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Did you know that baking powder is also great to have in the garden. Keep one packet handy there at all times; it will help deal with this problem in a few hours!
The best pest control remedy – works on entire ant nests
The most effective way to eliminate ants at home and in the garden is with ordinary baking powder. Just mix it with powdered sugar and you’re set. The ants will carry this bait into their queen’s nest and thus you won’t get rid of just individual ants at home and in the garden, but of the whole ant colony.
Method no. 1
Procedure:
Mix 3 packets of baking powder with powdered sugar and sprinkle at the places where the ants are.
Method no. 2
Pour baking powder directly onto the ant nest and the problem will be gone in a few hours.
Don’t forget that baking powder “sticks” to the ants’ legs. If you add, besides sugar, for example basil, cinnamon or marjoram, you’ll get rid of them permanently.
Getting rid of slugs
Baking powder also works great against slugs. It can be used in two ways. The first is to sprinkle it directly onto the slugs’ bodies, or to sprinkle it around the plants you want to protect. However, you’ll need to reckon with a larger amount of powder. It’s ideal to buy it on sale or you can even use expired baking powder for this purpose.
More ways to use baking powder
In this article I want to show you that baking powder has great potential. Therefore it will be useful in your home in many ways, not only as an ingredient in cakes and dough.
Cleaning
When it comes to the kitchen, baking powder has much broader uses than just baking.
You can thoroughly clean and freshen cutting boards with it, remove greasy and stubborn stains, or eliminate unpleasant odors from the refrigerator.
Valuable items looking like new again
Speaking of baking powder’s properties, we can’t omit its role in cleaning and reviving: silver, crystals, upholstered furniture, mattresses or wicker furniture.
Baking powder also helps remove rust
It works wonders with curtains and laundry
Doing laundry in laundry room of modern single family house in Suburbs.
Into the detergent dispenser we put detergent and fabric softener, and directly into the drum we also pour a packet of baking powder. You’ll see and especially smell the result when you take the laundry out of the drum. Baking powder can perfectly remove musty odors from textile fibers, brightening and refreshing the laundry.
If you want radiant white curtains, first soak them in water in which you’ve dissolved 3-4 packets of baking powder. Let them soak and then add one packet to the wash. The curtains will be beautiful!
Cleans the washing machine
To clean the washing machine – add half a packet of baking powder and 300 ml of vinegar to an empty machine. Set a half cycle and a temperature of 90 degrees. Finally run 1-2 rinses; the machine will be nicely cleaned.
Health
Finally, it’s worth mentioning properties related to health. In this case, baking powder can help with digestion, bad breath, gum inflammation, and various problems in the oral cavity.
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Greasy burners and the oven rack only need to be gently scrubbed with a paste of baking powder and water.
Enamel sinks and dishes will be like new if we wet them, sprinkle with baking powder and leave overnight. In the morning simply rinse with water and a cloth.
If your kettle is clogged with limescale, pour in 1 teaspoon of baking powder, half a cup of vinegar and fill the kettle halfway with water. Turn it on, bring to a boil and let it sit for an hour. Then pour out, rinse thoroughly and boil clean water through it once more.
For burnt trays and pots: simply fill them with warm water and sprinkle in a packet of baking powder, let it sit for half an hour and then simply wash.
To clean a dirty oven, dissolve a few teaspoons of baking powder in a bowl of water to form a paste. Apply it to the oven surface with a sponge and leave for at least 12 hours. The next day wash the paste off with a damp cloth. If there are still old burnt residues in the oven, spray them with vinegar that you’ve put into a spray bottle. Let the oven dry at low temperature for 15-20 minutes.
Greasy burners and oven rack only need to be gently scrubbed with a paste of baking powder and water.
Baking powder acts like a jeweler’s polish on silver jewelry. Just put aluminum foil at the bottom of a small saucepan, fill half with water and add 1 packet of baking powder. Put the jewelry in and briefly boil. Then remove from the heat and leave them in this mixture until the liquid cools.
We whiten the grout between tiles with a paste made from baking powder and water. Apply the paste to the grout, leave it to act as needed, then rinse.
Clean a baby’s plastic bottle or thermos by adding 1-2 sachets of baking powder and filling with hot water. Let sit for 30 minutes then shake thoroughly and wash with hot water.
We remove deposits in cups (especially those from black tea and coffee) the same way.
The drain is clear in no time
We need:
- 200 g of salt
- 200 g of baking powder
(You can also use a half dose, or set the rest aside for later – you never know when you’ll need it)
- 150 ml of heated vinegar
- boiling water
Procedure:
Mix the baking powder with the salt, stir well and pour into the drain. You don’t have to use the whole amount; you can use the rest later. For easier pouring, use, for example, a sugar container. Pour a cup of heated vinegar over the mixture.
Then pour boiling water down the drain.
