Aspartame seems to be everywhere from chewing gum, soda and other foods. What is Aspartame and why should we want to avoid this sugar substitute?
Aspartame
Aspartame is really another name for the sugar substitutes:
NutraSweet
Equal
Spoonful
Equal-Measure
In 1965 this sugar substitute was discovered by a chemist of G.D. Searle Company named James Schlatter when testing an anti-cancer drug. In 1981 this sugar substitute was approved for our dry goods and in 1983 it was added to carbonated beverages. In 1974 it was originally approved for dry goods but investigations put its use on hold. Three chemicals make up Aspartame including phenylalanine, methanol, and aspartic acid. Professor of neurosurgery at the Medical University of Mississippi Dr. Russell L. Blaylock published a book stating that ingesting these three chemicals can have serious health consequences. He states that they excite neural cells and cause them to die and they are referred to as “excitotoxins.”
In 1965 this sugar substitute was discovered by a chemist of G.D. Searle Company named James Schlatter when testing an anti-cancer drug. In 1981 this sugar substitute was approved for our dry goods and in 1983 it was added to carbonated beverages. In 1974 it was originally approved for dry goods but investigations put its use on hold. Three chemicals make up Aspartame including phenylalanine, methanol, and aspartic acid. Professor of neurosurgery at the Medical University of Mississippi Dr. Russell L. Blaylock published a book stating that ingesting these three chemicals can have serious health consequences. He states that they excite neural cells and cause them to die and they are referred to as “excitotoxins.”
When Aspartame containing products are heated up above 86 Fahrenheit they release free methanol and in the body, this breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde with formaldehyde being a deadly neurotoxin. Methanol itself is toxic and a one-liter bottle of an Aspartame beverage has 56 mg of methanol. Methanol poisoning includes headaches, ear buzzing, nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances, chills, numbness, vision problems, and neuritis.
The Dangers of Aspartame
This sugar substitute is responsible for about 75 percent of adverse reactions to food additives that are reported to the FDA. Some reactions reported include:
There are many other symptoms that are also associated with Aspartame as well. Some conditions can be aggravated by ingesting aspartame such as Parkinson’s disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, and fibromyalgia.
Avoiding Aspartame – Go Natural Instead
Any product that contains Aspartame, NutraSweet, or any other the other sugars under the Aspartame name should be avoided. Most diet soda has Aspartame as the main ingredient and should be avoided. Many diet foods such as candy, gum, and other products also contain Aspartame; In fact, it is better to ingest real sugar products than to take Aspartame in any form. Better the enemy that you know.
People should look to products that use other sugar substitutes such as stevia a natural sweetener, xylitol, or honey. Aspartame is less than ideal and it should never be ingested if you can avoid it. In my opinion, products containing Aspartame doesn’t belong on the store shelves, particularly when natural alternatives are more effective and have a far larger safety record.
Read food labels carefully before buying any pre-packaged food from the store shelves and avid any that contain substitute sugars. This will involve giving up many of your favorite foods but it’s well worth it for your long-term health.
WARNING: Aspartame Has Been Renamed And Is Now Being Marketed As A “Natural” Sweetener: Amino Sweet
The highly controversial Aspartame has been regarded by some as one of the most dangerous ingredients used in our food supply – while “official” sources continue to maintain its safety and continue not to mention the “negative” studies.
Aspartame has in fact been linked to seizures and a host of other major health issues including fatal cardiovascular events in women. Recent studies (we’ve found them!) have shown that not only does artificial sweetener intake have an association with diabetes , it also increases the risk for heart, kidney, and brain damage.
But these are not the only negative studies: In 1967, Dr. Harold Waisman, a biochemist at the University of Wisconsin, conducted aspartame safety tests on infant monkeys on behalf of the Searle Company. Of the seven monkeys that were being fed aspartame mixed with milk, one dies and five others have grand mal seizures.
A toxin by any other name… the dangers of Aspartame have been known for quite some time now. It is an artificial sweetener with a spectacularly bad track record but is still found in many of the foods we consume daily including “diet” beverages, chewing gum, breakfast cereals, and even preserves.
It’s important to know what you are eating – and important to understand the way marketing works: In a move to cover up it’s bad reputation, aspartame may be disguised as a new name in your favorite foods – aminosweet.
Used as a sugar substitute and often marketed under the brand names Nutrasweet or Equal, aspartame is regarded as an excitotoxin. Its use has been mired in controversy since the 1980s when the CEO of Searle, Donald Rumsfeld, pushed for its approval. Now, its name is being changed with FDA approval, will millions more be tricked into purchasing and consuming this toxin once again?
Aspartame, even renamed Amino Sweet, is made (astonishingly) using genetically modified bacteria in the USA. In the European Union, it is codified as food additive E951.
Note: because its breakdown products include phenylalanine, aspartame must be avoided by people with the genetic condition phenylketonuria (PKU).
“How silly of you to think that Nutrasweet replaced sugar — it didn’t. It increased the craving for sugar and the percentage of people overweight also has increased.” —- Paul A. Stitt “It’s an addictive, excitoneurotoxic, carcinogenic, genetically engineered drug and adjuvant that damages the mitochondria…..They know its a killer and do nothing.”—Dr. Betty Martini
[E951. Highly addictive killer. The psychopaths dream product. Covertly kill off the useless eaters while raising the income of your junk food poisons, while it makes you fatter! How they must laugh at this scam. It is obvious Aspartame isn’t just a sweetener as you find it in sugar sweetened drinks also.]
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“Conspiracy theory” is a CIA-coined term that since the 1960s has become a well-used and effective disciplinary device that has been overwhelmingly useful in defining certain events and areas of inquiry off limits to debate and imputing insanity on the part of the proponent. Especially in the United States and today raising legitimate questions about fanciful “official narratives” is deemed a major thought crime that must be cauterized from the public psyche at all costs. Infra, please find the official document and directive that got the how shebang roaring out of control.
In 1967 The CIA released a dispatch that coined the label “conspiracy theory” and “conspiracy theorists” to attack anyone who challenged the official narrative from the Warren Commission. It’s interesting to note that the document is labelled “psych”, for psychological operations or disinformation. It’s also marked “CS copy” at the bottom, meaning “Clandestine Services” Unit.
This document was requested and released to The New York Times in 1976 via The Freedom of Information Act. Below is the CIA dispatch. Read it for yourself.
CIA Dispatch: Weaponizing “conspiracy theorist” label Page#1
CIA Dispatch: Weaponizing “Conspiracy Theorist” label Page#2
After the 1960’s the word “conspiracy theory”, “conspiracy theorist”, and “conspiracy” started having a negative connotation and is enough to silence anyone who questions the official narrative. To this day we still view conspiracy theorists as crazy tinfoil hatters.
After the 1960’s the word “conspiracy theory”, “conspiracy theorist”, and “conspiracy” started having a negative connotation and is enough to silence anyone who questions the official narrative. To this day we still view conspiracy theorists as crazy tinfoil hatters.
More Evidence and Sources
In 1967, the CIA Created the Label “Conspiracy Theorists” … to Attack Anyone Who Challenges the “Official” Narrative
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Meet The Governments “COVID” Gatekeepers/ Controlled Opposition
All of these GOVERNMENT GATEKEEPERS are reinforcing “The Germ Theory” and with it The Non Existing Covid Virus, You Can add Them All To The Controlled Opposition List.
That’s why those not exposing the earth/space and germ theory lies we can safely assume they are. But they can still produce good info just be aware that while giving you some of the truth, they will also lead you off the path.
It’s 99 truths to sell you the one lie (That Covid Still Exists, IT DOES’NT APART FROM THE POISON IN THE JABS)
James Corbett is a fantastic example of a truth gatekeeper. He does excellent work uncovering the first level of the fraud, and fantastic for people becoming suspicious something isn’t adding up but he purposely doesn’t “find” the bigger lies. People can’t help but like the guy and think even if he is undoubtedly controlled that he may have good intentions. HE DOES’NT , NONE OF THEM DO. Jenny Mortell is just a “lovely harmless young lady,patriotic even, BUT SHE JUST so happens to like selling satanic artifacts and Gnostic new aged pagan peripherals under the guise of 5G Protection” (Hint Jenny is a wolf in sheeps clothing and the truth not only in the pudding but is on the way)
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I am a one man operation that has been trying to filter through all the “New Aged” worldwide propaganda preached to the truth community / freedom fighters through fake “truth gurus/mentors”, so that i can bring you the “actual” truth. I have been doing this since 2016 and went mainstream in 2018. These “wolves in sheeps clothing” are “planted” within the community as “Gatekeepers” to, sow division, utilize delay/deflect tactics misinform and mislead the “free-thinkers” or anyone that opposes the “Occultist Hidden Hand” or “Shadow Government” , straight to the slaughterhouse.
I would like to say thanks to all the fellow “watchmen”, “Shill Hunters” and “Genuine truthers/researchers/free thinkers” working tirelessly around the clock out there, putting yourself in the trenches, laying it all on the line by sounding the alarm over the last several years, sacrifices have been made, reputations tarnished, online friends and family members have been lost and lots more put on the back burner. You are the real warriors of the so called “End Times”. The unsung Heroes.
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I would like to say thanks to all the fellow “watchmen”, “Shill Hunters” and “Genuine truthers/researchers/free thinkers” working tirelessly around the clock out there, putting yourself in the trenches, laying it all on the line by sounding the alarm over the last several years, sacrifices have been made, reputations tarnished, online friends and family members have been lost and lots more put on the back burner. You are the real warriors of the so called “End Times”. The unsung Heroes.
Nobody said it was going to be easy. Keep On Fighting The Good Fight.
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I would like to say thanks to all the fellow “watchmen”, “Shill Hunters” and “Genuine truthers/researchers/free thinkers” working tirelessly around the clock out there, putting yourself in the trenches, laying it all on the line by sounding the alarm over the last several years, sacrifices have been made, reputations tarnished, online friends and family members have been lost and lots more put on the back burner. You are the real warriors of the so called “End Times”. The unsung Heroes.
Nobody said it was going to be easy. Keep On Fighting The Good Fight.
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The following information is a presentation of evidence, combined with my opinions, based on factual details available in the public domain. My opinions are based on the evidence. I do not claim to present an overarching or objective truth, and I encourage all readers to engage in their own research by following the links available in this document. It is up to each individual to research for themselves in order to determine whether or not your conclusions align with my assessment and analysis of the evidence. Consider this document a starting point to a larger body of research and a more thorough investigation. Use your own discernment and please do fact-check and send me corrections.
I don’t trust Del Bigtree because I believe he (and others) have co-opted the legitimate grassroots “anti-vaccine” movement, and turned it into a more palatable and acceptable “Safer Vaccine Movement” or the “Vaccine Risk Awareness Movement”, as part of an elaborate controlled opposition campaign. This has been obvious to many of us for a long time, but for people who may be new to these concepts, I will lay out some of the basics.
This campaign is designed to take control of the legitimate opposition voice, which understands that all vaccines are dangerous, create new artificial boundaries as to what is and isn’t an acceptable level of resistance and dissent in the public discourse about vaccines, and silence and marginalize the informed and unjected – the real dissidents and the real health and freedom movement – people who understand that there’s no such thing as a safe vaccine.
This campaign aims for and achieves several goals and objectives. Among them, it redraws the lines around what is considered “acceptable” debate about vaccines by labeling folks like Del and his buddy RFK Jr. as “anti-vax extremists” who are spreading “dangerous information,” when in fact they are soft-serve activists who aren’t extreme at all – except in the sense that they think vaccines are generally safe and effective, which is insane. The psy-war on reality turns night into day and day into night which results in normal, healthy, intelligent people pushed out of the conversation altogether and relabels people like Del, who are half insane pro-vaxxers as the “extremists.” But the real extremists are the mainstream science and media lovers who are 100% rabidly pro-vaccine, including the so-called new “experimental” COVID19 vaccine.
Del and his cohorts are just as insane as these folks, with the exception that they want the vaccines to be “safer”. The opposite of the word ‘safe,’ is ‘dangerous.’ So by making something “safer,” you are, by definition, really only making it “less dangerous.”
What the majority of folks in the COVID truther scene don’t understand is the pervasive nature of this controlled opposition campaign, its strategies and tactics, and ultimate goals.
The truthers have been set up to fall into these traps, thanks to wolves in sheep’s clothing like Del Bigtree. The ultimate goal of this insidious campaign is very simple – it is designed to get the skeptics and truther community to DEMAND
MORE GOVERNMENT.
This is accomplished via a ‘slow reveal’ strategy, employed by the mainstream and alternative media, who are one in the same and work for the same interests and agendas under a cover of manufactured conflict. The slow reveal happens over a course of months and years. Slowly, more and more information is ‘brought to light’ that the COVID vaccines are dangerous. This is accompanied by soap opera storylines which focus on people like Dr. Fauci or Bill Gates, and evil corporations like Pfizer and Moderna, in order to get the truther masses hooked and addicted to the fear-laced drama. Like all addicts, once they are hooked, they keep coming back to engage with this surface level drama and miss the big picture.
So – here is the big picture. It is VERY SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
While this paper may focus on vaccines, the bigger picture is not about vaccines, and has never been about vaccines. This is about CONTROL. Control of the population and every aspect of our physical and spiritual lives, which is achieved by giving the GOVERNMENT and the DEMONS more control over EVERYTHING. The vaccine is only one of the vectors which this operation uses to spring into motion a series of objectives that ultimately lead to the new world government globalist technocratic slave system.
Agents like Del Bigtree and RFK Jr. play an important role in this operation. One might say they are central to its success. They gain the trust of the skeptics who gradually hand over what little critical thinking skills they have to these deceivers, without realizing that they have been specifically cast in these roles as benevolent heroes, to fight the evil Fauci/Gates/Pfizer characters. This is written as part of the screenplay and is obvious for those who have moved past the first layers of deception.
Sadly, most truthers are completely oblivious to this, which is why I have to keep writing these damn papers. This is known as classic PROBLEM, REACTION, SOLUTION.
The entire scam relies on these heroes to highlight the “dangerous vaccine problem” via the long and drawn out “slow reveal campaign” – wait for the public’s reaction and then present the solution. It goes something like this:
Problem: Fauci/Gates/Biden/Pharma/Whoever are corrupt and evil!
Pfizer/Moderna engaged in data manipulation and lies! The COVID vaccines are dangerous!
Reaction: “OMG! THE VACCINES ARE DANGEROUS! THEY’RE TRYING TO KILL US! SOMETHING MUST BE DONE SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!
WHERE ARE OUR HEROES!??”
Solution: We must make the vaccines safer! These companies must be held accountable. We must have better safety regulations and oversight. We need a task force to investigate the corruption and root out the wrongdoing. Those responsible must be held to account and we need a new regulatory body to play the role of watchdog over these evil Big Pharma companies!
WE NEED MORE GOVERNMENT!!
There is an even more insidious goal underneath all of this, which lies in the spiritual realm. The goal is to lead the truthers astray and towards the false light, by exposing the dark and sinister plan of the mainstream’s agenda. That is by design and that is why we see the Fauci/Gates/Pfizer clan exposed so thoroughly and more people “waking up” to the evil agenda. They’re not really waking up, though. The darkness is meant to be exposed, in order to lead them to the false light. It’s a trick and an easy one to understand if you pay attention. This is an important subject that needs to be explored further but is outside the scope of this paper. I only wanted to mention it briefly because it’s relevant.
As we all know by now, none of the so-called leaders of this fake resistance movement are interested in completely tearing down this evil, corrupt system or eliminating toxicity from our lives. All they care about is creating the illusion that the vaccines can be made SAFER. This is an obvious LIE that anyone can understand, if they’ve done their homework. The reason it’s a lie is because there is no such thing as a safe vaccine. If this sounds extreme to you, it’s because you have not yet started your journey of unlearning.
So, in order to drive this point home, it’s time to expose everyone’s favorite “safe vaccine” advocate, Del Bigtree.
Before we start, let me just say that I knew who Del Bigtree was prior to launch of the fake COVID19 pandemic, via his propaganda film VaXXed, but I noticed immediately how he had been pushed into the spotlight to control the opposition narrative early on in the pandemic which was an immediate red flag. Indeed, within those first few weeks, Del quickly became the “go to” source of information for those who had a hunch something fishy was going on, and thus established himself as a trustworthy and credible voice for the gullible truther/skeptic crowd.
I immediately smelled a rat, not because of anything he said or did at the time, but simply because the slick production behind his Highwire show was an obvious clue for me. He was GIVEN to me, which made him suspect from the beginning.
I then began doing my own research on him and exposing him online in different research groups and channels. That is when I found the work of Greg Wyatt. Greg has the best research on the internet and has been exposing the Del Bigtree crime syndicate for years.
With the above in mind, please use this paper as a guide or a starting point only. I will only scratch the surface and give you the most important information, but if you continue down the rabbit hole, you will find a lot more and I highly recommend Greg Wyatt’s research for all the information you need. I also recommend doing your own research, as well. Don’t just take my word for it or Greg’s word for it, do your due diligence and if you find errors in this paper, please send them to me. I consider Greg a man of integrity who is honest and as trustworthy as they come – a rarity in the so-called “truther” scene. Greg has also been through HELL to bring this information to us, so respect the research and do your homework. Start with this paper and then the information on Greg’s website.
