Helpful Household Tips... Uses for Baking Soda



A few "other" uses for Baking Soda...

Its something that almost everyone has laying around the house. Whether in the kitchen, the bathroom, the laundry room, or even in the garage, you'll be amazed at what baking soda can do.  Here are a few:

1.  A Baking Soda paste removes stains from plastic and rubber utensils.  Apply with a scouring pad or sponge.

2.  Clean encrusted grease and food on roasting pans by dampening with hot water and sprinkling it with Baking Soda.  Let it sit for an hour, and wash.

3.  To loosen baked-or dried on food in pans, gently boil water and Baking Soda in the pans.  When food is loosened, cool and wipe clean.

4.  Remove stains on laminated countertops with a baking soda paste.  Apply, let dry, then rub off and rinse.

5.  Stainless-steel sinks and other surfaces can be cleaned with a baking soda paste or by sprinkling baking soda directly onto a sponge or clean cloth and scrubbing the surface.

6.  Clean tile floora with 1/2 cup baking soda in a bucket of warm water.  mop & rinse clean.

7.  Dip a damp sponge in baking soda and rub coffee cup and teacup stains away.  Stubborn stains may also require a little salt.

8.  Baking soda and vinegar will foam your drain clean and help prevent clogs.  Use 1/2 cup baking soda, followed by 1 cup vinegar.  When foam subsides, rinse with hot water.

9.  Add 1/2 cup of baking soda (only 1/4 cup for front loading machines) with the usual amount of bleach to increase whitening power.  Your whites will be brighter!

10.  Adding 1 tsp.  baking soda to the other dry ingrediants in a chocolate cake will give the cake a darker color.