There’s more in baking soda than just for baking cakes. Baking soda has a lot of uses, especially in cleaning. It has properties that help with cleaning, deodorizing, and freshening up various areas in your home. These are some of the cleaning hacks with baking soda you can try.

Baking soda is a form of salt. The salt properties cause dirt and grease to dissolve in water. They also absorb odors.

If ever you run out of cleaning products and don’t have time to go to a shop, you can use baking soda as an alternative. For example, baking soda is a great alternative to clean your wool rug, floors, and walls.

Cooktop Cleaner

Cooktops tend to have the most grease in the kitchen. It’s also one of the hardest surfaces to clean. You can’t use rough cleaners if you have a glass cooktop. It may make a scratch so you’re limited to what cleaning tools to use.

However, with the help of baking soda, you can easily wipe off the dirt and grime on your cooktop.

1. Sprinkle baking soda on every surface of the cooktop
2. Gently rub the surface into a paste using a warm, soapy cloth.
3. Let it sit for at least 5 minutes.
4. Rinse with warm water.

You can even use baking soda to clean your pots and pans. Just put a generous amount of baking soda into them. Add some hot water and washing liquid. Let it sit for at least 15 minutes and wash it off.

Tile and Tub Cleaner

Some bathroom cleaners contain harsh chemicals that you may not want to use especially if you have kids at home. While you can use baking soda as a substitute, you would have to put in some work.

1. Mix the baking soda into a paste with some water.
2. Scrub the mixture into your tile, tub, and grout.
3. Let it sit for at least 5 minutes.
4. Scrub it off and rinse properly.

The baking soda’s gritty texture allows it to penetrate deep into areas that are hard to reach. It also softens up grease and grime buildup making it easy to scrub off.

If you want better cleansing power, spray your bathroom surface with a 50/50 solution of vinegar and water before you start with rinsing.

Carpet Cleaner

The carpet is where you will usually see some spill stains. Once the stain sinks in, it’s going to be very hard to remove. You may want to use a specific cleaner for old and hard to remove stains. For fairly new carpet stains, you can use baking soda.

1. Sprinkle baking soda all around the stain. Make sure you don’t sprinkle outside the carpet.
2. Let the baking soda sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Pour vinegar on top afterward.
4. Scrub or wipe and then rinse off.

While this may also work with old stains, it may take a couple of times to completely wipe off the old stain. For new stains, just place baking soda and let it sit until it stops fizzing. Once it stops fizzing, place a towel over the stain to remove it.

Deodorizer for Most Objects

Baking soda can deodorize most everyday objects you use. Baking soda is really a great cleaning hack that you can use with almost everything in your home. Some of the things you can deodorize with baking soda are:

Carpets
Rugs
Bed mattresses
Pet bedding
Fridge
Toilets
Garbage cans
Sneakers
Wooden cutting boards

For cloth items, just sprinkle baking soda on it and let it sit for 30 minutes. Vacuum the surface afterward to remove the odor-neutralizing powder. You can combine it with essential oils or lemon to add a refreshing smell.

Oftentimes, you need to leave the baking soda overnight to really remove the odor like in a sneaker.

Wall Cleaner

If you have kids at home, you’ll know they’ll bound to put scribble marks on your wall someday. Baking soda can effectively remove these stains.

Mix the baking soda with water until it becomes a paste. The paste will effectively remove most wall stains. For harder stains like permanent marker scribbles, you will have to use ink remover to remove it.

Conclusion

That’s just some of the things you can do with baking soda. If you ever do run out of cleaning agents, now you would know how to use baking soda for cleaning your home.