Finally, I want to thank Greg for his research which has been a valuable companion to my own. While I found a lot about Del on my own, Greg deserves most of the credit because he has been doing this a lot longer than I have. I am grateful for his tireless and exhaustive efforts at exposing these criminals. He has left me some very valuable breadcrumbs that I’ve used to find more information.
PART 1
THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL FAR FROM THE BIG TREE
So first, let’s start with Del’s background and family history. The following italicized sections were written by Greg Wyatt with additional sources added by me. I followed Greg’s leads, fact-checked and did my own, additional research.
Del has a family history of being a showman and as such, there is the mask he wears in public and the products of his actions in real life. There seems to be a disconnect between what this actor portrays himself to be and the truth.
Norma was born on January 14, 1943 to Norman and Mary Bigtree in Syracuse, NY. Norman Bigtree(05/10/11 – 03/26/71) was a full-blood Iroquois Indian born on the Onondaga Reservation. Norman was a machinist for the Chrysler Corporation until his death in 1971. Norma was the eldest of three daughters, followed by Jeanne Bigtree (now Bagi) and the youngest Sandra Bigtree… When
…Norma met Jack Groverland in the early 1960’s and they appeared in off-Broadway productions together in New York City. Norma starred in Curley McDimple(a Shirley Temple spoof) from November 22, 1967 to January 15, 1970. She performed with Barry Manilow, Bernadtte Peters, etc, when she met Jack Groverland.
When “Tent Revival” preaching became popular in the 1960’s, Norma and Jack suddenly found a more lucrative career promoting God and ditched the theater for the tent. It’s not clear why Del does not have his father’s last name.
Well, Del’s father’s last name isn’t actually Groverland, but we’ll come back to that later.
So, with just a cursory check of Del’s family, we’ve learned two important things. First, we’ve learned that Del’s family has been involved in showmanship and acting. This is important for obvious reasons. It suggests that Del too is nothing but an actor. We’ll explore this later.
From Norma’s Bio, on her own website, she says that she is the daughter of a
Mohawk Native American Father (Norman Bigtree) and a Russian Immigrant
Mother (Mary Wolniak). The Mohawk are an Iroquoian-speaking North
American Indian tribe and the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois
Other sources confirm that Norman was indeed a “full-blood Iroquois Indian born on the Onondaga Reservation.” Norman’s race is listed as “Indian” (same for his father, Mitchell) here. But the U.S. Census data from1940 lists Norman’s race as “White,” and his Ethnicity as “American.”
Find a Grave says that Norman was born in Hogansburg, Franklin County, New York which is 200 miles away from the Onondaga Reservation. Ancestry says the same thing. Find a Grave says he was buried in Onondaga County, but something seems off here.
Norman’s father is Mitchell Bigtree, born in 1876.
Mitchell’s father is Philip Bigtree and his father is George Bigtree. That’s as far back as records go and they do all seem like legitimate Native Americans to me.
Here is a photo of Philip Bigtree.
Norman Bigtree is listed in the Geneology sites as one of nine children of Mitchell Bigtree and Margaret Ellen Doyle. Mitchell and Margaret Ellen Doyle were married in Manchester, England on April 6, 1896. Norman was born 15 years later (allegedly on the Onondaga Reservation).
Also, I’ve found that some sources list him as Norman Bigtree (one word), while others list him as Norman Big Tree (two words).
According to the book Notes on the Iroquois by Henry R. Schoolcraft, it is confirmed that the Big Tree family (two words) was indeed from Onondaga, but the US Census data from 1888-1893 lists the Bigtree family (one word) in St.
Regis, not Onondaga (Norman was born in 1911).
Norman’s Great Grandmother on his mother’s side is Margaret Downie, born in England and died in Germany. So it’s clear that Norman can’t be full-blooded Iroquois Indian. The Indian is on his father’s side only.
It should also be noted that Doyle (Norman’s mother, Mitchell’s wife) is a peerage name, including at least 5 Baronets. Just one example is General Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet, who was born between 1750 and 1756.1He was the son of Charles Doyle and ElizabethMilley
So clearly there’s no Native American roots from Norman’s mother’s side.
It does seem a little odd that a Native American would travel to England and get married there and then come back, in the 1800s, but it’s certainly possible and not necessarily a red flag. Did he meet Margaret in New York and they went back to her homeland for the wedding? Or was he in England for other reasons and then met her there?
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Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Greg found a newspaper article that says that Norma Bigtree was the granddaughter of a Mohawk chief whose visage adorns the nickel coin. (Daily News, New York, New York, Friday May 13, 1966.) Iwas able to find another source for this, here. But I haven’t found any evidence that Mitchell was a Mohawk Chief.
So let’s recap, so that we don’t get too confused. Del’s mother Norma says that her father (Norman) is a Mohawk Native American. Multiple sources say he was born on the Onondaga Reservation, but his records show that he wasn’t born there. Furthermore, he is listed as “white” in the U.S. Census (presumably because his mother is a white European) and his parents (Mitchell and Margaret Ellen Doyle) were married in England. Several newspaper articles say that Norma is the granddaughter of a Mohawk Indian Chief whose likeness was used on the nickel coin, presumably referring to Mitchell Bigtree. But there’s no evidence that Mitchell was a Chief and we know he wasn’t used for the nickel.
Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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It is worth noting that Chief John was born one month apart from Mitchell Bigtree and there could be some link here, but I wasn’t able to confirm it. From what I found, there is no relation between Del Bigtree and Chief John, but there certainly could be some swapping or hiding going on in the genealogy sites.
Unfortunately, this is not my area of expertise so I will explicitly say right now that this is just speculation.
I emailed Miles Mathis several times to see if I could get some help but he never responded.
There are rumors that Del and his sister might be adopted, but that’s all they are, rumors. It is worth nothing that Del and his sister look very much alike…
Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
Perfect Patio
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
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If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
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Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
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With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
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To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
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All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
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There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
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There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
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Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
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In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
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If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
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To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
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Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
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Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
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The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
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Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
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To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
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We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
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Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
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Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
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If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
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Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
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Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
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Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
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However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
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What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
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The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
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Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
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Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
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Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
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To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
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If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
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If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
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Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
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Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
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If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
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Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
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With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
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To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
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All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
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There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
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There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
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Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
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In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
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If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
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To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
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Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
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Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
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The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
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Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
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To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
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We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
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Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
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Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
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If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
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Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
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Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
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Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
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However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
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What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
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The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
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Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
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Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
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Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
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To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
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If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
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If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
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Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
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Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
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If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
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Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
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With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
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To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
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All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
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There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
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There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
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Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
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In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
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If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
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To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
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Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
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Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
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The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
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Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
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To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
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We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
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Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
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Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
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If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
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Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
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Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
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Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
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However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
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What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
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The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
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Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
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Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
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Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
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To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
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If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
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If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
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Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
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Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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I’m sure I don’t need to go into details, as it should be obvious.
Del also has two younger siblings that are said to be fathered by Jack Groverland. Again, there’s not much resemblance at all.
Why is all of this important? Well, I can’t say that it is, given I didn’t find any conclusive evidence one way or another. If Del is related to Chief John, as Greg suspects, then it’s important because it means he’s lying. It’s also important because it establishes a further deep link to Hollywood. As we’ve already seen, Del’s immediate family was involved in Showbiz, and he has been as well. Even some family members who weren’t directly involved in Showbiz seem to have public personas – see Del’s great uncle’s the Wolniakbrothers as an example.
Before we move on, I’d like to again repeat that any connection to Chief John Big Tree at this point is speculation only. Perhaps others may find a missing link that I was unable to find. I encourage others to pick up where I left off.
In Summary – We have established that Norma’s father Norman isn’t a full blooded Iroquoi as some sources claim. We have also seen Norman’s name spelled Bigtree and Big Tree leading to further confusion and lending to the possibility that there could be a connection to Chief John Big Tree. We have also learned that Norma’s grandmother is British, and in the peerage. We have also learned that Chief John Big Tree is from the same area, was buried at the Onondaga Reservation, and was born during the same time period (one month apart) as Mitchell Bigtree (Del’s great grandfather). Finally, we have multiple sources that claim that Norma is the granddaughter of a Mohawk Chief whose likeness was used on the nickel coin, but we know Mitchell wasn’t a Mohawk Chief and we know that it was Chief John Big Tree whose likeness was used on the nickel coin. These are the reasons that lead to the suspicions that Del may be related to Chief John, but again there’s nothing concrete. Perhaps they are coincidences, perhaps there is a connection, or perhaps there are errors in the reporting and there is no link at all.
Del’s Father, Jack Groverland
The first thing we should know about Jack is that Groverland isn’t his real last name. He changed his last name from Arnebold to Groverland.
“I grew up in the crime infested ghettos of Hoboken and Jersey City where I learned all the wrong ideas about life. I lived with my father, an immigrant truck driver who couldn’t begin to imagine the life I’m living now.In those dark days I was a petty thief, gang fighter, gambler and fool. I left all that when I escaped from jail under a hail of bullets and in the process had my first spiritual experience.
I found the death record for Jack’s brother, John Arnebold which shows us that
Jack had two sisters, Katherine and Irene and his mother’s name is Sally. I found no more information on “Sally,” but Ancesty.com doesn’t list any Sally.
Jack’s father is Frederich “Fritz” Arnebold, who immigrated to the United States from Germany. According to records, he was indeed a truck driver, employed by Charles Miller & Co.
Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
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If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
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Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
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With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
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To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
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All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
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There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
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There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
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Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
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In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
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If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
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To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
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Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
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Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
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The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
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Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
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To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
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We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
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Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
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Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
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If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
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Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
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Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
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Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
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However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
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What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
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The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
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Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
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Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
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Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
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To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
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If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
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If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
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Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
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Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
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If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
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Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
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With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
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To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
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All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
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There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
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There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
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Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
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In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
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If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
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To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
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Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
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Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
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The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
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Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
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To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
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We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
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Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
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Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
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If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
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Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
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Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
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Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
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However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
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What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
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The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
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Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
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Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
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Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
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To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
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If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
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If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
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Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
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Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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Most People Would Not Have Heard Of Some Lesser-Known Uses For Baking Soda
Baking soda is something every household has in their cupboard or pantry. The baking soda container is probably collecting dust and not being properly and fully used to its vast potential. Many of you know a few valuable tricks for using baking soda, but we assure you there are a lot more. One of the common ways to use it is in baking and cleaning – but trust us when we say that they are just the beginning of your endless possibilities. In this article, we’ve collected 40 practical ways you can use baking soda. With these ideas, you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth by not buying other products you could replace with this strong, white, and powdery chemical. Keep on scrolling for more information that could one day save the day!
Remove Grease Stains
The annoying thing about cooking, doing some mechanical work, or repairing household appliances is the inevitable fact that all of these activities include grease, oil, and other substances that are difficult to remove. You can damage your clothes permanently. However, there is an immediate solution, and you might find it in your pantry at home!Image Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
All you need to do to save your favorite piece of clothing or material is to heavily sprinkle baking soda, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes and then scrub it with a damp sponge or cloth. It might not work the first time, so try it a few times until you succeed!Joe Jonas Files for Divorce From Sophie Turner×
No More Bad Fridge Scent
There is nothing more embarrassing than opening up your fridge in front of your date, and it reeks! Who knows of what. All that food accumulating during the week, leftovers, a little rotten tomato, bananas from the market, meal prepped eggs…It’s a disaster!
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If you have a baking soda container, you can immediately solve your issue. Just poke a small hole, or make an opening in your soda carton and leave it in the fridge. The baking soda neutralizes odors and leaves your fridge feeling clean and fresh!
Say Goodbye to Lefrover Stains
One of the most annoying things about delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers has to be food or liquid stains that stay on the plastic Tupperware or glass containers. It looks messy, and for some reason, you avoid using them again because they don’t look clean or sanitary.Image Courtesy of Blue Apron’s Blog
If you soak your stained leftover containers in baking soda mixed with water for around half an hour and then use a sponge or moist cloth to clean the surface, you’ll be surprised as to how easy it comes off! This is a hack and a half, especially during the holiday season.
Splinter Remover
It was so easy getting a splinter in your foot, hand, or fingers when we were children. Curiosity indeed kills the cat. However, it also causes injuries to people too. Whether working with wood is in your job description or you just have a creative hobby, this hack will be helpful.
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Baking soda can help remove splinters and ease swelling under the skin. If a splinter is stuck underneath your skin, you can mix up water and baking soda, thus making a paste, and apply it to the swollen area to draw the splinter out. Cover it with a bandaid, leave it until the next day, and it will naturally come out.
Grill Cleaner
Cookouts with your squad are always fun. They’re perfect for creating memories, having fun, eating delicious grilled goodies, and playing board games. Sometimes even drinking games. But, no underage drinking folks! However, after an exciting grilling weekend, someone has to clean the grill.
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With baking soda, grill grimes are a thing of the past! The only thing you should do to clean the grill properly is let it cool down, use baking soda, gently rub it, and remove the grit with a brush. Grilling and cleaning have never been so easy!
There is nothing better than spending your summer nights on your patio, hanging out with your friends and family, talking about funny memories, playing games, and scaring each other off with ghost stories. The only thing that can spoil this experience is filthy patio furniture you can’t clean.
If you use a baking soda and water mixture, you could easily wipe away the dirt, grease, and residue that has accumulated over time. Moreover, when or if you store your patio furniture inside during the winter months, you can place a bag of baking soda in the storage to keep the furniture fresh.
Cankers Be Gone!
Mouth ulcers can be such a bore! They hurt, swell, and eating food seems like an impossible task while suffering from this annoying condition. They usually last for a few days and sometimes up to a week. There is a home remedy, including baking soda, that can help you!
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To get rid of it, all you need to do is rub baking soda directly on the canker and then rinse with a mixture of baking soda and water. Your pain and swelling should be relieved soon after. Sometimes, you don’t have to pay a lot of money at the pharmacy, but rather peep into your cupboards in search of baking soda!
Cleaning Silverware
Silverware can sometimes get extremely stained due to its constant usage, cleaning, washing, putting in the dishwasher, etc. The steel wears off, loses its initial shine, and seems shabby. However, we have another baking soda hack for your household!
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All you need to do is pour boiling water into an aluminum pan and add a teaspoon or two of baking soda. After making the mixture, you should simply add your silverware to it and let it sit for a while. Then extract them from the pan, cool them, and dry them. Voila!
Removing Coffee Stains
Do you know what is one of the most annoying things about drinking coffee? Certainly, coffee stains tint the cup permanently. Imagine running a cafe or inviting guests over for a cup of the hot beverage, just to find your mugs and cups all stained and damaged. How frustrating!
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There is, of course, an easy and straightforward solution. Listen up! Sprinkle baking soda into the cups and let it sit for approximately a few minutes. Then, take a piece of cloth or sponge, dip it into cold water, and scrub the inside of a stained cup. You can thank us later!
Relieve Bug Bites
Mosquito bites are the worst! Any bug bites are extremely irritating, itchy, and in the end, annoying as heck! Sometimes, expensive cream and itch relievers are not too effective, and at times, can seem more costly than you can afford at the moment.
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There is a very simple and affordable solution! What you could try next time a nasty bug bites you and leaves a mark is to create a paste from baking soda and water and apply it directly on the place where you’ve been bitten. Baking soda draws out fluids and can help relieve the itchiness.
Homemade Teeth Whitener
Whitening your teeth has become somewhat of a trend, and it’s no wonder as to why! White teeth look beautiful, healthy and showcase a person who takes good care of themselves. A person that smokes, drinks a lot of black coffee, or simply wants to take better care of their teeth with love this hack!
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Whitening the teeth can be somewhat expensive. Lucky for you, baking soda can help here as well! This is one of the most economical ways of scrubbing plaque build-up and surface stains on teeth. Simply brush your teeth with baking soda after brushing your teeth with toothpaste.
Pest Control
We already talked about bugs when we mentioned how to get rid of bug bites. Sometimes, bugs don’t bite, but they infest your home like ants, cockroaches, beetles, ladybugs, moths, etc. The list is endless. However, baking soda saves the day once more!
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In case some of the annoying bugs have infested your home, you don’t need to call pest control, believe it or not! You should simply search for a package of baking soda in your kitchen or pantry and sprinkle it in all the holes you can find alongside walls and floors around your house!
Razor Burn Relief
Shaving is a regular self-care task, both for men and women. It takes time, and one must be careful not to cut themselves. Frequently, if your shaving cream or foam is not soft enough and your razor is too dull, you could experience something called razor burn.
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If your experiencing severe irritations, itching, and redness, what you could do is make a mixture of water and baking soda, dab a cotton ball in it, and carefully apply it to the irritated area to relieve the uneasiness. Baking soda to the rescue, once more!
Refresh Stuffed Animals
Children love playing with stuffed animals. They are soft, cuddly, and somewhat of a replacement for a pet all kids want, but parents don’t. However, these stuffed animals must be sanitized and refreshed from time to time due to the material they are made of. They collect a lot of dust and dirt.
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To ensure your child is playing with a safe plushy, you should simply put it into a box with baking soda. Shake the box to make sure soda seeps into holes and crevices of the toy and draws out the dust and dirt that has accumulated over the years.
Wall Scuffs Begone!
Now, let’s stay on the topic of children. These little misfits can be quite mischievous. They misbehave, ignore mom’s and dad’s orders, sneakily do something bad, and might blame it on the house dog or babysitter. Overall, children are a handful.
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Their actions even affect house walls. So, next time you notice suspicious pencil markings on the walls, do not fret! There is a solution. All you’ll need is baking soda and a sponge. Use a damp sponge and baking soda to remove wall scuffs in a heartbeat. Cleaning kids’ messes have never been easier!
