Ways to get a deeper clean - With Baking Soda.






11 Cleaners From Baking Soda To Make Your Home Sparkling Clean


Try these amazing uses for baking soda in your home right now!
By Hometalk Highlights


 



Freshen Your Carpet


Blend bay leaf, clove, 2 cups baking soda, and cornstarch for a refreshing scent on your carpet.







Create An Eco Friendly Air Freshener


Combine 1 tablespoon of baking soda with your choice of essential oil in a bottle for an environmentally safe cleaner.








Make Your Tile Squeaky Clean


Mix baking soda, soap, and hydrogen peroxide together to concoct the perfect tile cleaner.








Eliminate Common Household Stains


Use a funnel to put Dawn Soap and baking soda together to get out the toughest stains in your home.








Craft An Essential Oil Dish Soap


Mix Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap with baking soda and vegetable glycerin for a green clean to dishes.
SUPPLIES:
-Baking Soda
-Water
-Soap Dispenser (You can buy this adorable amber soap dispenser here on Amazon.)
-Pure Castile Soap (Unscented)
-Vegetable Glycerin
-Tea Tree Oil
-Grapefruit Oil
-Health Guard Oil
 STEP 1: Pour 1 1/4 Cup Water into a bowl.
 STEP 2: Pour 3/4 cup of pure-castile soap into the bowl with the water.
 STEP 3: Pour 2 Tbsp. vegetable glycerin into the mix. I've always found it hard to find vegetable glycerin, so I bought it off of Amazon. 
 STEP 4: Dump a nice tsp. of baking soda into the bowl.

STEP 5: Drop about 6 drops of grapefruit oil in as well.
(This is where you can start to customize your soap a bit according to the scent you would like.) I got this grapefruit oil from Amazon, but I also like this essential oil pack that has a variety of scents. 
STEP 6: Though you can customize your oil scents for the soap, all should have a good health shield or on guard oil added to help eliminate bacteria. Add 4-6 drops of this. Again, this is a unique product, so I got mine on Amazon for a good price.
STEP 7: To help eliminate grease add 4 drops of tea tree oil. Tea tree oil has a ton of benefits, and they're great for getting rid of grease. You can check out this whole selection of types on Amazon. 
STEP 8: Mix your concoction up and you will start to see it sudsing up! Remove the pump from your soap dispenser and pour the mixture through a funnel into your soap bottle.

Now you are all ready to get some dishes done! Isn't this soap bottle adorable?! I got it on Amazon, and I love it!
Look at all those suds! I know initially getting all these ingredients can feel expensive compared to just grabbing a bottle of Palmolive or Dawn, but you barely use any of the ingredients for a pretty substantial batch and have loads left over for the future. You also have to consider all the great benefits of going green!







Clean Up Those Window Tracks


Scrub clean the tracks of your window with a mixture of white vinegar and baking soda.









Make Your Washing Machine Shiny And Clean Again


Use Heinz All Natural Vinegar diluted with ½ water, and scrub with baking soda.

 
 Start with a bottle with a mixture of 1/2 water 1/2 vinegar.


 

 











Create Dishwasher Tablets


In an ice tray, combine citric acid, washing soda, and baking soda for a quick and easy clean to your dishes.
 Combine citric acid, washing soda, baking soda and essential oils to make these simple tablets to make your dishes shine!
Directions are simple. Combine baking soda, washing soda and citric acid in a bowl. Spray water onto the mix and quickly combine with her hands until it becomes dough-like. Press into molds.
Dishes Before
Add a little white vinegar to the bottom of the dishwasher if you have hard water. I add a bit of liquid castile soap as well.

Dishes After
 No need for harsh chemicals when you're using your automatic dishwasher. With these simple, effective ingredients you'll have your dishes sparkling in no time!









Make Your Kitchen Sink Flawless


In a spray bottle, have distilled vinegar with baking soda. Spray and let soak in your sink before scrubbing off.
 This sink was dull and dingy and needed to be clean and shiny. Another DIY using baking soda and vinegar made this happen.

 After trying several cleaners full of chemicals, I wasn't happy with the results so I tried using what I had on hand.

Start by giving the whole sink area a heavy spraying of plain white vinegar then sprinkle a heavy coat of baking soda all over. Let this set for at least 5 minutes. Don’t forget to do the faucet area and outside rim of the sink.


After letting the baking soda soak into the vinegar, dampen a dish cloth, or you might prefer a sponge, with just enough water so you can make a paste with your baking soda. Keep scrubbing with the paste solution until you have done all of it.
 Rinse well and dry. For all the details check out my blog post.





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With Baking Soda, Have No Fear Of Silver


Boil aluminum foil in water, add baking soda to the boiling, and slip the tarnished silver inside.








Clean Your Glass Cooktop With Ease


Sprinkle baking soda and leave a damp cleaning cloth over for several minutes.
 No drip pans, that is the most wonderful about glass cooktops. However, if you spill and burn things routinely like I do, you'll find yourself wiping down your stove after you use it. While wiping down after every use is great, a good scrubbing is needed every so often but you can use the simple trick I use everyday to get a streak free shine.
You will need:
Hot soapy water
Terry cleaning cloth
Baking soda
Microfiber cloth
Glass cleaner 

Make sure you have milk, spill spices and pasta water burned to the surface and then wipe down with a hot soapy cleaning cloth.

 Notice that you can get it all up with hot soapy water and liberally sprinkle baking soda.

  Throw your cleaning cloth over the baking soda and let it sit for at least 10 minutes.

 Attempt to wipe up the baking soda. Wipe up until residue is gone.

 Notice a clean but streaky appearance.

Pull out your trusty glass cleaner and microfiber cloth. Homemade glass cleaning solutions should work well too.

 Spray cleaner and buff with your microfiber cloth for a streak free shine.

Location: Raleigh, NC, USA

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