kill the bacteria on them. Cleaning these curtains is easy. Throw them in the washing machine and, in addition to the washing liquid, put a cup of baking soda and some light-coloured towels in the machine to remove any mould and bacteria from them.

Cleaning the grout between the tiles

The best combination for cleaning grout between tiles is a mixture of vinegar and baking soda. Pour baking soda over the grout and make sure it’s completely covered. Rub it with your fingers. Then spray some vinegar on it and wait for a few minutes. Now take a brush and apply it over the grout. Then clean it with a damp cloth.

Cleaning the shower cabin

Over time, stains and water deposits make the shower cabin quite dirty, and cleaning these stains is a difficult task. It’s enough to make a paste by mixing baking soda and water and cleaning the cabin with a sponge.

Cleaning the faucets

Water sedimentation causes household faucets to stain, especially toilet and bathroom faucets; But you can easily remove these stains by using baking soda.

Using baking soda for home furniture

Removing stains

It has happened to you many times that food and liquids have been spilt on the carpet and stains have appeared on it. One of the uses of baking soda is to remove these stains. You can solve the problem by using baking soda and vinegar, which are two non-toxic products. Pour vinegar on the stained areas of the carpet. Then sprinkle some baking soda on the area. Baking soda gradually foams and this mixture absorbs the stain. After a while, wipe this area of the carpet with a dry cloth and then vacuum.

Eliminating the bad smell of the carpet

Over time, the carpets may also smell of sweat, animal toilets and food. To get rid of this smell, you can pour some baking soda on the carpet and wait for a few hours (it’s better if it stays overnight until the morning) and then vacuum the carpet. Baking soda removes any stains and disinfects the carpet at the same time.

Absorption of oil and fat

Baking soda can absorb oil and grease stains on the carpet. Before sprinkling baking soda on the greasy parts of the carpet, try to absorb the excess oils with a tissue. Then pour baking soda on the carpet and allow it to absorb the grease stains for 10 to 15 minutes. Then clean it with a vacuum cleaner.

Vomit stains

If someone gets nauseous and throws up on the carpet, don’t worry at all. Baking soda is your constant friend. Pour a lot of baking soda on the dirty part of the carpet and wait a few hours. Maybe it’s even better to give the baking soda time overnight until the morning. Just throw a towel on this part. This magic powder will absorb the vomit and in the morning you will see baking soda dried on the carpet. Now vacuum this area and receive your carpet clean and without a bad smell.

Erasing the crayon from the wall

Sometimes children draw pictures on the walls of the house with crayons, and it makes parents very angry. But there’s no need to worry. Crayon lines are erased using a combination of baking soda and water; Make a paste by combining water and baking soda and draw it on the crayon lines.

Removing food stains on vinyl flooring

You can easily remove food stains from vinyl flooring by using a paste and water. Mix equal amounts of water and baking soda to form a paste. Apply this paste slowly on the stains and then wipe off the excess water with a dry and clean tissue.

Cleaning and disinfecting the aquarium

Apart from the chemicals available in the market for this purpose, you can also use baking soda to clean the aquarium. Pour a mixture of baking soda and water into the aquarium for a few hours and wait until the debris and sediments inside are completely cleaned. Now wipe them using a sponge. Apart from cleaning the aquarium, baking soda disinfects it.

Using baking soda at home as a deodorizer

Eliminating the smell of reusable diapers

Reusable diapers are cost-effective options; Because you can use them many times. But the main problem here is that sometimes even after washing them, their bad smell doesn’t disappear. To eliminate this smell and disinfect these diapers, soak it in a mixture of one cup of baking soda and two cups of water.

Eliminating the smell of the trash can

Smelling garbage in the trash can is a complete nightmare. For your trash can to smell fresh, you should mix 2 cups of baking soda, 6 to 8 tablespoons of water and a few drops of essential oil. Then pour this hard paste into ice moulds and wait 24 hours until it completely forms a white pill. Using these tablets inside the trash can will eliminate bad odours and give you a pleasant smell.

Disinfecting a vacuum cleaner

One of the main uses of baking soda is disinfection. You can use this valuable substance to disinfect your vacuum cleaner. Wash the various parts of the vacuum cleaner, including the filters, the vacuum cleaner bag and its different parts with a mixture of water and baking soda, and then dry them completely.

Cleaning bedding and towels

If you feel that your towels or sheets smell bad, pour some baking soda on them and wait 30 minutes. Then vacuum them.

To wrap up

With the tips mentioned in this article, you should always have plenty of baking soda at home; Because this widely used substance helps us in every part and corner of the house and it can be useful in all fields, from deodorizing to cleaning clothes and dishes.  If you don’t have the opportunity or patience to wash your clothes, you can count on the specialised NeatEx team. With the most advanced tools and the latest knowledge, we will deliver your clothes of the best quality as soon as possible. Don’t damage your valuable clothes with improper washing. NeatEx washes your clothes best and ensures you have clean and tidy clothes.