Make Book Odor a Thing of the Past
There is something uniquely special about old, vintage books. They are higher quality, almost ethereal, and resemble something you might see in fantasy movies. They could transform the whole feel you have about the book’s content. What about the odor that sometimes follows those older books?
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Since they tend to have an aged smell, we suggest you simply sprinkle baking soda in between the pages to refresh them. This hack is super easy, inexpensive, quick, and effective! It should leave your vintage books sanitized and clean!
Unclog It!
What is something that we all use every single day without exception? The bathroom, of course. When nature calls, there is no other solution but to oblige. Now, if you don’t wash your hands, friend, you might want to start doing so!Image Courtesy of Lacey Johnson/The Spruce
Be careful to check your drains once in a while since hairs, dust, dirt, and other materials can end up clogging them. If this happens, don’t panic. All you’ll need is a baking soda and vinegar mixture. Since this mixture bubbles, make sure to use a light hand when sprinkling the soda on top. Cover it, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, and rinse with hot water.
Prolong Your Bouquet Lifespan
Having a wonderful flower arrangement in your house can significantly improve the overall energy and vibe. It brings life into any home, breaks up the space, and introduces color. Besides, a beautiful flower scent is an amazing bonus, whether it’s roses, daffodils, or peonies.
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The downside of having real flowers is they wilt quickly. However, don’t give up just yet. Of course, we have another hack for you! If you want your flower bouquets to last longer, listen up! Sprinkle a bit of baking soda into the water inside your vase. You’ll notice your flowers lasting longer than usual. If you want extra endurance, add an ice cube. You’re welcome!
Wash Fruits and Veggies
It’s no secret that vendors and supermarkets spray their fruits and vegetables with various chemicals to keep them looking ripe, fresh, and delicious for longer. Now, because we know this, we must make sure to wash it off and rinse properly.
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Baking soda is one of the most effective ways to make sure your vegged are clean and ready for use. What you should do is simply soak your fruits and vegetables in water, add a spoonful of baking soda, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse it, and enjoy!
Deodorize Your Trash Can
We’ve talked about smelly refrigerators and the uneasiness they can cause. It’s much better to live in a stink-free household. That’s why it’s of utmost importance to deodorize your trash cans as regularly as anything. Even though you often take out the trash, there is still some residue that accumulates.Image Courtesy of The Kitchn
One weekend, you could try out this nifty hack we’ve found for you and your (possibly) smelly trash can. Open the lid if there is one, and pour in the amount of soda you think will do the job. Close it or cover the opening and let it sit for a few minutes. Your trash can will be as good as new!
Refresh Pet Beds
We have a habit of changing our sheets every once in a while, depending on how tidy we are. However, we should not neglect the level of cleanness of our pets’ beds. It’s important to sanitize them from time to time, keeping them fresh and clean for furry friends to enjoy.
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To help your pet and clean their bed, all you need to do is sprinkle baking soda on it and let it soak for about 15 minutes. After that, just take a vacuum cleaner and suck in all the baking soda residue from the bed, keeping it nice and sanitized.
Get Rid of Annoying Carpet Stains
If you’re clumsy, someone in your household is, or if you invite guests often, you can expect a few permanent stains here and there, especially on carpets and rugs. Those are the worst. No one’s home is perfect. But, yours can be! We have a solution.
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We’ve already mentioned combining vinegar, and baking soda does wonders for unclogging your drains. This combination is quite useful for getting rid of stubborn stains on your carpets. Just spray this fizzling mixture directly on the stain and start scrubbing with a sponge or cloth. Remember to enjoy your perfectly clean house once you’re done!
Mouthwash on a Budget
Mouthwash is an integral part of people’s daily routine. Sometimes brushing teeth with toothpaste and rinsing your mouth and tongue with it is not enough. Mouthwash is there to protect your overall oral health, provide immunity, and kill unhealthy bacteria.
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Since baking soda has potent anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, it is an easy and affordable substitute for the conventional mouthwash you buy in your local grocery store. Just mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of warm water and swish!
Jellyfish Sting Treatment
Most people love vacationing at the beach, basking in the sun, and enjoying a gentle summer breeze. While traveling and spending your days off at the beach, you can sunbathe, play sports, and swim. The possibilities are endless, and everything is seamless.
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Now, if you’re not careful enough, you could stumble upon a jellyfish. Jellyfish are visually beautiful creatures with transparent bodies and unique, vibrant colors. However, they can sting, and when they do, make sure to rinse the sting with vinegar and then apply a hot water and baking soda mixture. It is said to do wonders for relieving the pain.
Remove Water Rings
Oftentimes, when we are hosting a gathering at our house, or a party, or a dinner for work friends, we get flustered, anxious, and perhaps even exhausted from preparing all the food, beverages and wanting it to be perfect. In all the fuss, we can forget to use coasters.
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If this happened to you, and now you have water rings all over your wooden kitchen table you paid a fortune for – do not fret! Once again, baking soda can and will help! Simply mix baking soda with water and use a cloth to remove the water rings! Next time you forget coasters, remember, there is a solution!
Disinfect Your Sponge
Do you ever feel like you are going through sponges too quickly?! Almost like you use them out entirely in just a few weeks of them. The secret is as follows: even though you use your sponge to clean, you must clean the sponge as well! Shocking!
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Sponges are sort of like a breeding ground for bacteria, and they should be cleaned halfway through their life span. If you wish to prolong the life of your sponge, make sure to soak it in a water and baking soda mix to disinfect them. Good luck!
Mildew Remover
If you are a perfectionist like ourselves, you’ll find it difficult not to clean all the small crevices you simply can’t reach or can’t disinfect well enough. Mildew usually forms in bathrooms due to humidity and the constant circulation of water.
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Baking soda can help you with mildew as well! Create a paste with water and baking soda to scrub the inscrutable bathtub, shower, toilet, basin, and tiles. Afterward, make sure to rinse with water. If you want to go all out, spray the area with white vinegar to disinfect it even more.
Saving an Unfortunately Burnt Pan
Some of us are just not as good at cooking as others are. Accidents happen, okay?! You drop a bowl, a pancake ends up on the wall or ceiling, you manage to burn spinach and such. Now, there is a savior for those of us who make mistakes and burn pans!
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Some pots and pans require more detailed cleaning, that’s all! If you want to save your favorite pan and not throw it away due to extreme residue and damage, we advise you to add baking soda to the pan generously, fill it with water and scrub away.
Sunburn Relief
SPF is an essential part of skincare, and if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach fully, make sure to pack an SPF of at least 30 to 50. This won’t prevent you from getting a nice bronze tan but instead prolong the length of time you can spend outside, enjoying the weather.
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However, if you don’t protect your vulnerable skin, you’ll get a sunburn, no doubt. Sunburns can be painful, and burns can even turn out severe. To help alleviate the pain, mix cold water and baking soda and apply it to the burns.
Eliminates Feet Odor
Wearing shoes all the time and doing straining activities can leave your feet smelling, well, not so nice, to say the least. Unpleasant foot odor is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. It happens to everyone, and the key is to find a perfect and easy solution.
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What you should do to eliminate foot odor is simply soak your feet in water with baking soda. Since baking soda has the anti-microbial properties we talked about, it eliminates unwanted scents. If you’d like to go a step further, you could sprinkle a bit of baking soda into your shoes and let it sit overnight.
Cleaning Car Battery Terminals
Taking care of one’s car is important. If you don’t pay close attention to details, you might find yourself more often than not ringing your mechanic’s number for another check-up or appointment. Believe it or not, baking soda can help in keeping your car clean and sound.
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The build-up in your car’s battery can be nasty. Therefore, you should clean it regularly, and you can do so by creating a paste made out of baking soda and water mixed together. Carefully disconnect the battery and use a toothbrush with the liquid paste to reach all crevices and clean the battery meticulously.
Heartburn Reliever
If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, heartburn is no stranger to you. It’s a very uncomfortable sensation that could only make the initial psychological trigger even worse. Worry no more, of course, because we have an answer to all your problems, and of course, all of them include baking soda!
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Since baking soda is a natural antacid, it helps out with stomach acids and relieves heartburn. Make sure to take one teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a glass full of water. Mix well and drink slowly. You should feel better almost instantly.
Homemade Face Mask
Finding perfect yet affordable skincare products is a tiring task. We don’t give enough credit to people that do it so well! Buy this, buy that, and the spending is neverending! It seems like you need a whole rack of expensive products. But no more!
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Baking soda has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore is a perfect product for skincare and improving skin imperfections. It calms acne and skin redness, reduces swelling, and leaves your face clean and fresh. To make a face mask, all you need to do is mix water, baking soda, and lemon juice.
Dry Shampoo Hack
For years we’ve come to love using dry shampoos quickly before heading out to do errands, to go on a date or a meeting. They are convenient, smell nice, and soak up the oils from your scalp, making your hair look a day or two cleaner!Image Courtesy of Folder
If you don’t want to spend your money on expensive brands and consume products from the stores, you can always DIY your own dry shampoo. All you need is – you guessed it – baking soda. Sprinkle it lightly on your scalp and massage it. It should gather the oils and provide you with a presentable hairstyle!
Remove Unwanted Weeds
If you’re a control freak, even the innocent weeds that seep through your pavement or driveway may cause you some annoyance. There are sprays that could remove and kill the weeds. However, they are not the best ecological solution. There is a better one!
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Since baking soda is not toxic, biodegradable, and good for the environment, it’s a perfect yet affordable solution for killing weeds. Sprinkle baking soda in the crevices of the pavement, and after a few days, you will notice them wilting away.
Clean Your Shower Curtain
As cleaning your bathroom is important, cleaning and sanitizing your shower curtain is vital as well! Different bacteria and mildew can form on the curtain, and you want to make sure it’s squeaky clean. If you don’t know what to use for sanitizing it, hear us out.
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To remove dirt, stains, and accumulated mildew, all you need to do is scrub your shower curtain with baking soda and a damp brush, and voila! You’ll have a refreshed, squeaky clean shower curtain that matches your impeccable bathroom tiles.
Stop a Cooking Fire
Not everyone has access to a fire extinguisher. Let’s agree on that premise. So what does someone do in the case of a small cooking fire? Of course, you could try to put it out with an apron or a kitchen cloth. However, those things might catch on fire as well.
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If a small cooking fire occurs, quickly grab baking soda. It will provide the necessary carbon dioxide to put out the fire. Just throw in a handful of it in a pot or a pan. Baking soda is an essential part of fire extinguishers, so it’s not a bad idea to have it on hand in case of any accidents.
Strip Paint with Baking Soda
Sometimes, we get bored of the same old design and colors and wish to change things up a bit. Even painting your table in a new and bold color can spruce up your house or apartment. However, stripping the old paint can be straining and stressful.
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If you don’t want to use harsh chemicals, all you need is to try scrapping with baking soda. Mix baking soda with hot water and apply it to the surface you’d like to scrape paint from. Then use a tool and start scraping the paint. It’s non-toxic, safe, and easy. Good luck!
Vibrant Laundry
After some time, our clothes and laundry lose their initial color and even texture. You brought a vibrant pink sweater, but now it looks more of a maroon color. We can use products to make the color more permanent and prevalent. One of the ways we can achieve this is by using, you guessed it, baking soda!
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Adding half a cup of baking soda to your regular liquid detergent will ensure your clothes to be brighter, more vibrant, and nicer. It works on both colored and white laundry. Besides the color enhancement, baking soda will ensure your laundry is odor-free.
Disinfect Your Retainers
Dental health and care are some of the most critical aspects of overall health. We consume different foods and liquids all the time, so taking care of oral hygiene should be at the top of our priority list! Especially if you are wearing retainers or braces, you must make sure they are clean and disinfected properly.
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Since baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it is an excellent solution for staying on budget! All you should do is brush your retainers with baking soda and water to refresh them and keep them sanitary and clean. This way, you’ll disinfect your retainers or dentures and kill bacteria. Way to go!
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I found no red flags with Jack’s story, however his claim that he escaped from jail under a “hail of bullets,” and then changed his name, requires further attention. Wouldn’t that make him a fugitive? It is also unclear why he changed his last name and there may be something else there worth looking into.
Ancestry lists Fritz’s wife (presumably Jack’s Mother) as Louise Arnebold and I found no further information on her.
Peggy (Lee’s Mom) was the creative director for the Oleg Cassinibrand.
WHO IS OLEG CASSINI?
Oleg Cassini was the fashion designer of Jacqueline Kennedy’s iconic wardrobe. This is significant because it establishes the start of a relationship between this family and the Kennedy family, (and eventually Del Bigtree).
Jacqueline Kennedy became a global fashion icon during her husband’s presidency. After the 1960 election, she commissioned French-born American fashion designer and Kennedy family friend Oleg Cassinito create an original wardrobe for her appearances as First Lady. From 1961 to 1963, Cassini dressed her in many of her most iconic ensembles, including her Inauguration Day fawn coat and Inaugural gala gown, as well as many outfits for her visits to Europe, India, and Pakistan. In 1961, Kennedy spent $45,446 more on fashion than the $100,000 annual salary her husband earned as president. (Source)
The two Nestor sisters, Marianne and Peggy have been embroiled in a lawsuit over the New York 5th Avenue mansion left to Marianne after Oleg’s death in 2006. Christina “Tina” Cassini and her sister, Daria, daughters of Oleg and Gene
Tierney were the presumed heirs to the nearly $60 million estate. She fought Marianne over her late father’s estate until her untimely death in March of 2015 at the age of 67. The estate battle continues in the eye of the public, as
Alexandre Cassini Belmont, Oleg’s grandson, has also entered a claim. Marianne has spent time in jail as she drags her heels on providing the court with accurate accounting records of the estate of which half is rightly due to the heirs of Oleg’s daughter, Tina. (Source)
Was it then that Peggy Nestor became friends with the Kennedy family? Is Lee the link between Del and his current business partner Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the various business endeavors they have launched?
Oleg Cassini had two other wives– Merry Elizabeth Fahrney, and actress Gene Tierney. He was also engaged to Oscar Award winning actress Grace Kelly. Oleg is also the son of a Count and Countess – RussianAristocrats.
Czar Nicholas’ ambassador to China and the United States was Arthur Cassini.
HIs daughter, Marguerite, married Alexander Loiewski. Their two children were Oleg and Igor. Both Oleg and Igor were known as “playboys” and had multiple wives. When Oleg died, his estate was worth over $60 million dollars – which is when Marianne Nestor produced a marriage certificate from 1971.
As mentioned, Peggy Nestor is Marianne’s sister and mother to Lee Nestor – Del Bigtree’s wife. This is why we see Lee Nestor in “Cassini Perfume” advertisements.
Marianne and Peggy controlled the Cassini estate and companies after his death.
Oleg Cassini’s brother, Igor was married to Charlene Wrightsman Cassini, the daughter of the Charles B. Wrightman who was the neighbor of Hollywood Kingpin Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (RFK and JFK’s father).
It was Bobby Kennedy Sr. (RFK Jr.’s father) who indicted Igor Cassini.
We now understand that Del has links to Hollywood and direct links to the
If we understand psychological warfare, then we also understand that Hollywood is often used in propaganda operations. I might even go as far as suggesting that Hollywood is the propaganda arm of the United States Military.
The main goal of the Del Bigtree operation is to catch the first layer of regular folks who fall through the holes of the mainstream media’s fraudulent COVID narrative net. These are folks who haven’t researched much, still believe COVID is caused by a virus, but may be hesitant about the new experimental vaccines. Some of them might be distrustful of Government and wary of vaccine mandates. They generally believe that most vaccines are probably safe and effective, you may find some who are just now starting to be skeptical of all vaccines. Many of these people became skeptics specifically due to Del’s Vaxxed movie. This has been carefully planned for years, as we will come to see.
The fake anti-vaccine opposition strategy aims to harness all of these people, soften their opposition voice, and steer them into a well-crafted and carefully manufactured faux movement that will never get “too extreme.” Ultimately, this is controlled by Big Pharma, the banking cartel and various 3-letter agencies who understand that in order to achieve their objectives, they must have full control over the opposition voice. They cannot risk these folks being “radicalized” by those of us who have actually done the research and understand this psyop in detail, and they definitely cannot risk these folks wandering off to research for themselves.
In order to do this, they must first construct a new pen to herd the sheep into. This pen is carefully constructed with artificial boundaries that are created specifically to draw the limits as to what is and is not and acceptable level of dissent. If they don’t do this, then they run the risk of the public and start asking deeper questions about viruses and vaccines while redrawing the boundaries of a new box to keep them inside of.
What is imperative to understand is that this pen is where they want everyone to end up in, from the beginning. In order to do that, they must construct the cartoonish Fauci/Gates/Pfizer evil empire and then reveal it as such, gradually so that over time, more people will gravitate towards the pen that they want everyone in, because it looks safer than the mainstream’s pen. It’s a bait and switch. An illusion.
The powers that be cannot have these fence-sitters digging any further and they cannot afford to have the public learn the truth about Polio, HIV, Smallpox, Spanish Flu, Ebola, etc. So they simply create this new pen and dress it up as the “extreme opposition conspiracy voice,” knowing full well that reasonable skeptics won’t see it as such and gravitate towards it. Over time, they’ll deliberately reveal the evil corruption so that any normies that decide to abandon the first pen will immediately end up in second one.
