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10 Really Bad Smells Erased With Baking Soda

by Top10HomeRemedies Team
February 11, 2019
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When you walk into your house after a day at work, does your house smell fresh and inviting? Or are there lingering smells? Think hard; what about the bathroom? Your closet? How about the garage – any bad smells there?

Well, if you have been plagued with bad smells in your house that you have no idea what to do about, stop trying to cover them up. Now you’ll have a solution. It’s as simple as baking soda.

Baking soda has antiseptic properties as well as a really cool effervescent quality to it. It only bubbles in the presence of an acid.

Contents

  • How To Eliminate Bad Smells with Baking Soda
  • 1. Stinky Cat Litter Box
  • 2. Really Stinky Toilet
  • 3.Smelly Coolers and Thermos Bottles
  • 4. Drain with Foul Odor
  • 5. Bad Smell Emanating From the Vacuum Cleaner
  • 6. Smelly Shoes
  • 7. Bad-Smelling Refrigerator
  • 8. Stinky Hands After Cutting Onions
  • 9. Really Bad Breath Before an Upcoming Meeting
  • 10. Bad Smell Emanating From Armpit

How To Eliminate Bad Smells with Baking Soda

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Here’s the list of 10 pretty stinky smells and what to do about them:

1. Stinky Cat Litter Box

Cats can be pretty stinky animals especially when they urinate or defecate into the litter box. Have you ever gagged while cleaning the kitty litter? Have you ever noticed that if you call the litter area ‘kitty litter’, it’s not as bad smelling as ‘cat litter’? Still, the smell could make you want to put on a bubble suit just so the smell doesn’t somehow stick to you!

All your bad days are over! Before going into the cat room, arm yourself with a box of baking soda and sprinkle it into the kitty litter each morning. It won’t harm the animal or you and the smell will be remarkably less. How much do you sprinkle? Start with a fourth of a cup. Sprinkle, then leave the room. Return after about an hour. If your nose detects stench, add another fourth of a cup and call it a day of victory!

Oh, by the way, this doesn’t mean you’ll never have to do the sifting again!

2. Really Stinky Toilet

Why house-cleaners don’t tell you their tricks to less cleaning and scrubbing is obvious – you won’t need them anymore. To clean the toilet, first flush the toilet. Then dump a cup of baking soda in, close the lid and let the bubbles do the scrubbing for you. Return in about an hour and flush.

3.Smelly Coolers and Thermos Bottles

Fill both these camping devices with a baking soda / water combination. In a thermos bottle, start with a tablespoon baking soda to up to 3 cups water. Just mix and leave in the thermos for about 20 minutes, then rinse. For the cooler, fill the entire cooler with water, add ½ cup baking soda, shut the lid and return in an hour. Rinse.

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4. Drain with Foul Odor

Just add a few tablespoons to the stinky drain a few times a week as a matter of habit. After about an hour, run the hot water for a few minutes. Drains will cease to smell in very little time at all.

5. Bad Smell Emanating From the Vacuum Cleaner

After cleaning the stinky cat litter that somehow the cat managed to get all the way in the living room with baking soda, you know the solution – more baking soda. Sprinkle it on the carpet – which may also be stinky. Let it sit there in the carpet, working its magic for about an hour. Then vacuum it up. With this solution, you get two things cleaned simultaneously. Amazing, isn’t it?

6. Smelly Shoes

Sprinkle a teaspoon in stinky shoes. You know, it’s possible you may be able to wash those tennis shoes in the washer! Then keep them clean-smelling with baking soda.

7. Bad-Smelling Refrigerator

This one is easy – sprinkle a half cup into a bowl. Place the bowl in the refrigerator. It does help to remove the old rotting food, though. Do that first.

8. Stinky Hands After Cutting Onions

Onions are the latest miracle food and you’ll soon be reading about its cancer-killing ability. There’s every reason to eat more of them. After slicing onions, mix a few tablespoons baking soda in a cup of water and wash your hands in this mixture. Don’t forget to rinse.

