Use Baking Soda to repel something
Pour a solid line along basement windows and around outside of house to repel ants and
roaches from entering into your house or apartment.
Pour around flowerbeds to prevent rabbits from eating your veggies.
Use Baking Soda to reduce, remove or change something
Baking Soda can be administered to pools, spas, and garden ponds to raise pH levels.
Baking Soda is used in a process for removing paint and corrosion called sodablasting.
Baking Soda is used in DC dry chemical fire extinguishers as an alternative to the more corrosive ammonium phosphate in ABC extinguishers.
Baking Soda is commonly used to neutralize unwanted acid solutions or acid spills.
Small fires can be put out on rugs, upholstery, clothing, wood and if pan with grease catches on
Fire, so keep some Baking Soda close to the stove/oven.
Add 1 cup to your bathwater and your skin will become soft, it will also dry your skin so
add lotion if your skin is already dry (place 2 tablespoons in your baby’s bathwater to help
relieve diaper rash)
Place 3 tablespoons of Baking Soda and 1 cup of apple cider into a bathtub of warm water, this makes a spa-like bath for soaking away aches and pains. As a bonus it also cleans the tub and drain.
Make a paste that will not run and place on insect bites, windburn, jellyfish sting, rash, poison ivy irritations and sunburn, leave on until it dries, then wash off, will remove stinger and lessen inflammation which will help relieve pain, use a 3:1 ratio, Baking Soda to water
Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to 4 ounces or (½ glass) of water, stir and drink will relieve
heartburn
Add ½ teaspoon to an 8 ounces of water (full glass) of water and use as a mouthwash to relieve
pain from a canker sore or freshen breath
Place 1 teaspoon into a vase of water to keep cut flowers fresh longer
Place a pinch into tomato-based recipes to reduce the acid content
Baking Soda is one of the main components of the common incendiary “black snake” firework.
Place 1 teaspoon into a full bowl of water and place 1 cup of dry beans into this, soak overnight
Then the next day rinse the beans and prepare as normal, will make you pass less gas
Add 1 tablespoon of Baking Soda to a 4 ounce glass of water and soak the splinter area twice a day. In a few days the splinter will come out on its own.
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