In order for this strategy to succeed, they need sheepherders, or leaders. False prophets. Del Bigtree plays the role of one of these sheepherders. His job is to collect the sheep that have left the first pen, as well as the others who are still grazing freely in the open field, and gather them all up into the new fake opposition pen. Del was hired for this role years ago, with the Vaxxed project. In this new pen, the acceptable narrative is painted for them and their opinions are slowly molded and shaped into exactly what the overlords want. The narrative will be exactly the same as the mainstream’s narrative with a dash of hesitancy or skepticism about vaccines and a call to make sure that they are “safer” (less dangerous).
This is a classic example of a limited hangout operation, where a little bit of the truth is revealed (vaccines are dangerous), only to then cover it up with more lies (we can make them safer) and misdirects.
Most people believe that Del Bigtree is a man of strong integrity who is “fighting against corruption”. I can assure you, this is not the case. By the time you reach the end of this document and explore some more of Greg’s research, you will come to understand that Del Bigtree, like many others before him, is just another fraud in a long line of clever con-men. In order to open our minds to this hypothesis, let’s take a look at Del’s career.
Del’s Showbiz Career and Some Very Lucrative Moves
Del directed Partners in 2003. This film is a soft porn video short film starring Del’s wife Lee Nestor. The story involves one woman lying in bed while another woman sexually pleasures her under the covers. It seems that many now involved in the safer VaxXed movement directly or indirectly were involved in questionable professions in typical Hollywood style…
Del was the executive producer and director of Bitter Sweet in 2005. In 2007 he co-produced and co-directed with his wife Lee Nestor, Sex and Sensuality, another sexually charged production(16). Lee’s mother, Peggy Nestor, was also co-producer. The movie stars Lee Nestor as Gabrielle Marks as she undresses and bathes while describing a dirty little secret(7).
The Doctors, a successful pro pharmaceutical talk show created by Phil
McGraw (aka Dr. Phil), has over 1,125 episodes and was first aired on
Del then got involved in Vaxxed: From Coverup to Catastrophe, when the movie was over 80% complete. The original content was to belong to an Andrew Wakefielddocumentary. Andrew Wakefield started touring, by himself, in 2015 to raise monies for Thompson’s legal defense fund. That is when Wakefield met Del Bigtree through Larry Cook, an early monitizer of vaccine injury stories who got Bigtrees attention. Through a series of secret meetings the plan was hatched. Exploit and monetize the vaccine injured and create the first stage of a never ending revenue stream off exploitation of the vaccine injured and dead Similar to the Alex Sporticus exploitation piece that Polly Tommey and her Autism Media Channel had turned into a movie almost a decade earlier.
In early 2016, Del Bigtree added to the script with California’s Senate Bill 277h rally footage and interviews with self-proclaimed whistleblower Brandy Vaughan. By March 2016, after Bigtree had finished adding his content and edits – the film was released.
Once the movie was out and in circulation in various theaters across the U.S., Del decided that he should be doing the movie roll-outs and post movie question and answer sessions. Del had forced Andrew out by November of 2016 and lawsuits followed as Bigtree was to on tour for several months with the crew and he refused to leave seeing bigger paydays in the months/years to come.
When Del took over the Vaxxed movie, he was paid $15,000 a month. And now? Del now makes $500,000+ a year. A very lucrative career change from being a producer on Dr. Phil.
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So this leads to the question. Who is Del Bigtree and what are his motivations?
Well, Del makes a lot more than that, now. But this is useful to give us an idea of his career moves. Another thing worth noting is that Del seems to have a lot of Hollywood / Masonic energy around him. For example, he’s always wearing purple.
Purple is a known Masonic Color. You can see it displayed prominently as one of the main colors in the Master Mason’s Lodge and for the Chapter of Royal Arch Companions, these two Masonic bodies being indissolubly connected since the Royal Arch is an essential and component part of the present-day mutilated Master Mason’s degree.
For this reason purple is adopted as the proper color for the Mark, the Past, and the Most Excellent Master degrees, to symbolize the fact that those degrees connect the Master Mason’s degree with the Royal Arch.
When Del Bigtree poses for an official photoshoot next to a Masonic / Illuminati black and white checkered floor, wearing purple socks, he is telling you straight away who he really works for … the only question is – will you notice?
Here’s Del with fellow grifter and deceiver, RashidButtar, another COVID con man and controlled opposition agent.
We can see Del wearing lavender or purple more often than not.
Another thing worth notice is that Del smokes a LOT of weed. Just look at his eyes, in this photo and you’ll see it clearly. Perhaps that’s why he chose the Bigtree last name and the Highwire as the name of his show. Of course I would never judge anyone for smoking marijuana. Smoke it up! But is this really who we want leading the so-called anti-vaccine movement? For me, I’d prefer someone dedicated and focused, not someone who is hitting big trees all day.
PART 3 – THE BIG MONEY BEHIND THE BIG TREE
One way to hijack legitimate grassroots movements is through sleazy billionaire philanthropists and charity fraud schemes.
“By providing the funding and the policy framework to many concerned and dedicated people working within the non-profit sector, the ruling class is able to co-opt leadership from grassroots communities, … and is able to make the funding, accounting, and evaluation components of the work so time consuming and onerous that social justice work is virtually impossible under these conditions” -Paul Kivel (You Call this a Democracy? Who Benefits, who Pays and who Really
Decides?)
Meet Bernard and Lisa Selz
This New York Couple Has Donated Millions to Museums — And the Anti-Vax Movement
Bernard and Lisa Selz have contributed more than $3 million in recent years to the anti-vax movement. They’ve also given millions to institutions like the Frick Collection, the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Art Museum, and the World Monuments Fund.
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What connects the Brooklyn Museum and other art institutions to the ongoing measles outbreak, which has surged to its highest point in nearly three decades with more than 1,000 documented cases this year? A name.
An investigation by the Washington Post claims that Lisa and Bernard Selz have contributed more than $3 million in recent years to organizations that [“]empower[“] the anti-vaccine movement through online and live events. The couple is also a fixture of the art philanthropy circuit. Bernard Selz is currently a trustee for the Frick Collection; previously, he served on the Walters Art Museum’s board from 2011–2017. At the Brooklyn Museum, an endowed senior curatorial position in Asian art is named after the couple and is currently held by the art historian Joan Cummins. Columbia University has a professorship for Medieval art under the couple’s name, which is currently held by Stephen Murray. This is the second position at the university endowed by the Selzes. In 2002, Esther Pasztory became the Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor in Pre-Columbian Art.
According to the publication Inside Philanthropy, the Selzes have given substantial donations through their foundation to cultural institutions including the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of the American Indian, the Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, the American Classical Orchestra, the Jacob Burns Film Center, and Montana’s Livingston Center for Art and Culture.
Public records also indicate that the family gave over $4.75 million to the World Monuments Fund since 2003, an organization dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites. Bernard Selz currently sits on that organization’s board of trustees; he is also on the director’s council of New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
Alongside their financial support for the arts community, the Selzes have used their wealth to bolster a handful of determined individuals who have played an outsized role in disseminating misinformation about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.
The epicenter of the measles outbreak is only miles away from the Brooklyn Museum in the
Hasidic-Jewish neighborhood of Williamsburg. There, the chief executive of the Informed
Consent Action Network (ICAN) has headlined forums advocating against vaccinations. The
Selz Foundation has provided the organization with roughly three-fourths of its funding, and Lisa Selz serves as the group’s president. The public face of ICAN, however, is Del Bigtree, a former daytime television show producer. (Source)
There is nothing grassroots or “We the People” about any of these folks. They hijacked and co-opted any real anti-vaccine movement a long time ago. They are 100% big money, establishment elites.
Bernard Selz founded Selz Capital in November 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York City. It has approximately $750 million from 24 high net worth clients under management.
These are the people who bankroll Del Bigtree. They are his bosses.
‘The Selz Foundation’ gave ‘AUTISM MEDIA CHANNEL FOUNDATION’ a $575,000 grant and ‘INFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK’ a $100,000 grant while Selz Capital LLC upped its position in Gilead Sciences Inc.(NASDAQ:GILD) which has exclusive rights to Hookipa’s
HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics targeting infectious diseases and cancers based on a proprietary arenavirusplatform that is designed to reprogram the body’s immune system. (Source)
They use the word immunotherapeutics here to hide what it actually is. It’s a vaccine.
Hookipa Biotech Announces Publication in Clinical and Vaccine Immunology Highlighting
Vaxwave® as an Effective Viral Vector for Vaccination against Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infections (Source)
In this 2019 interview, Del was asked directly if he had a major source of funding and he said no. So, why wouldn’t he disclose this?
In 2012, the Selz Foundation gave a $200,000 gift to Andrew Wakefield.
Remember, it was Wakefield who joined forces with Del Bigtree on Vaxxed. Wakefield was pushing to break up the MMR vaccine, which sounds like a good thing, but the problem is that he had a patent for another vaccine to treat autism waiting in the wings, which he did not publicly disclose. You can read about that here, and view the patent for yourself here.
The Selzes later donated $1.6 million over several years to two organizations founded by Wakefield.
The Selz Foundation contributed $1.05 million to Del Bigtree’s Informed Consent
Action Network in 2017. The foundation contributed $100,000 to the group in 2016: (Source)
Yes, Andrew Wakefield, the Doctor who was “exposing” the link between the MMR Vaccine and Autism (and Del’s business partner on the Vaxxed film) filed patents for ‘safer’ vaccines – to treat autism.
Because of the Selz Foundation’s support, ICAN founder Del Bigtree spent a few years traveling the country hosting events and setting up several creative grifting operations and multiple charity fraud schemes (more on this later). He has also been used as a mouthpiece to help lobby lawmakers in order to further the group’s pro-vaccine agenda.
Lisa Selz was the president of ICAN in 2017 and 2018 before Scott Guidry became President in 2019. Pro-vaccine author JB Handley of “Ending the Autism Epidemic” was the secretary.
Bernard Selz is an American fund manager and “philanthropist” and works at Lazard. Lazard Ltd (formerly known as Lazard Frères & Co.) is a financial advisory and asset management firm that engages in investment banking, asset management and other financial services, primarily with institutional clients. It is the world’s largest independent investment bank, with principal executive offices in New York City, Paris and London.
Lazard also employs Nathaniel Rothschild, Bruce Wassterstein and Gerald Rosenfeld and other big banking vultures. Naturally they are heavily invested in Big Pharma giants like Pfizer, Novartis and others.
Gerald Rosenfeldis an American businessman, academic, and investment banker.[1] He is well known as the former Head of Investment Banking of Lazard[2] and as the former CEO of Rothschild North-America from 2000 to 2007.[3][4] He is currently an Adjunct Professor of
Finance at New York University Stern School of Business, teaching in their Executive Education
Open Enrollment program, Integrated Law and Business Financial Risk Management. Until February 2011, Rosenfeld continued to work at Rothschild in the capacity of senior advisor. In 2011, he returned to Lazard as a senior executive.
Bruce Jay Wassersteinwas an American investment banker, businessman, and writer. He was a graduate of the McBurney School,[2] University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School, and spent a year at the University of Cambridge. He was prominent in the mergers and acquisitions industry, credited with working on 1,000 transactions with a total value of approximately $250 billion.
Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschildis a British-born financier who settled in Switzerland, and a member of the Rothschild family. He is the chairman of Volex plc, a UK-listed manufacturer. He has a wide range of international business interests.
Do you trust these people to lead the “safer” vaccine movement? I don’t.
Some might say that I’m making connections where there are none. That’s not my intent. My intent is simply to show you who Bernard Selz is, who he works with and who he works for…
From 2000-2010 Lazard was Pfizer’s favorite financial adviser. A list of Lazard’s assignments for Pfizer–courtesy of Standard & Poor’s database CapitalIQ – includes advising the pharmaceutical giant on a raft of deals, including the $195 million acquisition of Encysive Pharmaceuticals last year, the $220.6 million acquisition of Coley Pharmaceutical Group in 2007; the $1.9 billion acquisition of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals in 2005; the acquisition of Idun Pharmaceuticals in 2005; a $500 million stake in Rinat Neuroscience in 2006; the world-wide rights to Sanofi-Aventis’s insulin drug Exubera for $1.3 billion that same year; and eight other deals since 2000.
In more recent years, Lazard has been conspicuously absent from Pfizer deals. I speculate that this is a deliberate attempt to distance themselves to keep up public appearances.
“ICAN was established with a $100,000 grant from the Selz Foundation. Its budget ballooned to $1.4 million in 2017, with one million coming from the Selz Foundation, making ICAN the most well-funded anti-vaccination group in the United States that year.[16] In 2019, ICAN received
$2.46 million from the charitable foundation of investment firm T. Rowe Price.[17]”
Among the top 10 holdings in their Health Services Fund, we find Thermo Fisher Scientific (who makes fraudulent sequencing machines) and AstraZaneca. By looking at their financials we can see that T. Rowe Price is also heavily invested in many pharmaceutical and biotech companies including Merck, BioNTech, Amgen, and many others.
So, let’s ask a reasonable question. Why would a giant Global investment firm that is heavily invested in huge pharmaceutical companies, donate $2.46 million dollars to fund an anti-vaccine group?
Bigtree lovers will say that the donations that T. Rowe Price gave to ICAN were given by their donor advised charitable fund. Yes, that’s true. The amounts were $2.5 million in 2019 and $900,000 in 2018. Of course they have to disguise their money laundering via charity fraud. I doubt there’s a way to trace the paper trail back to each individual donor. But let’s just ask a simple question. Why would an investment fund donate that much money to a so-called anti-vax non-profit? Are they expecting a return on their investment? If this is all truly a matter of altruistic and humanitarian giving to the community, then why would they choose an “anti-vax” group? Are we to believe that all these individual donors are crazy anti-vaxxers? To me, it just sounds like classic money laundering.
We know that none of these folks are actually anti-vaccine or against Big
Pharma. That’s an illusion. They serve Big Pharma’s interests, indirectly. If Bernard Selz was really funding a dangerous anti-vax group, why would Lazard keep him employed?
These people are silencing the real anti-vaccine movement and the voices of parents with real vaccine injured children, parents like Greg Wyatt. Their “middle of the road” approach is designed to push real anti-vaxxers out of the discussion all together, label those people as crazy and then hijack the opposition and setup elaborate schemes to eventually profit.
These groups are heavily invested in the manufacturing of vaccines – and the mainstream media calls them anti-vaxxers! The entire thing is a demonstrable scam.
Notice how WikiPedia and the mainstream media labels the Selz Foundation as an anti-vax group. The liars at the Business Insidersay that the Selz Foundation is “donating millions to the anti-vax movement.” How silly is that? They are trying to frame these pro-vaccine advocates as anti-vaxxers!
These are obvious lies, as I’ve shown. The not so obvious lies are that the Selzes, the Bigtrees, the RFKs are all pro-vaccine. They all stand to PROFIT from the manufacturing of NEW, AND SAFER VACCINES.
Disagree? Then why did they pair up with WakefIeld, and fund him? Do you think they didn’t know anything about his patent for a new “safer” MMR vaccine? Of course they did.
But those who have done their homework understand that there is no such thing as a safe vaccine.
Question – What is the opposite of the word Safe? Answer – Dangerous
So, by definition – something that is “safer” means that it is less dangerous.
But it’s still dangerous, and these people understand this. They aren’t truly anti-vaccine, because they have a lot of money to make off of the sale of “less dangerous” vaccines. You can understand their agenda by taking them at their word – Their job is to make sure that the vaccines (mandatory or not) are less dangerous.
Now you’re probably thinking that I haven’t exposed much here, which is true. This is all public record and nothing new. Most of this information has been floating around the internet for well over a year, I just compiled it and added some of my own research. But we’re just getting started and there’s oh, so much more. For now, I will leave you with one simple question.
Is there anyone in the anti-vaccine movement who is actually anti-vaccine?
PART 4: THE FARCICAL FALLACY OF SAFE VACCINES
There must be hundreds of thousands of parents in America and indeed all over the world whose children have been injured by vaccines. We have no way of knowing the real numbers. But many of these parents have done deep research on the subject. When I say deep research, I mean they’ve studied the issue extensively, have read dozens of books and papers on the subject and understand the issue far better than RFK Jr. or Del Bigtree. Once you reach a point where YOU have done more research than these men, then it becomes much easier to see that they are either grossly uninformed or they are lying.
Once we dedicate the time, we come to understand that there is no such thing as a safe vaccine. Period. If you disagree, then this paper isn’t for you, you still have a lot morE research to do. When we understand that these diseases for which vaccines are prescribed to prevent are not caused by viruses, then we also understand that the entire concept of a vaccine is fraudulent.
“We are not anti-vaccine. We are pro vaccine safety. It’s time to bring scientific integrity to our nation’s vaccine program.” – RFK Jr.
On July 9, 2018 – Del Bigtree / ICAN filed this lawsuit, co-authored by RFK Jr. against the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Note that the title of the lawsuit is “Mandate for safer childhood vaccines.”
Think about the wording of that sentence and what their real goals are. As stated clearly in the lawsuit, they want to:
(1) promote the development of childhood vaccines that result in fewer and less serious adverse reactions than those vaccines on the market on December 22, 1987, and promote the refinement of such vaccines, and
There you have it. They are interested in promoting the development of childhood vaccines. As long as vaccines have fewer and less serious adverse reactions, then these people are perfectly fine with pumping children full of them.
The problem is that this entire lawsuit is based on a false premise. It’s impossible to make vaccines safe. The best one can do is make them less dangerous.
Is that good enough for you or your children?
