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Amazing Ways to Clean With Baking Soda

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Cleaning Tips

6 Jun
 

Baking soda is a staple in my cleaning routine. It cleans everything from sinks to ovens to stovetops. Check out the many amazing ways to clean with baking soda.

Baking soda in mason jar with small wooden scoop
 

You often hear about vinegar and baking soda being powerful cleaning agents. A few months ago, I shared ways to clean with vinegar, and today, I’m sharing some amazing ways to clean with baking soda. The results are simply incredible!

Please note: You can view any of these cleaning tips (in detail) by clicking on the link below the image.

Amazing Ways to Clean With Baking Soda

Use Baking Soda to Clean A Porcelain Sink

We’ll start with one of my all-time favorite cleaning tips: How to Clean a Porcelain Sink. The results are simply jaw-dropping.

Before and After of Porcelain sink after cleaning with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide
 

Cleaning A Porcelain Sink

Clean An Oven Door with Baking Soda

When I first tried this cleaning tip, I honestly didn’t think it was going to work. No way was baking soda (alone) going to clean my grime-y oven door, but I was so wrong. Check out these results!

Before and After of oven door after cleaning with baking soda and water
 

Cleaning the Oven Door

DIY Grout Cleaner Made with Baking Soda & Hydrogen Peroxide

This is an easy trick for cleaning grout. You just need two ingredients and a toothbrush.

Before and After of grout being cleaned with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide
 

DIY Grout Cleaner

Using Baking Soda to Clean An Air Fryer Basket

I honestly thought there was no cure for the baked on grease and sticky residue in our air fryer basket. It was so bad! Turns out baking soda and a little dish soap can clean even the greasiest of air fryers.

Before and After of Air Fryer Grate cleaned with baking soda
 

How to Clean An Air Fryer Basket

Clean A Glass Stove Top Using Baking Soda

If you have a glass stove top, then you know how dirty it can get… all that baked on food. Gross. I found that baking soda (along with a little elbow grease) gets it clean. Just look at that those results!

Glass Stovetop Before and After Cleaning with baking soda and water
 

How to Clean A Glass Stove Top

Use Baking Soda to Polish Tarnished Silverware

If you have tarnished silverware lying around your house, all you need is an aluminum pan, baking soda, and boiling water to polish them right up. I actually had a co-worker tell me that she tried this trick and was told by her mother that she might have over-polished the silver… It works that well!

Naturally polishing silverware with baking soda and boiling water
 

Polish Tarnished Silverware

DIY Laundry Detergent

I made this laundry detergent 18 months ago, and I just now ran out. Eighteen months! Not only did it last forever, it did a great job getting our clothing clean.

Homemade Laundry Detergent recipe in glass canister
 

DIY Laundry Detergent

Homemade Garbage Disposal Bombs

Garbage disposals can start to smell a little funky over time. These DIY Garbage Disposal Bombs are easy to make and freshen things up in no time.

Homemade Garbage Disposal Bombs to fix smelly garbage disposal
 

DIY Garbage Disposal Bombs

Use Baking Soda to Freshen Your Refrigerator

You have probably heard about adding a box of baking soda to the back of your fridge to ward off odors. This simple DIY applies the same concept, but without the box 🙂

Easy DIY Refrigerator Deodorizer
 

DIY Refrigerator Deodorizer

DIY Air Freshener with Baking Soda & Essential Oils

This air freshener takes about 30 seconds to whip up, and you can choose whatever scent you like using essential oils.

DIY Air Fresheners using baking soda and essential oil or fresh coffee grounds
 

DIY Air Freshener

DIY Toilet Bombs

I make my own toilet bowl cleaner using vinegar and baking soda, but when I’m done scrubbing down the bowl, I add two of these DIY toilet bombs to freshen things up a bit.

Adding essential oil to toilet bombs recipe
 

DIY Toilet Bombs

Use Baking Soda to Clean & Freshen Your Mattress

Honestly, I had never even thought about cleaning my mattress until 2 years ago. I learned how easy it was to do, and I now clean it every time I wash the bedding.

Wiping stain on mattress
 

Cleaning Your Mattress

Use Baking Soda to Freshen Carpet & Upholstery

When we first got our puppy, we used this DIY Carpet & Upholstery Deodorizer all the time… ’cause, you know, puppies and their accidents 🙂

DIY Carpet Freshener Made with Baking Soda and Essential Oils
 

DIY Carpet & Upholstery Deodorizer

Can you believe these cleaning tips?! Baking soda is cheap, safe, and effective when it comes to cleaning your home. I actually buy it in 13 pound bags because I use it so much 🙂

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Collage of ways to clean with baking soda: laundry detergent, toilet bombs, carpet deodorizer and air freshener
 
Grout lines before and after cleaning with baking soda

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Comments

  1. Meghan says

    January 6, 2020 at 4:41 PM

    Could banking soda be used to clean grime off of wood railings? Any tips there?

    Reply
  2. Sammy Dolan says

    June 26, 2017 at 7:19 AM

    Baking soda is amazing for cleaning! I buy it in bulk and it works out so much cheaper than chemical based products.

    Reply
    • Erin says

      June 29, 2017 at 4:18 PM

      Completely agree! I buy it in 13 1/2 lb. bags at Costco 🙂

      Reply

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