100 Unbelievable Uses for Baking Soda
I’m sure you’re all familiar with that little orange box in your fridge, freezer or baking cupboard. Arm & Hammer™ Baking Soda has been helping generations of Canadian families cook and clean for decades.
Over the years, the team at Arm & Hammer – with the help of their loyal fans – have come up with more than 100 uses for baking soda and I’m sharing some of my favourites here.
- Baby, baby, baby. Baking soda is an all-natural cleaning product that’s gentle enough for even the tiniest baby clothes, yet effective enough for big baby odours. It can be used to treat spills on carpets, clean equipment and toys, deodorize baby bottles and diaper pails as well as freshen stuffed animals to give them a new life.
- Have you tried it in the bathroom? It helps remove the dirt and grime from bathroom tiles or no-wax floors quickly and easily. It’s also effective at cleaning shower curtains, deodorizing drains and wastebaskets, surface-safe cleaning and for septic system care.
- Not just for cooking in the kitchen. Yes, Arm & Hammer Baking Soda is a staple baking ingredient as it causes dough or batter to rise, becoming light and porous when heated, but it can also be used in the kitchen to clean lunch boxes, microwave ovens, dishes, pots and pans, recyclables, drains and garbage disposals. Did I mention it removes odours from plastic containers, polishes silver, freshens sponges and stinky sinks, refreshes tea pots, cups and mugs and works great as a fruit and vegetable scrub? It’s also a common deodorizer for fridges and freezers. Changing the box regularly (every 30 days is recommended) helps ensure optimal odour elimination.
- Don’t fret about your floors. It helps remove unsightly scuff marks without unwanted scratch marks from tile and no-wax floors. It’s also great at neutralizing common household odours and freshens stale-smelling air in your home.
- Tackles the greasiest of garages. Arm & Hammer Baking Soda safely cleans your car lights, chrome, windows, tires, vinyl seats and floor mats without you having to worry about unwanted scratch marks. It’s also a great deodorizer for car interiors and camper water tanks and tackles oil and grease stains on your garage floor or driveway.
- Smelly gear no more. Use Arm & Hammer baking soda to clean and deodorize smelly sports equipment like hockey or camping gear, as well as gym bags.
- Don’t forget to take it outside. It is a must-have for your next camping trip! It’s a dish and pot scrubber, hand cleanser and deodorant, just to name a few. It also cleans your plastic and vinyl pool toys as well as lawn furniture when it’s time to bring them out for the summer and works wonders on barbecue grills.
And that’s not all!
Because of the gentle and all natural formula of Arm & Hammer™ Baking Soda, it’s a popular personal hygiene product for many. It can be used as a body and facial scrub, hand cleanser and a refreshing bath soak. It also helps to fight bad breath and body odour and is great for washing hair.
For a full list of these 100 uses of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda and usage instructions, visit www.armandhammer.ca. You’ll find them under the ‘Solutions’ tab.
Celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary with Arm & Hammer™ Baking Soda
We’re offering one lucky Canadian Frugal Mom Eh reader the chance to win 12 boxes of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda – one for every month of the year – in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary! Share your favourite baking soda secret for a chance to win! Giveaway ends on June 30th at 11:59 pm EST. See Giveaway Tools form for entry and T&C.
Giveaway prize includes the following Arm & Hammer Baking Soda products:
- Three (3) 250g boxes of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
- Nine (9) 500g boxes of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
Approximate value: $20
Disclosure- This post is brought to you in part by the Church & Dwight ambassadorship program.
The only secret I have is I shake some on the carpets and the mattress and let it sit for about 30 minutes and then vacuum up, makes everything fresh again!!
I love baking soda i don’t have any secrets but i use it from brushing my teeth to cleaning soap scum from the shower/tub.
not really a secret I use it in the fridge and cat litter box to keep it fresh smelling
I add some baking soda when I am washing towels and wash cloths to keep them smelling fresh.
I use it in the bath to soothe itchy skin!
I don’t have any secrets, but use A&H Baking Soda in our 2 refrigerators, to clean counter tops and sinks, to freshen drains & mix it with vinegar to unclog drains, add it to brighten our laundry and add it to coconut oil to whiten teeth.
My best baking soda secret is mix it up with coconut oil and it makes a perfect scrub for your face.
I am not sure if a secret, but I use baking soda and vinegar in my drains on a monthly basis so I don’t get clogs.
It works great on ceramic stove tops and is much less expensive than the product I used to buy just for that job.
My baking soda secret is I use it to clean my silverware.
I mix it with water to make a paste to paint on mosquito bites to ease the itch of them.
I put it in the fridge and use to clean.
I mixed some baking soda with water to make a paste to put on the area my kids had poison ivy.
I don’t have any special secrets, I use it in the fridge and I keep it in my rv fridges when they are in storage to help with the smell.
i use baking soda to clean the kitchen sink
Love to make a paste with it (just water) and scrub our acrylic sink, works great!
Use baking soda in the wash to make my clothes extra fresh.
My baking soda secret is to add a bit to your facial cleanser to turn it into a gentle exfoliating scrub.
A sprinkle in my kitty’s litter box!
If you want a spa experience, add ½ cup of baking soda to your bath to help wash away oil and perspiration while you soak.
I use it in the bath to soothe itchy skin!
My favourite baking soda secret is to use it in my kid’s bath water to soften their skin!
I use baking soda to scrub off scuff marks
I use Baking Soda to clean my stove top.
it’s not a secret but I do like using it with vinegar and boiling water to clean out my drains – works wonders with clogs and smells. 🙂
I use it to whiten my teeth!
Using it to clean up after puppy messes.
I sprinkle baking soda on wet spills on carpeting it pulls up what ever you spilled and when dried you can vacum up. Also my Mom use to make a paste out of baking soda and water and put on a bee sting helps take the sting out and keep swelling down.
I use baking soda to freshen carpet and upholstery: I sprinkle it on, leave for awhile, then vacuum it up!
I use it in my cat litter to neutralize odours
I sprinkle baking soda in my husbands work boots to control the odour
a baking soda and water overnight soak lifts burnt-on food from pans. thanks
I’ve used it for household cleaning.
It’s no secret, but I use it to scrub my kitchen sink and bathtub.
Someone spilled black oil on our garage floor. I took a box of baking soda and sprinkled it generously over the area. In a few days, I just brushed up the soda and disposed of it. The floor looked relatively clean and the stain was gone.
I like to use it to deodorize shoes. I sprinkle it into the shoe itself, let it soak overnight and throw out the excess in the morning.
I like to use baking soda with lemon juice to clean off grease.
I use baking soda for everything! I use it for cooking, deodorizing the fridge and cleaing. But I love using baking soda to get messes off pots and pans.
I make chocolate chip cookies and everyone always says they are great my secret is to use the mixer and beat the heck out of the butter sugar mixture.
I use baking soda on my teeth to help keep them white
I have a wood stove that we fire up and if at any point the fire gets too hot I can cool it down by shaking some baking soda into the fire.You can tell when the fire starts to get out of hand because it makes ahowling sound in the pipes.Thank goodness it seldom happens but this is a great Arm & Hammer baking soda secret to know.I love this product for many cleaning jobs too.
I use Baking Soda in my laundry for my whites
We use it regularly kitty litter. Works well.
I like that you can use baking soda as a paste to sooth bug bites
I like to mix baking soda with water and vinegar to make paste that I use to clean our oven.