These people are only pretending to fight for us. They’re not anti-vaccine as they’ve said over and over and over again. They are very much rabidly and fiercely pro-vaccine. It’s up to you to decide if you think this is just because they haven’t done the research, or if there’s something more nefarious going on here.
If you want to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume noble intentions, that’s fine with me. But if that’s the case, it means that they are ignorant, and therefore are in no position to be leading any health freedom movement as it relates to vaccines. Every parent in the country who understands that there is no such thing as a safe vaccine is more qualified to be in these leadership positions than RFK Jr. and Del Bigtree. When we look at the second goal of their lawsuit, their real agenda starts to become clearer.
(2) make or assure improvements in, and otherwise use the authorities of the Secretary with respect to, the licensing, manufacturing, processing, testing, labeling, warning, use instructions, distribution, storage, administration, field surveillance, adverse reaction reporting, and recall of reactogenic lots or batches, of vaccines and research on vaccines, in order to reduce the risks of adverse reactions to vaccines.
This is a thinly veiled attempt to hide what they really want which is more oversight, more regulatory agencies, more control, etc.
THEY WANT MORE GOVERNMENT.
Folks who haven’t spent the ample time doing the exhaustive research required to understand the vaccine issue comprehensively will naturally assume that this is reasonable. Why shouldn’t we have more oversight of these Big Pharma giants?
Because governments don’t really regulate the Pharma companies, that’s why. They work together, against the people. They just call it “regulation” so your dumb liberal friends will support it.
Thanks in part to the efforts of Controlled Oppositionfront NVIC and pro-vaccine deception agent Barbara Loe Fisher, the National ChildhoodVaccine Injury Act was passed in 1986 specifically to grant the Big Pharma companies immunity from lawsuits. After the passage of the 1986 Act, victims of Pharma’s poisonous elixirs could no longer sue the vaccine companies. The 1986 Act allowed the Big Pharma demons to continue doing business and manufacturing their toxic potions of death without any fear of being held financially liable.
As we can read:
(b) UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS; WARNINGS.— (1) No vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death associated with the administration of a vaccine after the effective date of this part 23 if the injury or death resulted from side effects that were unavoidable even though the vaccine was properly prepared and was accompanied by proper directions and warnings.
From the Supreme Court (2011):
And most relevant to the present case, the Act expressly eliminates liability for a vaccine’s unavoidable, adverse side effects: “No vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death associated with the administration of a vaccine after October 1, 1988, if the injury or death resulted from side effects that were unavoidable even though the vaccine was properly prepared and was accompanied by proper directions and warnings.
So, it’s not just crazy anti-vaxxers who say that all vaccines are dangerous.
Both Congress and the Supreme Court have agreed that this is the case.
Now that we’ve established this irrefutable fact, we have arrived at a very important question.
How is it possible to make vaccines safe, when it’s already been officially ruled that they are “unavoidably unsafe” by both Congress and the Supreme Court?
The answer – It’s not, it’s impossible.
“US Law regards vaccines as unavoidably unsafe, which basically means that there is nothing that can be done to make the product safer without compromising the function of the product. The term comes from the legal document, “Restatement (Second) of Torts, Section 402A”
It’s there in black and white, for all to see. Nothing can be done to make the product safer. Do you think RFK Jr. and Del Bigtree don’t understand this? Do you think they’re stupid? I don’t, I think they know exactly what they’re doing. They know that they can’t make vaccines safe, so they are engaging in deception and theater, to protect Big Pharma.
What they should be doing is warning the entire world about how dangerous vaccines really are. Not just these ones or those ones, but ALL OF THEM. Shouldn’t that be their number one objective? Instead, we get useless lawsuits, half-truths and a years long faux resistance movement, demanding more regulation and smarty pants scientists to conduct more “safety studies.” Remember that the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act was designed specifically to protect the pharmaceutical industry from lawsuits resulting from vaccine related injuries and deaths. Congress concluded that the vaccine companies should be shielded from lawsuits because vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe.”
As a result of this law, the vaccine companies were “granted blanket legal immunity and impunity from all injuries and deaths resulting from vaccines in the United States.” (Source)
Given this undeniable fact, shouldn’t one of the goals of the so-called
“anti-vaccine” movement be to overturn the 1986 Act which protects the vaccine companies? Shouldn’t that be one of their main objectives?
As far as I’m concerned, if vaccines are unavoidably unsafe, then children (and adults) should never be mandated to take them for school or anything else and the public should be working hard to ban them completely or at the very least, repeal the 1986 Act so that the companies are held liable.
But that’s not what Del Bigtree cares about. He just wants to make them safer, which, as we’ve established, is impossible.
So, let’s go back to ICAN’s lawsuit and read some more.
In order to assure HHS meets its vaccine safety obligations, Congress required as part of the 1986 Act that the Secretary of HHS submit a biennial reports to Congress detailing the improvements in vaccine safety made by HHS in the preceding two years. ICAN therefore filed a Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, request on August 25th, 2017 to HHS seeking copies of the biennial reports that HHS was supposed to submit to Congress, starting in 1988, detailing the improvements it made every two years to vaccine safety. HHS stonewalled ICAN for eight months refusing to provide any substantive response to this request.
Once again, we can see clearly that Del Bigtree has no interest in repealing the 1986 Act or abolishing vaccines entirely. All he’s doing is filing mostly useless lawsuit and FOIA requests for reports detailing the improvements in vaccine safety. ICAN, RFK Jr. and Del Bigtree aren’t attempting to get to the root of the problem, all they’re doing is trimming around the edges of the bush.
I don’t know about you, but personally I don’t care about reports. Reports can be completely fabricated. Data can be hidden, statistics can be fudged and documentation can be completely fraudulent. Reports are meaningless. I want results. So far, the only results I’ve seen from Del Bigtree’s efforts are more vaccines.
ICAN was therefore forced to file a lawsuit to force HHS to either provide copies of its biennial vaccine safety reports to Congress or admit it never filed these reports. The result of the lawsuit is that HHS had to finally and shockingly admit that it never, not even once, submitted a single biennial report to Congress detailing the improvements in vaccine safety.
That’s it? That was the result of the lawsuit? I wonder how much money they spent and all we have to show for it is that HHS admitted a thing. Did anyone go to jail? Did anyone get fired? Was anyone forced to pay any fines or resign from their positions? No, they just admitted that they didn’t file the reports, and that’s it. Meanwhile, the vaccine manufacturing machine continued to push forward.
Next, let’s look at this letter that Del Bigtree sentto HHS in 2017. The first thing to notice is that this document is no longer available on ICAN’s website. They used to display it proudly and prominently but now it’s a “page not found.” I had to go to the archives to find it. Why do you think they no longer host it on their website? Are they trying to hide something? Well, let’s take a look. In this letter, dated October 12, 2017, we can read the following:
Americans, including the over 55 organizations listed below, whose members exceed 5 million
Americans, are concerned about vaccine safety. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (the 1986 Act) made nearly every aspect of vaccine safety the exclusive responsibility of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). As the Secretary of HHS (the Secretary), this means you shoulder virtually all responsibility for assuring the safety of vaccines administered to America’s 78 million children.
Notice right away, the same propaganda techniques used by these agents of deception, as they immediately frame the conversation around vaccine safety, which is a misnomer. I encourage you to read the entire letter, but I will outline a few highlights from the conclusion section of the letter.
HHS can do better. With hundreds of vaccines in the pipeline it must do better.
Ahh yes, exactly what we need. More/better government. Del Bigtree isn’t concerned about stopping the hundreds of dangerous vaccines in the pipeline, he’s only concerned with making sure that they’re safe, which as we’ve already established, is impossible.
Children susceptible to vaccine injury are as deserving of protection as any other child.
Isn’t that amazing? This con-man admits to the world that children are susceptible to vaccine injury and then with a straight face wants to sell us the illusion that they can and should be protected by the same people who were responsible for their injuries in the first place.
In other words, it’s not just Big Pharma who is to blame. It’s also Congress who passed the legislation to protect them, and the FDA and HHS who have failed to ensure safety for all these years.
So, Del’s solution is to write a letter to HHS demanding that they participate in “protecting” the children who are “susceptible to vaccine injuries” – thanks to their criminal negligence, incompetence and cozy backdoor dealings with Big Pharma. More on this in a moment.
Avoiding injury to these children is not only a moral and ethical duty, but will in fact strengthen the vaccine program.
There it is. Bold, isn’t it? As we can see again, none of these sharks have any interest whatsoever in taking down Big Pharma or educating the public about the real dangers of vaccines. They want to strengthen the vaccine program. Those are Del Bigtree’s words, in his letter to HHS. If he was truly serious about avoiding injury, then he would demand an immediate halt to all vaccine programs.
Every parent that does not witness their child suffer a serious reaction after vaccination, such as a seizure or paralysis, is another parent that will not add their voice to the growing chorus of parents opposed to HHS’s vaccine program due to safety concerns.
You see? Del doesn’t want to educate us. He doesn’t want the public to learn that so-called “viral diseases” like Polio and Smallpox aren’t caused by viruses, which is why he rarely, if ever talks about these subjects. He has to protect his employers. If he lifted the veil then they would be out of business in no time.
He doesn’t tell his audience which books to read, he controls the narrative to a very specific set of talking points. This is why he uses these limiting phrases when he makes these statements – in this example, the limiting phrase is “due to safety concerns.”
This one phrase limits the conversation and keeps it held tightly, inside a box.
Another limiting phrase and deception can be found in the phrase “parents opposed to HHS’s vaccine program.” This limiting phrase creates the illusion that most parents aren’t opposed to vaccines, they’re only opposed to the program.
Vaccines are generally good! They save lives! Parents are just opposed to HHS’s program. If we can make changes and improvements to the program, then everything will be fine!
So, anyone who knows how to think ahead can see clearly what would naturally come next, right? They’d present their solution to the “dangerous vaccines” in the form of new oversight agencies, and big government/Pharma deals, disguised as “regulation.” We already know that this will happen, because it’s exactly what happened last time when they passed the 1986 Act.
Unless HHS performs its vital statutory obligations regarding vaccine safety, and until a frank conversation is possible regarding vaccine safety, children susceptible to vaccine injury will not be protected from such injuries.
Regardless of what HSS’s “statutory obligations” might be, we know that there is nothing they can do to make vaccines safer. So Del can request as many “frank conversations” as he likes but smart people know that even a thousand “frank conversations” won’t protect children from vaccine injuries.
In other words, Del is calling on HHS – one of the corrupt government agencies directly responsible for vaccine injuries, to solve the problem, and to protect our children! Ha!
Maybe we should give more power to the EPA to protect the environment while we’re at it, as well.
So when will HHS perform these “vital statutory obligations” regarding vaccine safety? How many years of Del Bigtree’s “soft-serve” activism have gone by without a single, tangible result? He’s certainly been busy writing lots of letters, filing useless lawsuits and having “frank conversations.” What has Del Bigtree accomplished in all of these years? What do we have to show for his efforts?
MORE VACCINES!
This guy is collecting millions of dollars from people all over the country to write letters. How many more years will we allow these false prophets to lead us in their never-ending fight for “safer vaccines?” Empty promises from fake, pro-vaccine shapeshifters.
Nor will children injured by vaccines be able to access the services they need.
Can you believe the lack of self-awareness it took to write this sentence?
Why would any reasonable parent want to go to the same people responsible for their child’s injury for “services?” What would be the purpose of that? So they can injure them again?
If Del Bigtree was a real leader with real integrity, then he would demand that we stop giving any and all vaccines to every single child across America, immediately. If we did that, then we wouldn’t need their worthless government “services,” because there would be no more injuries.
If you thought that last sentence was outrageous…
We can do far better in protecting and serving children who are susceptible or succumb to serious injuries from vaccination. The first step in avoiding these harms and helping children already harmed is admitting there are deficiencies and working diligently to improve vaccine safety.
Oh yes, we can do far better.
Once again, if you really want to protect children from something dangerous, isn’t the best solution to keep them as far away from the danger as possible? Del Bigtree and RFK Jr. want us to believe that these problems are merely deficiencies that can be corrected with more legislation, regulation and government.
deficiency: a lack or shortage. a failing or shortcoming.
shortcoming:
a fault or failure to meet a certain standard, typically in a person’s character, a plan, or a system
So the problem isn’t that all vaccines are dangerous, you see. It’s just that they have shortcomings. The problem is that the system simply has deficiencies. If we can just improve upon those shortcomings, then the system will magically
start working for you … it will “do better.”
You can then feel safe and continue to rely on the system.
All we really need is some more benevolent scientists and politicians to help us fix the problem and make the vaccines “safer” (less dangerous).
Del thinks that’s the “first step in avoiding these harms.” I would suggest that the first step would be to stop injecting the children with poison.
If Del Bigtree was serious about protecting children, that’s the message would be sending to Americans. STOP TAKING VACCINES.
Instead, he hides the truth and continues to sell lies about viruses and safe vaccines, while inching us closer and closer to put our trust in their system. Del Bigtree can’t tell us the truth because that would result in his employers losing profits. So he has to sell us lies mixed with half-truths and serve us ice-cream instead.
Of course I can’t definitively or conclusively prove that Del Bigtree works for the enemy (yet). But we are still just scratching the surface, and as we uncover more of his story, the picture will become clearer for you. For now, I’ll just say that it’s my opinion. You are free to continue giving him the benefit of the doubt. I’m sure that many Bigtree apologists reading this are still thinking that he’s a man of integrity, fighting the good fight and he just “can’t go too far” or risk losing the battle.
Even if you want to ascribe honest and sincere intentions to Del Bigtree, he is still the perfect pawn and salesman to lead the so-called “anti-vaccine” movement. Because the powers that be aren’t stupid, they control both sides. That’s why you should always skip door numbers 1 and 2, and go straight to door number 3.
Regardless of whether Del is a willing participant in this gigantic scam or an innocent pawn who is simply ignorant and uninformed – he is still a cog in the wheel of the grand psycop, because he’s protecting the lie of viruses, the pseudoscience of virology and selling the delusional idea that there is such a thing as a safe vaccine. Either way, whether wittingly or unwittingly, he’s participating in the illusion.
Inside of that illusion, they’ve created a fake paradigm about “vaccine safety” and have directed the focus on this, instead of where the focus should be – the true cause of illnesses, the dangerous nature of all vaccines, and the fraud of virology.
We can see this tactic employed over and over and over again by the elites. They hijacked the anti-GMO movement and turned it into a fake clown-show called the “Label GMOs” movement. They convinced the public to accept a watered down version of the real issue. Instead of focusing on the fact that GMOs are dangerous and demand that we ban the use of GMOs, let’s just make sure that every company is responsible to label their products with their poison. That solves the problem! Same bullshit script, same psychological deception games, same assholes like Del Bigtree.
When we accept the truth that illnesses are not caused by viruses, then we also understand that vaccines are a scam. The cabal can’t have that. So they will create all sorts of illusions to keep that hidden from the public and deploy agents like Del Bigtree to keep these lies protected.
Once again, so there’s no confusion – In his letter to HHS, Section VIII, Del Bigtree discusses HHS’s conflicts of interest. Throughout the letter, he also discusses the problems with the regulatory agencies (FDA and CDC) and admits that HHS is the agency that licenses, promotes, defends, recommends and mandates vaccines. If you read the entire letter you will find Del Bigtree list numerous failures and examples of corruption within HHS, the FDA, and the
CDC.
So, who does Del Bigtree go to, to help solve these problems?
HHS! Del wants to protect the three little pigs from the wolf by asking the wolf to help him! What a god damn joke!
Yes, it’s true – both RFK Jr. and Del Bigtree say that they want regulatory agencies that have “unquestioned integrity” and are “free from conflicts of interest,” to make the unavoidably unsafe vaccines, safer. In order to do that, they sent a letter to HHS, the agency partially responsible for dangerous vaccines, asking for help.
Here’s the angel they wanted us to trust with our lives and our childrens’ lives…
Alex Azar
Alex Azar is an American politician, attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the United States Secretaryof Health and Human Servicesfrom 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his post by President Donald Trumpon November 13, 2017, and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 2018.
Azar was Eli Lily’s top lobbyist and spokesman, and its senior vice president of corporate affairs and communications.
In April 2009, Azar became vice president of Lilly’s U.S. Managed Healthcare Services organization and its Puerto Ricoaffiliate.[19]In 2009, the company paid $1.415 billion to settle criminal charges regarding its promotion of antipsychoticdrug Zyprexa (olanzapine) for off-label usesbetween 1999 and 2005.
Effective January 1, 2012, Azar became president of Lilly USA, LLC, the largest division of Eli Lilly and Company, and was responsible for the company’s entire operations in the United States.[19]
Prices for drugs rose substantially under Azar’s leadership, including the tripling of the cost of the company’s top-selling insulindrug. Also under Azar’s watch, Eli Lilly was one of three companies accused in a class-action lawsuit of exploiting the drug pricing system to increase profits for insulin. Eli Lilly was also fined in Mexico for colluding on the price of insulin.[20][21]In connection with the position, Azar served on the board of directors of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, a pharmaceutical lobby.[22]
In January, 2017, Azar resigned from Eli Lily and made $2 million on his way out. In typical revolving door fashion, he was then named Secretery of HHS by Presdient Trump in November, 2017.
This is the man who is responsible for “regulating” the pharmaceutical industry and insuring the “safety” of vaccines. That’s his job.
In 2018, Alex Azar accepted RFK and Del BigTree’s legal Notice for enforcing “mandates for safer childhood vaccines” and for ensuring “vaccine safety,” an impossible task, as I’ve outlined above.
