Cleaning With Baking Soda: Transform Your ENTIRE Home With One Box

11. Use baking soda to clean your dishwasher

Scatter a generous amount of baking soda into your dishwasher then run an empty wash. It’ll be clean and fresh again in no time.

12. Remove baked-on residue from pans

Even pan cleaning is easier with baking soda! Shake a generous amount onto any dirty pans or roasting tins, add hot water, a squirt of your usual cleaning liquid, and let sit for 20 minutes. The baking soda will help dissolve any stubborn build-up making it really easy to clean.

13. Clean the microwave inside and out

Has your microwave been neglected?

A small amount of bicarbonate of soda on a damp sponge can effectively clean and cut through any grease in and on your microwave. If you’ve got a lemon and some vinegar to hand, you can give your microwave a deep clean.

Spruce up your living room with bicarbonate of soda
You can clean everything from the carpets to the windows with bicarbonate of soda. Keep reading to find out how!

14. Clean dirty rugs and carpets

Dirty carpet? Baking soda can be used for carpet cleaning. Liberally sprinkle baking soda on your carpet, wait at least 15 minutes then sweep as much of it as you can and vacuum as normal.

For the best results, leave the powder to settle overnight. Your carpet or rug should look brighter and smell good – a nice way to refresh your carpet naturally. Just think how much you could save instead of splashing out on expensive carpet treatments.

15. Shine silver ornaments and fittings

Combine three parts baking soda to one part water, mix and rub onto and into your silver with a clean cloth or sponge. Rinse thoroughly then dry with a clean cloth – they’ll be sparkling!

16. Make your own version of Febreze

Get your fabrics smelling amazing with this clever hack:

Fill an empty spray bottle with 3/4 hot water.
Add 4 tablespoons of Bicarbonate of Soda.
Shake well and allow to cool a little.
Add a few drops of your favourite essential oil.
Once cooled completely, give it another shake to combine the ingredients, and then spray on clothes and soft furnishings.

17. Remove smells from a sofa

Over time your sofa may become a bit whiffy. Sprinkle some baking soda onto a dry sofa and let it sit for 10-20 minutes before hoovering or brushing off.

Use bicarb to clean your clothes
From dull whites to dull jewellery, baking soda will refresh and restore your whole wardrobe!

18. How to brighten whites with baking soda

Are your whites looking a bit dull? Try cleaning with baking soda!

Add 1 cup of baking soda to your next load of laundry along with regular liquid detergent. They’ll emerge much cleaner and brighter than before!

Use this little trick to whiten up the kids’ school shirts and polos.

19. How to clean jewellery with bicarbonate of soda

Make a paste using three parts bicarb and one part warm water until it resembles fondant icing. Then, using a cloth or old toothbrush, apply it to your jewellery. Rinse carefully and dry with a clean cloth.