Bicarbonate of Soda - uses

frivolous_fay

We have a glass teapot shaped like a carafe - it's impossible to clean, so we use bicarb to soak off the tannin.

Justamum

wazza wrote: »

where is the best place to get them from? local store only has a small container

Boots sell 500g boxes - can't remember the exact cost but it's around the £2 mark. You'll find it in the section for indigestion remedies.

Justamum

frivolous_fay wrote: »

We have a glass teapot shaped like a carafe - it's impossible to clean, so we use bicarb to soak off the tannin.

Tea tastes better the more tannin there is in the pot!

rev229

costco sell large bags down the washing powder bit. I bought some ages ago.

frivolous_fay

Justamum wrote: »

Tea tastes better the more tannin there is in the pot!

Yeah, but a glass teapot with a tide mark of brown isn't so pretty

melroccan

thriftlady wrote: »

I can confirm that it does absorb bad smells (and presumably nice ones too). I've used it successfully on carpets and mattresses that have bees vomited on (sorry!).


I had to laugh when I saw this, surely bee's vomit is so small as to be unnoticeable??:rotfl:

thriftlady_2

melroccan wrote: »

thriftlady wrote: »

I can confirm that it does absorb bad smells (and presumably nice ones too). I've used it successfully on carpets and mattresses that have bees vomited on (sorry!).


I had to laugh when I saw this, surely bee's vomit is so small as to be unnoticeable??:rotfl:

Doh! the s isn't anywhere near the n, what can I have been thinking of?

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Hi all,

Apologies if this is in another thread somewhere already, did have a good search. I'm planning to make a mixture of bicarb of soda for general housework today/tomorrow. Will the mixture keep in a squirty bottle? Or is it a case of making as you go along, then throwing away the excess? Hope you're not going :eek: at the words "throwning away" just don't want to mix a whole bottle to find then i have to waste it. Although I do have a lot of cleaning to do!

Thanks
LMMS

pink_numbers

I don't keep a bicarb mixture in a spray bottle, as I don't want things around what I am cleaning go white. Instead, I have the bicarb in one of though flour shakers (mine was morrisons, 80-something-p) to use, and I keep a mixture of water and vinegar in a spray bottle for the stubborn places or places I can't rinse thoroughly afterwards.

Sami_Bee

Now you can use it to clean you insides!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090717/tuk-baking-soda-could-help-kidneys-6323e80.html