So they claim they want “good science” and regulatory agencies free of conflicts of interest, and this is the guy they reach out to for help? Is Alex Azar free from conflicts of interest?
While he was working at Eli Lilly,
Azar oversaw the sale of some of the company’s most profitable and controversialproducts. These include: recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), which Lilly bought from Monsanto and which increase the risk of developing breast and gastrointestinal cancers’ Thimerosal, a mercury-containing vaccine preservative linked to neurodevelopmental problems in infants and children; and Prozac, a highly profitable drugs used to treat depression that was later found to actually do nothing more than a placebo to decrease most forms of depression but instead increased suicidal tendencies.
This is the man that was tasked with “assuring the safety, effectiveness, quality, and security of pharmaceutical products manufactured and sold in the U.S, including the “safety” of vaccines.”
This is the guy that Del Bigtree thought would help solve the “safety” problem, back in 2017/2018.
Eli Lilly is the inventor and was the primary manufacturer of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative used in vaccines that is linked to autism and other neurological disorders. Prior to employment at Eli Lilly, under George W. Bush, Azar was general counsel and later deputy secretary of HHS at the time the decision was made to give an expedited efficacy and safety review to Gardasil, a vaccine for human papilloma virus produced by Merck that has enormous safety issues.”
As general counsel (head attorney) for HHS, Azar participated in the Autism Omnibus Proceeding that denied more than 5000 claims of vaccine injury, even though HHS settled one of the test cases that found that Hannah Poling’s autism was indeed caused by vaccine injury.”
Does Alex Azar sound like a man of integrity to you? In other words, Del Bigtree wants to hire the fox to guard the hen house. This is the best we can do in our fight against Big Pharma. A Big Pharma loyalist and vaccine demon.
Thankfully, Alex Azar is no longer at HHS, but the point is that during his tenure in 2017/2018, this is the person that RFK Jr. and Del Bigtree entrusted to “protect children” and provide safety reports, improve vaccine “safety,” promote the development of childhood vaccines and strengthen the vaccine program.
I hope you can see that this is nothing but a massive dog and pony show and Del Bigtree is a direct and active participant in this charade.
PART 5 COMING SOON.
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I am a one man operation that has been trying to filter through all the “New Aged” worldwide propaganda preached to the truth community / freedom fighters through fake “truth gurus/mentors”, so that i can bring you the “actual” truth. I have been doing this since 2016 and went mainstream in 2018. These “wolves in sheeps clothing” are “planted” within the community as “Gatekeepers” to, sow division, utilize delay/deflect tactics misinform and mislead the “free-thinkers” or anyone that opposes the “Occultist Hidden Hand” or “Shadow Government” , straight to the slaughterhouse.
I would like to say thanks to all the fellow “watchmen”, “Shill Hunters” and “Genuine truthers/researchers/free thinkers” working tirelessly around the clock out there, putting yourself in the trenches, laying it all on the line by sounding the alarm over the last several years, sacrifices have been made, reputations tarnished, online friends and family members have been lost and lots more put on the back burner. You are the real warriors of the so called “End Times”. The unsung Heroes.
Nobody said it was going to be easy. Keep On Fighting The Good Fight.
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The House of Colonna are an imperial bloodline. The Colonnas manage the Grand Lodge of Ireland and are a top authority of the The Freemasonic Oddfellow Order with Prince Oddone Colonna. They also oversee the Freemasonic Royal Order of Jesters with the Italian comedian and actor Prince Urbano Riario Sforza Barberini Colonna di Sciarra. The German Roman Catholic Furstenberg family work with the Colonnas and also co-manage the Royal Order of Jesters which have been caught for sex trafficking. Paul Sciarra founded Pinterest and is worth a half of billion. The Colaninno family are a covert north Italian branch of the Colonnas. The Colaninnos run Piaggio with Roberto Colaninno and his son Matteo Colaninno who is an Italian politician. Read More
Princess Lucrezia Colonna di Stigliano and this branch of the Colonnas lives in Ireland. Her sister is Princess Vittoria and her father is Prince Prospero. Prince Prospero Colonna di Stigliano is covertly managing the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and Grand Lodge of Ireland. The Colonna di Stiglianos of Ireland have a close alliance with the Irish Guinness banking family. Freemasonry uses two pillars or columns in their temples which covertly symbolizes the two Colonna princely lines of Stigliano and Paliano
Prince Prospero Colonna di Stigliano is covertly controlling the Grand Lodge of Ireland and overseeing the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. Cardinal Timothy Dolan the Archbishop of New York works under the Colonnas
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I am a one man operation that has been trying to filter through all the “New Aged” worldwide propaganda preached to the truth community / freedom fighters through fake “truth gurus/mentors”, so that i can bring you the “actual” truth. I have been doing this since 2016 and went mainstream in 2018. These “wolves in sheeps clothing” are “planted” within the community as “Gatekeepers” to, sow division, utilize delay/deflect tactics misinform and mislead the “free-thinkers” or anyone that opposes the “Occultist Hidden Hand” or “Shadow Government” , straight to the slaughterhouse.
I would like to say thanks to all the fellow “watchmen”, “Shill Hunters” and “Genuine truthers/researchers/free thinkers” working tirelessly around the clock out there, putting yourself in the trenches, laying it all on the line by sounding the alarm over the last several years, sacrifices have been made, reputations tarnished, online friends and family members have been lost and lots more put on the back burner. You are the real warriors of the so called “End Times”. The unsung Heroes.
Nobody said it was going to be easy. Keep On Fighting The Good Fight.
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(Gang Stalking Surfers) “In 1941 a group of psychiatrists at the Tavistock Clinic saw that the right questions were asked in Parliament in order to secure the means to try new measures. As a result they were asked to join the Directorate of Army Psychiatry, and did so as a group.” –Tavistock Institute
They wind you up because they know what makes you tick. Tavistock Clinic studied “shell shock” (post-traumatic stress) in WWI but switched to developing psychological warfare in 1922. Rather than helping traumatized soldiers, it calculated their breaking points. Tavistock shock doctrine now permeates global life. Their social engineers are a Who’s Who: Freud, Jung, Adler, Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion, Edward Bernays, Eric Trist, A.K. Rice, Eric Miller, Aldous Huxley, R.D. Laing, and more.
Tavistock sent German-born psychologist, Kurt Lewin, to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1945 to establish the Research Center for Group Dynamics. In the United States, Lewin is the founder of ‘Social Psychology.’ The Center moved to the University of Michigan in 1948 where it became the Institute for Social Research, and continued to co-opt legitimate psychosocial research and exploit mass psychology. By then, the original Clinic became part of Britain’s National Health Service.
In 1946, the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations split off a policy-making “mother of all think tanks,” publically claiming to research and direct groups and organizations while it continued massive covert operations in social engineering. The think tank registered as a charity in September 1947, in London, England. It devised and spread interdisciplinary models of Group Relations and training in management, administration and sociopolitics. Promoting creativity and organizational policy, it remains an influential intelligence organization tied to MI6, CIA, Project Paperclip German scientists, The Rockefeller Foundation, and cryptocracy.
Founder, John Rawlings Rees, claimed: “Public life, politics and industry should all … be within our sphere of influence…If we are to infiltrate the professional and social activities of other people I think we must imitate the Totalitarians and organize some kind of fifth column activity! We must aim to make it permeate every educational activity in our national life … We have made a useful attack upon a number of professions. The two easiest of them naturally are the teaching profession and the Church: the two most difficult are law and medicine.”
Former MI6 Intelligence officer, John Coleman, first exposed their covert activities with his insider knowledge in The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations: Shaping the Moral, Spiritual, Cultural, Political, and Economic Decline of the United States of America: “The enemy is clearly identifiable as the Committee of 300, the Club of Rome, NATO,the Black Nobility, CFR and all of its affiliate organizations, the think tanks, and research institutes controlled by Stanford and … last, but certainly not least, the military establishment.”
Coleman includes the Eastern Liberal Establishment “aristocracy,” its banks, insurance companies, giant corporations, petroleum cartels, foundations, communications networks, publishing houses, radio and television networks and the movie industry. Mission creep has penetrated organizations far beyond ‘the Tavi,’ and they are scripting our wars, our lives and our future. As the power behind the think tank thrones, instead of “doctoring the soul”, the clone organizations systematically attack it. The consensual goals of mental health and group relations parted company. The promise became a curse.
The World’s Most Influential Think Tank
“By Names and Images are powers awakened and re-awakened.” ~Golden Dawn
What if everything you were brought up to think about society, all layers of cultural meaning, about healing and freedom are wrong? What if someone was subverting your beliefs, ideas and values with behavioral tricks to use them against you? In ‘the world according to Tavistock,’ social drivers are disguised as their exact opposites to create a worldview that is illusory, reinventing the world in distorted form.
Tavistock invented what you ‘should’ believe. It is no accident we have become victims of future shock in the Long Crisis, a battle for your soul. Ego is mental structure, not a separate entity from soul. Whether you view it psychologically or spiritually, soul is structured through ego development with mental forms – words and images. It can also be fragmented with them. We lose our soul when we lose our dreams.
What appears progressive, nurturing or ‘good’ can have exactly the reverse effect. But seeing the world as it is, not as we are told or wish it to be, brings us closer to real solutions. Turning away from or denying the darkness doesn’t make it go away. Embodying our collective shadow, Tavistock is a hydra-headed Secret Agent that runs rampant, aggravating the interconnecting set of global problems.
How is the mind bent and toward what ends? The masses are bent through control of resources and the environment, mind control, massive manipulation, crisis and social turbulence. Nonprofit foundations have teamed with corporate, military and governmental entities to form a covert control force. The art of war became a management problem. Unintended consequences result. Under the guise of ‘prevention’ they create oppression.
Cultural psychology was used to assess the enemy mentality. The original “Tavi-stalkers” didn’t stop with the enemy and rewriting history. They spread their “Tavistock Method” theory and practice of mass mind control into all strategic institutions. Their psystrat — turning reality inside out — had multiple vectors, unifying levels of strategy to produce fractal control effects.
Once you learn how to organize behavior — “joint optimization” — you know how to disorganize it with value-dilemmas in groups and international networks. Chaos Theory describes increases in complexity. The contemporary environment is a ‘turbulent field’ in which the amount of disorder is increasing to the limit of a ‘vortical’ state in which healthy adaptation is impossible.
The “talking cure” became the signature of the “Tavistock Method,” and a blanket solution (with psychotropic drugs) to mental distress. The character-building method is self-questioning and psychiatric investigation. While therapy gives empathy a mirroring face, it also substitutes a surrogate parent with sanctimonious certitude for self-care and self-regulation.
When Tavistock pioneers began exploring the psyche, it was terra incognita. Now that once unknown ground is riddled with the twisted roots of Tavistock’s insidious penetration and experimentation which has permeated the collective psyche. Modulating someone’s internal state is a powerful form of control using the power of narrative, imagery and frequency. Conditioning replaces external constraint with internal compulsions on both essence and substance.
Tavistock’s goal is a subtle sinister control agenda that no one engaging in therapeutic activities could imagine from surface appearances. Have we been unwittingly “sleeping with the enemy,” inducing trauma even as we try to heal it? The cure is a poison. Rather than healing the sick, Tavistock deliberately makes the healthy ill.
Untrustable “Brain Trust”
“What we traditionally have meant by human perception, (vision, insight, ethical judgment, discriminating between reality and illusion) has been effectively shut down, almost surgically replaced by the virtual vision machine of the militarized imagination. We are suddenly rendered vulnerable to the new virtual myths about the supposedly hygienic character of posthuman warfare.” –Arthur Kroker
Tavistock’s tentacles are holographic feedback loops of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual control. The lies are different in each dimension of experience. Their backdoors and wormhole shortcuts among cultural institutions have created a stranglehold on global culture.
Unpacking each association reveals widespread effects encompassing Intelligence, Military, Government, NGOs, Economics, InfoTech, Mass Media, Philosophy, Occult, Religion, Science, Academia, Psychology, Psychiatry, Medicine and Zeitgeist (Worldview). Co-opting ancient occult principles, Tavistock took the healing principles of Freud and Jung and aimed it at mass psychology in a controlling way.
The means mirror the early relationship of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, who wound up with a six-year nervous breakdown when Freud essentially brainwashed him. Freud displays a pattern of turning his ‘heretical’ followers into mental cases, even suicides — Jung in 1913, Victor Tausk in 1919, Herbert Silberer in 1923, and Wilhelm Reich in 1927.
Freud broke their personalities down providing a model that his ‘magical child’ Tavistock used as a modus operandi on many social fronts. Tavistock began with research on “shell shock” or post-traumatic stress, propaganda and applied mind control. They have broken down our whole country with collective ego death. They have used Jung’s metaphysics to remythologize and “spiritualize” society, using the memes of ‘hope’ and ‘change’ as dope for the New Age.
Civilizations need a myth to live. Irrespective of national sovereignty, Tavistock’s foundation ideology orchestrates archetypal battles of ‘good and evil’ by futuring in all cultural domains toward totalitarian ends. Arguably in doing so, they have distorted civilization, morals, psychology, history and religion. They have seized a monopoly on human judgment. The equivalent Russian program is “Psychoecology” from the Psychotechnology Research Institute.
Futuring includes six synergetic aspects: 1) mapping acceleration, 2) anticipating, 3) timing, 4) deepening the future, 5) creating alternatives to the present and 6) transformation. Aspirational futuring and analysis includes environmental scanning, forecasts, scenarios, visions, audacious goals and understanding change and strategic issues. Trends identify key forces shaping the future. Environmental scanning includes global, local, political, economic, technological, environmental and social trends. Roadmaps help us visualize strategies and collaborative foresight. Paradigms underpin the assumed truths of our logic.
“Without Tavistock, there would have been no WWI and WWII, no Bolshevik Revolution, Korea, Vietnam, Serbia and Iraq wars. But for Tavistock, the United States would not be rushing down the road to dissolution and collapse.” –John Coleman
The geopolitical and psychosocial Game of Life is rigged. To understand mass psychology, you need to know the real rules of engagement. Their world is governed by appearance–not reality. There are so many global extinction stories on television now because life, as we have known it for the duration of mankind, is under grave threat of extinction.
The energy shortage, rise of food prices, scandals in government, and unwinnable wars against ideas like ideologies and “terrorism” are the first harbingers of the approaching mega-crisis. There are two routes from here: that of stagnation and eventual total collapse, and that of flexibility and growth, which could lead to a golden age. Chaos Theory reveals both catastrophe (bifurcation) and renewal are likely inevitable.
The real crisis is this war conducted inside your head by those who do not have your best interests at heart, by those who program you for exploitation while robbing you of rights and freedoms. Events take place along a utopian/dystopian spectrum, which ranges in the individual from euphoria to dysphoria.
Underlying forces are playing your underlying forces, modulating your moods like an emotional organ. Conflict, fear and trauma are used to manipulate and control individuals and whole populations. Drugs are ever more readily available, legally and illegally. The transnational drug, prostitution and child trafficking trades support even more black ops “social engineering” in other areas. Organized stalking and electronic torture protocols are hardcore social engineering devices.
The depth psychology models of Freud and Jung, the inherent nature of the psyche and human response to trauma have been played against our dreams of a better tomorrow. Tavistock created protocols to deliberately initiate and manipulate breakdown and programming, in both individuals and in the masses. Reinforcing this with media manipulation has created a conformist society. Framing the narrative of world events, it has manufactured history according to its own agenda.
It has done so with a mystique of authority, through a compartmentalized global network of think tanks and non-profit organizations, which promote the same agenda of social engineering, population control and exploitation. Spanning the entire sociopolitical spectrum, they have spread their shadow over the globe as an uninvited trance. Another Tavistock alumni, Edward Bernays (double nephew of Freud), turned his understanding of mass psychology into the shameless public relations and advertising juggernaut of consumerism.
Silent War
“In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world.” –Bernays
Covert forces are playing on your unconscious mind. With global hypnosis, they have made themselves the rudder on the ship of state, setting policy, advising and dominating governments, corporations, and the educational structure. The shortlist of Tavistock’s fellow globalist institutions includes The Rockefeller Foundation, CIA, MI6, Stanford Research Institute, Brookings Institute, RAND Corporation, Club of Rome, Council on Foreign Relations, IMF, PNAC, Pilgrim’s Society, Wharton School, NASA, and World Bank.
Probably the easiest way to understand the convoluted history and absorb the complex psychoecology of Tavistock’s penetration of culture and the cryptocracy is to watch some of the classic videos that can be found searching the subject online. Relationships of certain individuals and groups are matters of public record. Tavistock tailors programs to specific situations as well as setting standards in psychiatry, psychology and organizational management. It declared itself the ultimate authority on mental health and human relations. Divergent thought is declared ‘crazy’ or ‘antisocial.’
Programs with proven historical contexts originating or rooted in Tavistock “brain trust” include: “War on Terror,” “War on Drugs,” “Total Information Awareness,” “Full Spectrum Dominance,” Joint Vision 2020, “Shock & Awe,” “New Left,” “Basic English,” propaganda, narco-capitalism, social engineering, psystrat, and “Open Government,” and “Infowar.” You can’t really wage war against an idea, but you can campaign for and against them.
In their endless bag of demonic tricks we also find: behavioral modification, mass brainwashing, “buzzwords,” memes, suppressed science, manufactured wars, counterculture, LSD, New Age, cults, -isms, disinformation, false-flag ops, crisis creation, postmodern apocalypse theory, presence-in-absence, manufactured psychological shocks and stress, encounter groups, Aquarian Conspiracy, corporate feudalism and more.
There is a psychosocial war for your mind, your body; even your soul. By making their mental health guidelines and human relations practice the standard, Tavistock became the decentralized arbiter of what is considered sane and what is deemed ‘crazy.’ But they have employed the devices of toxic interaction and deployed them against the populace. By framing reality, naming the issues and producing iconic imagery, they have sold us a media gloss that simulates and substitutes the “Big Lie” for truth. “Too big to fail” and bailouts are recent examples.
Dirty tricks include the double-bind, “crazy-making behavior,” forced choice, dual reality and organized stalking to name a few. Since WWII, this psyops strategy has allowed them to achieve “full-spectrum dominance” of the cultural landscape. They are inside your head from the cradle to the grave, using every control mechanism known to behavioral science, creating and fulfilling your desires with programming and emotional manipulation. Everyone senses it at some level, but who does anything about it?
“Bourne Again” Mindbenders
“We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.” –James Paul Warburg
In the Bourne Identity 2002-2007 film series, a take-off on the Tavistock-inspired CIA’s MK Ultra program, hypno-patsy Jason Bourne learns how intelligence eats its own. As the series unfolds, we see how mind control and programmed assassins are used to steer sociopolitical “reality,” while concealing and erasing memory of the mindbending puppetmasters. Only the biggest lies are ‘too big to fail.’
The irony is, in this sense, “we the people” are all “Bourne Again.” Not surprisingly, the fourth film of the franchise is on the way, and a first-person shooter video game is already here. The seduction/murder perps who pull the ‘magic trigger’ on the smoking gun have perfected the art of ‘hiding in plain sight’ in their Magic Kingdom. Tavistock is the rudder on the pirate ship of the state.
They don’t even care if we know how it works because ‘plausible deniability’ has become irrelevant in the Theatre of Cruelty that molds minds with metaphysics and the occult while shattering our perceptions. “The Secret” of reality creation is that it’s beyond your control, far out of reach of your wishful thinking. The new Holy Trinity of our warring instincts is money/sex/power. The GOD we learned to worship is Gold/Oil/Drugs.
Riding the coattails of “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962), a B horror movie, “The Mindbenders” (1963), depicted Dirk Bogarde as the victim of British brainwashers who isolated, water tanked him and destroyed his marriage. Mindbender scientists discover that eight nightmarish hours of water tank isolation equates with eight months of intense brainwashing.
Apparently someone in Britain knew what was going on at Tavistock. The Mindbenders break both the volunteers and their relationships, inducing dissociation. Freud proved that broken relationships and imposed sexual repression can be used as a weapon, spreading emotional contagion and arousing primitive emotions in targeted populations. Emotions can simultaneously be used to build entire mythic systems.
Tavistock’s “Time Machine”
“All news is lies and all propaganda is disguised as news.” –Willi Muzenberg
Just outside London, Tavistock Institute is the sloganeering nerve center of a global psywar apparatus that attacks our collective conscious and unconscious relentlessly. Established after World War I, the original Tavistock Clinic developed psychological warfare for British intelligence.
More than an international institution, Tavistock became a nonlocal community of practice — a dark “invisible college,” the Castaglia of the cryptocracy. Tavistock’s grandmother is the drug empire of the British East India Company and Theosophical esoterics, Aleistar Crowley, Helena P. Blavatsky and Alice Bailey. Its grandfather is “The Open Conspiracy” of H.G. Wells, Bertrand Russell, Cecil Rhodes and Fabian socialists. The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) helped create the Fabian Society.
Tavistock is the paranoid child of the Liepzig and Frankfurt Schools of critical thinking and behaviorism. The psychodynamics of Freud and Jung are its godparents. But Tavistock’s birth mother was a whore — a propaganda front called Wellingon House, known as “The Lie Factory.”
One of Plato’s tricks was “forbidding the question.” His Republic is a blueprint for tyrannical systemic philosophical control. ‘The Big Lie,’ a hypnotic propaganda technique, is rooted in Plato’s ‘Noble Lie,’ the myth knowingly told by the elite to maintain social control.
We live in Luciferian duality. Using ‘time’ as their fulcrum, Tavistock’s explorations in crafting reality became exploitations, selling Utopian idealism to the New Left and patriotic Homeland Security to the born-again Right. Pitting them eternally against one another is a neo-con racket that molds all political party themes. The game is collapsing the traditional world. They employ both religious and secular currents in the same way, playing both sides against the middle in a classical Hegelian Dialectic.
Grinding the Gears of Paradigm Shift
“A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.” – Bertrand de Jouvenel
Turning ‘Great Game’ strategies on the public, Tavistock’s agenda transcends institutional boundaries, hoodwinking us about the nature of reality with stealth psystrat, media and cultural tactics while imposing and maintaining control through the collective psyche. The seat of power has switched from a pyramidal to a holographic power structure.
Intelligence tricks are deployed from the heart of the machinery of state to engineer the consistent illusions of our psychosocial culture — an interactive fiction. The social glue of trust has dried and cracked, leaving less than enlightened self-interest in an “I’ll get mine first,” mentality.
Tavistock is now selling downshifting income, aging lean and collective ego death through the razzle-dazzle of apocalyptic archetypes. Modulating someone’s internal state is a powerful form of control using the power of imagery. Conditioning replaces external constraint with internal compulsions on both essence and substance.
The destiny of individual freedom depends on maintaining critical ethical judgment and a clarity that can filter out propaganda and rebel against it. Too bad, even our rebellions are planned well in advance, orchestrated and controlled. The ‘story’ must be continually upgraded to keep the ‘audience’ engaged.
Tavistock is a ‘strange attractor’ in the global psychodynamic field. It has brought us all to the self-organizing state of criticality – the precipitous boundary of chaos and order. We need to develop filters against such psychic infiltration. In such radical crisis the individual must courageously refuse to assent to totalitarian power.
Cultural Hegemony
“The core of the belief in progress is that human values and goals converge in parallel with our increasing knowledge. The twentieth century shows the contrary. Human beings use the power of scientific knowledge to assert and defend the values and goals they already have. New technologies can be used to alleviate suffering and enhance freedom. They can, and will, also be used to wage war and strengthen tyranny. In the twentieth century, these technologies were used to implement state terror and genocide on an unprecedented scale. Ethics and politics do not advance in line with the growth of knowledge — not even in the long run.” –John Gray, Heresies
Forms of cultural hegemony include psychological, spiritual, emotional, political, social, military, economic, medical and intellectual oppression and domination. Certain research projects are suppressed by dogmatic science. Like any ideology, Tavistock asks us to believe its deceptive promises and refrain from questions about what they don’t tell. ‘Lies of omission’ control the highs and lows of our expectations and the controlled demolition of the boom and bust economy. To think otherwise may be painfully naive.
Most of us don’t expect them to manufacture ideologies and phony enemies to mobilize the masses. We don’t expect them to engage in covert dirty tricks, secretly foment revolutions or use deceptive diplomacy to execute a secret social and occult agenda. We can hardly believe anyone would actively work against our health and welfare, destroying the food chain, good air, water and earth, not to mention developing biological weapons.
We don’t expect them to engineer arrested development, family breakdown, homosexuality, abortion and the Women’s Liberation movement. We don’t expect them to use ‘planning theory’ and pop culture to foster alienation and dysfunction. We don’t expect them to poison the well of global society in their undeclared war on humanity. We must learn to see through what they do as coercion, using their occult techniques of crisis creation and management. Their initial project — Operation Research on military management techniques — was turned on civilians.
Authority for Authority
Tavistock is an immersive process, a transnational inter-agency collaboration, whose ‘research’ is best evaluated by its real-world phenomena — the cumulative effects of machinations, trendspotting, memes, and propaganda. They look at effects, then find the causes to produce them. They begin with solutions and find the problems they solve. They create media and products to satisfy needs that don’t yet exist. They shape the world by shaping opinion.
Even ‘sanitized,’ their programs have global repercussions. In quantum information theory, if all records of an event are de-correlated from it, then by definition there is no way to know whether this event has ever happened. This situation is indistinguishable from its not having happened.
Our only defense is awareness and DIY mind control. But the torrent of information is manipulated to guide our motivations while engineering consensus by repackaging myths, memes and metaphors. In the 1960s, the Milgram Experiment demonstrated the draconian perils inherent in authority overriding personal conscience to compliantly “follow orders” to inflict psychophysical harm on others. The sun shines alike on torture and compassion.
Multimedia quietly changes our thoughts and opinions, creating a mashup of fiction and reality — a ‘friction’ that rubs everyone the wrong way. The magic circle of the hypnotic primetime television schedule holds all in its restrictive spell of dominion with celebrity ringmasters honing their witchcraft. We stare blankly, enthralled with the trainwreck of intelligence and common sense.
While it captures the appearance of things, mimesis holds up an illusory mirror. Catharsis creates communal emotional discharge that orchestrates identification with group feelings. To Freud, catharsis was the traumatic transfer of a memory [“meme-ory”, collectively] from the unconscious to the conscious. Though it effectively empties us of our own potentially meaningful creative content, the culture is addicted to it.
Rather than purging our pathologies, emotional ventilation voyeuristically facilitates them. It evokes them with daily rituals. Simulation becomes second nature like breathing — we are The Sims. First-person shooter games are Transmodern scapegoating. What we ‘Discover’ on one channel becomes ‘History’ on another. As one commentator put it, “Armageddon is the new black.”
Prisoner’s Dilemma: Crisis Creation & Human Bondage
“The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values.” –Zbigniew Brzezinsky, Between Two Ages: America’s Role in the Technetronic Era, 1970
Everywhere is Ground Zero. Not reserving their techniques for the enemy, Tavistock spread their contagious theory and practice of mass mind control into all strategic institutions. Tavistock wrote the blueprint for global domination, a triumph of image over substance. The ‘hydraulic model’ of tensions has given way to the Field Theory of full-spectrum domination. The holographic structure is everywhere contained in its fractal satellites, each of which contains the entire program and can take over where others fail.
They wrote the book on propaganda, prognostication and profiling — the staples of the full-spectrum surveillance society. They have contrived history. Fractured facts mixed with fiction produces “Pulp Friction.” The simulation substitutes for reality. An occult ritual is a play with audience participation that changes you in the alchemical process.
Funded by British royalty, Rothschilds, Rockefellers, the Federal Government and Wall Street, they invoked “the secret” of transmuting infinite symbols of transformation into infinite power. Without wielding overt control, the Tavistock blitz influences the direction and effects of virtually every human endeavor with political and psychological warfare through its web of interlinking institutions. Following the lead of the British East India Company, transnational drug money flows like the mother’s milk of black ops politics.
Through a twist of fate, the shaping of Tavistock became synonymous with the shaping of global culture by forcing unwelcome changes and seizing psychological control of the human race. The brainwashing institute has twisted our beliefs into their very opposites by collapsing our psychic boundaries. Now, we are permanently “shell shocked.” When we lose our story we lose our history.
Holographic Power Structure
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind.” –George Orwell
The Tavistock agenda creates macro-trends, such as the “New Left” and militant activism as counter point to Neocon manipulation through radical religious policies and bunkered militia-mentality. It is a primary polarizing entity at work throughout all levels of society, playing both sides against the middle. It creates outside adversaries through propaganda and projection, such as distracting terror, drugs and media wars. Viable solutions simply aren’t allowed and are actively suppressed.
A Rockefeller grant gave birth to the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London in 1947. Tavistock joined with Kurt Lewin’s Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) at the University of Michigan the next year and begin disseminating human relations literature, relating theory to practice, including promotion of change, engineering consensus, mass persuasion, breakdown of cognitive structure, and overcoming resistance.
Globalist Change Agents
“Countless people… will hate the new world order… and will die protesting against it… When we attempt to evaluate its promise, we have to bear in mind the distress of a generation or so of malcontents…” – H.G. Wells, The New World Order, 1939
The Cryptocracy is involved in the occult “alchemical processing” of mass consciousness by psychological manipulation. With the help of foundations and secret societies, experiments in world shaping continue multimedia and military campaigns. The goal of social engineering is seeding and controlling megatrends so the masses live as controlled puppets, wage slaves of the ruling elite.
Tavistock’s agenda is used to create and topple governments. Entire populations are controlled through drugs and sophisticated psychological techniques, including group dynamics. Disciplines include anthropology, economics, organizational behavior, political science, psychoanalysis, psychology and sociology.
They are selling collective ego death with apocalyptic visions. Any technique which breaks down the family unit, and inculcated principles of religion, honor, patriotism and sexual behavior, is used by Tavistock scientists as a weapon of control. Now a war of extermination is waged on the small American farmer through high-interest loans and bankruptcy.
Corpoglomerate land trusts gain while our diet suffers.
Futurist programs identify discontinuities and emerging dilemmas. Discontinuities challenge business as usual and dilemmas demand new ways of thinking about complex problems. Together, discontinuities and dilemmas provide a vista of new practices and points of view that shape tomorrow’s organizations and today’s choices.
Over the years, Tavistock’s healing emphasis changed until there was a sinister slant to the research in eugenics, political and cultural engineering by the mid-1930’s. There are rumors of an earlier version of Tavistock, which trained Lenin, and later after WWI, Adolph Hitler (Hallet).
With the outbreak of World War II, Tavistock operatives took effective control of the Psychological Warfare Directorate of the British Army, while its allied network in the United States embedded itself in the American psychological warfare apparatus, including the Committee on National Morale and the Strategic Bombing Survey.
By war’s end, the combined influence of Tavistock and of the former Frankfurt School operatives, had created what Director Rees called a cadre of several thousand “psychological shock troops,” and “cultural warriors.” Today that network numbers several millions around the world, and is the single most important factor in determining the design and content of mass media product.
By WWII, Tavistock was a real MI 6 Agency and its stress-related techniques were well advanced. They knew how to relieve mental, and emotional pain and also amplify it, physically and psychologically. In fact, Tavistock’s recommendations for excessive use of force were used tragically by Winston Churchill in the terrifying fire bombing of Dresden and Hamburg.
Sigmund Freud was Tavistock’s “prophet” and first director, followed by his daughter, Anna. Tavistock programs were used to program the postwar leaders of Germany’s government, churches, schools, corporations, etc., from among the POWs who were easy to manipulate.
Research into the use of microwave weapons and their use for mind control (psychotronics) began in 1950s at the Tavistock Institute, one of Britain’s leading psychiatric research establishments. The UK institute was researching into ways of mind controlling the British population without them knowing. Its main US branch is in the University of Michigan. The same principles were used to create pop culture and counterculture, so even societal rebellion is a programmed trend to channel and discredit opposing energy.
Freud’s nephew, a principle at Tavistock Institute, Edward Bernays is the godfather of propaganda and the “engineered consent” of Madison Avenue. He took Freud’s principles of mass psychology and applied them to social exploitation, numbing and manipulation of the masses. He created consumerism.
Games, Scripts & Rackets
Popular culture is engineered to brainwash each of us from cradle to grave. Trends and megatrends are manufactured, engineered by corporations. Nothing happens in politics or society by accident.
The Nazi’s employed techniques outlined by Bernays in the book Propaganda, and later brought them to the US under Operation Paperclip where they were picked up by CIA and subsequently morphed into mind control programs such as cyborg assassins and MK Ultra. Similar programs were instituted in the USSR.
In the wake of the Enlightenment, the notion of an intellectual elite arose. A distinguished social stratum can be traced far back into classical history. Elite classes of intellectuals or well-educated people emerged in most European countries.
The intelligentsia (e.g., artists, mystics, psychologists, psychiatrists, scientists and teachers) engages in complex mental and creative labor directed into the development and dissemination of culture. Bohemians were the forerunner of what we can call the ‘psychedelic intelligentsia’ and today’s New Age spiritual fusion.
Utopian socialism is the philosophical root of modern socialist thought. Anyone can be a utopian socialist, but the trend emerged in the 19th century. From the mid-19th century onwards, other branches of socialism overtook utopianism in popularity. But groups such as the Fabians continued working their strategic agendas behind the scenes of perpetual class struggle.
Societies are cyclic, always in a continual process of constructing themselves and destructing from within. Utopian socialists are forerunners of communal hippie life, intentional communities and cooperatives. Utopian nostalgia is exemplified in the Star Trek and Star Wars philosophy. Its dystopian reflection is The Matrix, the postmodern Brave New World where nothing is believable nor trustable.
Quasi-socialist intellectuals created hypothetical visions of perfect egalitarian and communal societies without actually concerning themselves with the manner in which these societies could be sustained. Yet, they shared a dream, which for the world at large has become a mind control nightmare. And so, we medicate. around the same time. CIA also spreads propaganda across the entire political spectrum through founding and funding front organizations.
“There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution.” — Aldous Huxley, Tavistock Group, California Medical School, 1961.
Tavistock is married to Big Pharma by psychiatry. The paradoxical Greek word “pharmakon” can be translated as ‘drug,’ which means both remedy and poison. In Plato’s Pharmacy, Derrida traces its meanings in Plato’s dialogues: remedy, poison (either the cure or the illness or its cause), philter, drug, recipe, charm, medicine, substance, spell, artificial color, and paint.
The alchemists also call their elixir or panacea both a cure and a poison, describing the dangers of the interactive field experience, including failure to recognize trance states. Derrida notes, “This pharmakon, this medicine, this philter, which acts as both remedy and poison, already introduces itself into the body of the discourse with all its ambivalence.” Tavistock ‘paints’ a picture of the world (simulacrum; textual trance) and we must embrace it.
Because the pharmakon is artificial and comes from outside rather than from within, it always has side effects. When not treating a disease, a psychotropic becomes dope. The pharmakon is the paradoxical medium in which opposites are opposed and contradictory meanings play out. It is a war of opposites Freud saw as a life/death struggle and Jung saw as a death/rebirth mystery of cyclic passages and renewal. Rebirth is the mythic enactment of “the one story” whose pattern is found in every narrative.
Culture takes place in between the war of life and death. Those caught between two stages of development without clearly defined social identities, feel marginal, excluded, without identity or influence. “Outsiders” occupy an edge realm of creative potential for new ideas and concepts and so pose a threat to the establishment.
Relationships and social status are negotiated at the threshold. We are either rejected from or welcomed to the other side, submitting to the rules that of that place. At the threshold, one can also enter new territory. Outsiders live beyond roles assigned by law, custom, convention, and ceremonial. As visionaries, they question, expose, critique and redefine the central values of culture.
Pharmakos, “human scapegoat” or “sacrificial slave” derives from the same root, but changing the scapegoat doesn’t change anything real. We are all victims. In Latin, victima, is a beast of sacrifice, a consecrated animal. Psychotherapy replaces the scapegoat with mind-numbing catharsis, a form of self-sacrifice, for purification and emotional purgation. Transmodern scapegoating takes place in the virtuality – first-person shooter games.
Pharmakeus means druggist, poisoner and by extension, wizard, magician, trickster or sorcerer, initiator — the spellbinding shaman/healer. Shamanism is medicine for the imagination using tricks or techniques to alter perception. Whether transformation is induced through drugs, collective dreams, behavior modification, or emotive talk therapies, the purpose is to change perception of reality. Defense mechanisms include denial, acting out, fantasy, dissociation, idealization, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalization, repression, and somatization. All can be corrected by creative self-help and self-regulation — becoming your own shaman or alchemist.
Culture Hero-Trickster
The psychotherapeutic approach to healing essentially represents order (through chaos). The shamanic approach represents chaos, often including trance, drugs, adventure and spiritual power plays. These worldviews seem divided but the true nature of reality is dynamic interplay of chaos and order. The healer is also an eternal Trickster. And the Trickster entraps by controlling perceptions, guiding the collective vision of emergent worldviews.
Soft-core brainwashing is so subliminal most people don’t recognize it. Nor do they recognize covert pressures hiding in plain sight. You can’t really fight this hydra-headed monster and you can’t flee the mindbending ‘No Exit’ game with a geographic or mental escape. They want you to escape into the virtuality and leave the ‘real’ world to them. If you withdraw into the virtuality you are no longer a protagonist in the social setting.
A state of criticality (SOC) is the governing dynamical mechanism. Various kinds of systems can be engineered into a critical state, by fine-tuning the parameters. Kindling changes can lead to cascades of morphing dynamics, avalanches of consequences. Though the ‘edge’ can be a horizon of creativity, chain reactions and catastrophic collapse are also possible.
Instead of inhabiting the United States, we are plunged into the bizarro world of imposed trance-states — the Uninvited States of America. Whether on the Left or the Right, we are played against one another in the social construction of reality (totalitarian environment) with indirect suggestion, political and religious cliches and milieu control.
We fear the results of forced choices. Loss of biometric identifiers, self-reliance, house, job, credit cards, bank account, driver’s license, spouse, family is for the most part equated with death — or worse — irrelevance. You must obey the doctrine or lose your personal identity which was created for you and will be stripped away. So don’t question too much; just follow along.
Self-care and self-regulation are your frontlines of defense in the fight for your liberty and human rights. In the culture at large, therapeutic authority has transformed personal and group relations in family, work, school, hospital, office, media, government and military. While it has taught us “better” communication, it has undermined traditional roles. Stories we consistently tell ourselves determine our reality. But, cultureis articulated by subversive innovation.
Do It Yourself mind control helps you create a reality from your experience, made of symbols weighted by metaphors. All communication is hypnotic. NLP demonstrates how even casual conversation can be loaded with sleight of mouth, cues, “embedded commands,” suggestive language patterns. Parallel realities, triggers and anchors, time binds, illusory choice, submodalities, persuasion and psychological drivers can be manipulated. You can recalibrate your own mind, instead of succumbing to injected programming.
Neurolinguistic Programming–NLP
The collective will of the people has been undercut with “shock and awe,” frustration and demoralization. Tavistock first fed us illusions as stepping-stones before weaning us on disillusion, exemplified in lowered expectations, healthcare debates and a failing greenback. Positive and negative reinforcement include “the takeaway,” turning dreams into pipe dreams and mystical manipulation. But we can always create new dreams for a new era.
Even though its agenda has jumped the boundaries of its parent organization, Tavistock has seeded chaos leading to the death of an outworn post-industrial mindset, clearing the stage for a transmodern information society with a distinctly fascist tone. Or, perhaps, as chaos theory suggests, something entirely new and wonderful will emerge from the most creative sector of society. That future is still in our hands.
References:
Coleman, John, 2005, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations: Shaping the Moral, Spiritual, Cultural, Political, and Economic Decline of the United States of America
Coleman, J., 2006, A Conspirator’s Hierarchy: The Committee of 300, 4th Edition, Global Review Publications, Inc., Las Vegas, NV.
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Putin was put into power by the Federation Of Jewish Organizations In Russia. The Jewish Chairman of this organization Abramovich stated in a 2005 interview that Putin could obtain Israeli citizenship if he wanted as an ethnic Jew. And that his mother was a Jew Shelomova. This makes Putin full Jewish by Jewish law.
Something damning in the first addition of Putin’s book: First Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia’s President. It states his mothers maiden name was Shalomovitch which is a Jewish surname. But this is changed to Shelomova in the second addition which is an attempt to cover this up:
—Vladimir Putin in the foreground, Roman Abramovich in the background.
Abramovich is chairman of the Federation of Jewish Organizations in Russia (who are allied with the Putin administration) and he also donates money to the Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Chabad-Lubavitch is an orthodox Jewish movement.
Appointed Putin and Medvedev [My note Medvdev is according to Jewish archives his surname is Mendel]
Abramovich was the first person who recommended Boris Yeltsin to choose Putin as his successor. When Putin formed his first cabinet of prime minister in 1999, the Jew Abramovich was the one who first held “personal interviews” with each of the candidates before they were approved. After that, Abramovich remained one of Putin’s closest allies.
In 2007 Putin asked this Jew, who would be elected as the new President – Dmitry Medvedev was then personally recommended by Abramovich. At the G-20 meeting in London in 2009 and the G-8 meeting in 2010, it was Medvedev who became renowned as he had with him a sample of the new supranational world currency “United Future World Currency”, which he campaigned strongly for according to Bloomberg.com.
Chris Hutchins , who has written the biographies Abramovich: The Billionaire from Nowhere and Putin A Biography, describes Putin’s relationship with Abramovich like one “between a father and his favorite son”.
Putin Judeo Masonic feat comP
Appears on Russia Today’s website
Under the heading “prominent Russians”, Roman Abramovich is highlighted in Russia Today’s encyclopedia “Russiapedia”. It says, among other things, that Abramovich had access to Jeltzins “innermost circle” through the Jewish oligarch Boris Berezovsky.
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Putin Sporting The Rotschild Family Crest / Coats Of Arms Russia
The Jewish Rothschild’s who created the Soviet Union at the top. Still own Russia, who Abramovich is a front Jew of:
Russian gov. owned Rosneft in business with Rockefeller [my note Rockefeller’s are Jewish they are of the Rothschild bloodlines] run Exxon and BP despite “sanctions.”
The Putin Government and Chubais are joint owners of RUSNANO.
In 2012, Rothschild Capital Partners bought a 37 percent stake in the Rockefeller’s wealth advisory and asset management group.
Rothschild run Glencore and the Putin Government joined forces to create the world’s largest aluminum company, RUSAL.
Russian Emblem Rothschild Emblem
The Rothschild Global Financial Advisory is located in downtown Moscow and their website brags of “high level political access” to the Russian government.
Deripaska is CEO of RUSAL.
Abramovich is Putin’s close confidant, and a joint shareholder along with the Russian government in assets such as Gazprom, Aeroflot, and RUSAL.
Putin selected close friend Oleg Deripaska to represent Russia in ABAC (APEC Business Advisory Council). Deripaska is also a close friends and RUSAL business partners with Roman Abramovich.
The Rothschild family are majority shareholders of Rio Tinto. RUSAL and Rio Tinto are involved in joint mining operations despite so called “sanctions” imposed by the West.
The Rothschild family are majority shareholders of Rio Tinto. RUSAL and Rio Tinto are involved in joint mining operations despite so called “sanctions” imposed by the West.
Nat Rothschild is a fellow RUSAL investor, and best friend of Roman Abramovich. Nat is also close friends, and RUSAL business partners with with Oleg Deripaska.
Remember the Jewish are marching the Goyim towards the Microchip:
Since 2013 in Russian Federation there will be implemented electronic identification card system (UEK – Uniwiersalnaja Eliektroniczieskaja Karta), the same as RFID. This is officially admitted by administration of Chabarovsk Country.
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I would like to say thanks to all the fellow “watchmen”, “Shill Hunters” and “Genuine truthers/researchers/free thinkers” working tirelessly around the clock out there, putting yourself in the trenches, laying it all on the line by sounding the alarm over the last several years, sacrifices have been made, reputations tarnished, online friends and family members have been lost and lots more put on the back burner. You are the real warriors of the so called “End Times”. The unsung Heroes.
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The Academy Of Divine Knowledge Is A Product Of The United Nations Satanic Lucis Trust
WE HAVE BEEN DUPED ! ! !
By False Christians: Carrie Madej, Andrew Kaufman, David Icke, Del Bigtree, False Christian Sherri Tenpenny, False Christian Judy Mikovitz, Black Nobility Master Deceiver: RFK Jr., Robert Kennedy Junior…
“Rumble” The New Video Hosting Platform (New You Tube) Censored The Original Video I Had Up And Then Deleted My Account, Permanently.
RUMBLE IS ANOTHER ZIONIST RUN PROPAGANDA PLATFORM AND IS NOT YOUR FRIEND ! ! !
False Christian: Carrie Madej, Andrew Kaufman, David Icke, Del Bigtree, False Christian Sherri Tenpenny, False Christian Judy Mikovitz, Black Nobility Master Deceiver: RFK Jr., Robert Kennedy Junior… all placed by the UN to make our transition to the NEW NORMAL more comfortable? I notice they have all gotten LOTS of attention lately but strangely none of them speak publicly about these organizations. I was in Madej’s group “Serendipity Group” social platform and she just said she would be gone for a while doing a talking tour… wonder why she didn’t tell us all about THIS? I asked her about this in a DM on her platform and she just kicked me. “Off with her head!” I hear her talk a lot about light and frequencies but not much about the Bible. She has alternately called herself a DO and an Internal Medicine Specialist. I wonder if she’s either.
UPDATE: MORE PROOF THIS IS BLACK OPS!
Robert David Steele and Sacha Stone wish to have Kevin Annett, activist who exposed SRA of indigenous Canadian children in Private Catholic Schools, involuntarily admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital! Under UK Law: “Fixated Threat Assessment Act” of 2006 (FTAA), any Commonwealth citizen, including Canadians like Kevin Annett, can be detained for “psychiatric examination” if they exhibit “unusual concern for particular issues, alleged wrongdoing or key public figures including the British Royal Family”..These actions by Stone and Steele give credence to the mounting evidence that ITNJ (International Tribunal for Natural Justice – ITNJ) is a British government front organization…” https://brutalproof.net/2021/01/asshole-of-the-year-robert-david-steele-cia-real-activists-beware
International Tribunal for Natural Justice – ITNJ is supposed to be hosting a tribunal as well? The one at the Hague is inFERIOR? Why is their process so much like the old one? AGAIN WE HAVE NO CONTROL! WHERE DO THEY GET OFF? I DIDN’T ELECT ROBERT DAVID STEELE TO BE A JUDGE ANY MORE THAN I DID BILL GATES TO BE THE WORLD”S PEDIATRICIAN!
⚠️ Sadistic Shills Aiding And Abetting The United Nations In Their Genocidal Plans And Other UN Agendas To Pave The Way For The New Order ⚠️
Alex Jones – Boncompagni-Ludovisi, Colonna, and FBI COINTELPRO Project Megiddo shill
AMTV – Boncompagni-Ludovisi and FBI COINTELPRO Project Megiddo shill
Steven Crowder – Massimo of Roccasecca shill
Judicial Watch or Tom Fitton – Odescalchi shill
Tucker Carlson from Fox News – Bourbon-Two Sicilies shill
Joe Rogan – Wittelsbach and Schwarzenberg shill
David Icke – Barons of Strange and Oddfellow shill
Jordan Maxwell – Oddfellow shill
Craig Oxley – Russell and Tavistock shill
Leo Zagami – Massimo and Leon shill
Ed from Outer Light – Esterhazy, Russell and Tavistock shill
HighImpactFlix or Brian Young – Savoy shill
Lisa Haven – Boncompagni-Ludovisi and FBI COINTELPRO Project Megiddo shill
Paul Romano or Pockets of the Future – Rothschild and Aldobrandini shill
Adam Green or Know More News – Saxe-Coburg and Gotha shill
Richie from Boston – Bourbon-Two Sicilies shill
Aplanetruth or Joe Morgan and Jamie Lee – Schwarzenberg, Bush, and DARPA shill
A Call For An Uprising – Chigi and Hell Fire Club shill
A Face Like the Sun – Massimo shill
James Corbett – Corsini shill
ReallyGraceful – Bernadotte and Spencer shill
Dahboo77 – Savoy and Bernadotte shill
Destroying the Illusion – Savoy shill
George Webb – Bush shill
Farmer Jones – Cox and Galli-Zugaro shill
Lionel Nation – Liechtenstein shill
Earth Sherriff – Habsburg shill and slanderer
Zachary K Hubbard – Zionist Goldsmith and Nazi-Wiccan Pacelli shill
RussianVids or Benjamin P Liashenko – Goldsmith and Bourbon shill
James Munder – Pacelli shill
Luke Rudowski – Hohenzollern and Radziwill shill
Dustin Nemos – Trump shill
RedPill78 – Trump shill
PrayingMedic – Medici and Glucksburg shill
Justinformed Talk – Giustiniani and Savoy shill
And We Know – Trump/Wittelsbach shill
In Pursuit of Truth – Trump shill
X22 Report – Trump shill
Blessed to Teach – Trump shill
Amazing Polly – Trump shill
Tracy Beanz – Trump shill
SGT Report – Trump shill
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Here’s an EU Times Front Page piece about the Real “Tribunal” Hmm.. Wonder why THIS isn’t live on YouTube…xD: I will be GODSMACKED if anybody pays for any of this…
You will be happy to know I went on Del’s live show today [May 13, Dr. Fleming] and blew it up with this. You should watch it just to watch him squirm. Every time his or Dr. Fleming’s eyes dart to his right they’re reading live chat and my “guest” name “Betrayed Citizen of the World” saying, “Del works for the UN! HE is teaching at the Academy of Divine Knowledge!” Take a peek! {this link} Congratulate Del and his colleagues on their Millenial Development Goals Award! Grats Del! Tell us what you teach over there to the desperate and lost!” Here’s Bigtree’s https://www.bitchute.com/video/qlnmKcLYmvKM/
THESE GUYS ARE 100% TOP TIER CIA PSYOPS! PUBLICLY. THEY ARE ON OUR SIDE PUTTING OUT GOOD INFORMATION AT A MEASURED PACE AS THEY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS ALREADY! IT’S THEIR JOB TO DECEIVE US! THEY GET A SALARY TEACHING THE NEW RELIGION FOR THE UN! THE NEW WORLD RELIGION IS A WRITTEN, INTRINSIC PART OF AGENDA 21!
WHY DON’T ANY OF THESE “DOCTORS” HAVE A PRACTICE? I AM UNDER HEAVY ELECTRONIC ATTACK (LOGGED, SEE BELOW) SINCE POSTING THIS AND THE NEXT VIDEO! I AM BLOCKED FROM COMMENTING ON BIGTREE S BITCHUTE CHANNEL WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE ON BITCHUTE… I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED ELECTRONIC OPPOSITION LIKE THIS AND I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVIST FOR OVER A DOZEN YEARS! THIS IS TOP TIER PSYOPS!
A few people have come to me with the argument: “Maybe they were just doing a talk there. Maybe they didn’t really know what the Academy was all about.”
To that I say, I am willing to stake my reputation as a reliable source of information that this is the deception I am telling you it is and here’s why:
Photos and full-coverage of my horrifying and heartbreaking Deep Dive into a Dark, Dangerous and Demonic world:
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I would like to say thanks to all the fellow “watchmen”, “Shill Hunters” and “Genuine truthers/researchers/free thinkers” working tirelessly around the clock out there, putting yourself in the trenches, laying it all on the line by sounding the alarm over the last several years, sacrifices have been made, reputations tarnished, online friends and family members have been lost and lots more put on the back burner. You are the real warriors of the so called “End Times”. The unsung Heroes.
Nobody said it was going to be easy. Keep On Fighting The Good Fight.
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