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9. Really Bad Breath Before an Upcoming Meeting

After eating all those onions, it’s time to rinse your mouth with the best mouthwash on the planet – baking soda and water. Take a mouthful of the same recipe in #8 and swish, swish, swish the bad sulfur smell out of your mouth once and for all. Spit it out, don’t swallow it.

10. Bad Smell Emanating From Armpit

If you need a deodorant lift during the day, mix up ½ cup baking soda with 6 drops of your favorite essential oil. The essential oil must be edible, not synthetic. You could try lavendar, rose, ylang ylang, or geranium, or even a drop of each of them. Mix together and place in a small cosmetic jar. Take this with you in your purse along with a big make up brush. Dust it on your armpits.

Baking soda is not only the best deodorizer; it’s also very economical. Be creative. Baking soda can be used for almost anything!

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Comments 24

  1. Guillermo Gonzalez says:
    8 years ago

    Now I know how to clean the water mark lines in my toilet.Thanks

  2. sara says:
    8 years ago

    i really help for the bakin soda love it
    thank you

  3. Rosa says:
    8 years ago

    Again I am amazed to read all the beneficial use of baking soda thank you for the tips!

  4. PALLA SRINIVAS says:
    8 years ago

    It is very much useful

  5. Nzamo says:
    8 years ago

    Baking soda together with lemon juice and plastic wrap helps lighten stretch marks

  6. Debbie says:
    8 years ago

    Pour Baking soda down the drain then pour Vinegar down the drain to unclog drain.

  7. Lori says:
    8 years ago

    Just used this to clean EVERYTHING! 7 cups water, 1/2 cup baking soda, 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice, 1/4 cup apple vinegar. Mix and add to a spray bottle. Spray on grout, dirty stove, tiles, everything! Wait a few minutes and either scrub with a brush or sponge/wipe off. It leaves a residue on wood cabinets and glass so you will have to go over it with soapy water. This cleaned stuff I never thought would be clean again and I was amazed at how well it de-greased! No chemical smell, or chemicals left behind for the little ones or the pets. Wonderful!

    • Connie says:
      8 years ago

      7 cups of water? I just want to be sure before I try it.

    • Vibha says:
      6 years ago

      Hi there, found the article really helpful. But m confused, when u say baking soda, does that mean soda bicarbonate or baking powder. Thanks

      • Greg says:
        6 years ago

        To clear up your confusion. It’s the soda bicarbonate, NOT baking powder.

  8. kia says:
    7 years ago

    Moved into a house thats been vacant for awhile. The wood stairs & wood cabinets have a bad smell cleaned with bleach,pine sol, amiona, degreaser etc and smell is still there.
    # helpsoreadytomoveandonlybeenherer1week

    • RT says:
      6 years ago

      Try using Murphy’s Oil Soap, make a paste of water and baking soda to use on areas that need elbow grease, but than follow with the Murphy’s Oil Soap, hope this helps

  9. fame says:
    7 years ago

    #9 &#10
    IS 100% CORRECT. I NO LONGER HAVE SMELLY ARMPIT NOR BAD BREATH!

  10. Luth says:
    6 years ago

    Thanks for the info, I’ll try

  11. ruth says:
    6 years ago

    Where can i buy baking soda?

    • Patsy. says:
      5 years ago

      Grocery store ,in the ,baking isle. Withflour,sugar ,it’s called arm ,and hammer bakinnng soda

  12. Aftab Ahmad says:
    6 years ago

    Your tips are really amazing and easy to be done. Really wonderful baking soda

  13. mylene says:
    6 years ago

    Very useful and it really works…
    Try it guys what are you waiting for its proven & effective.
    Thank youyou for the very helpful info.

  14. praful Mehta says:
    6 years ago

    The given tips are very ùseful for home and office. Readers are thankful to the person /media served this.

  15. Gemma says:
    5 years ago

    It’s really works all the tips about baking soda

  16. Robert says:
    4 years ago

    Baking Soda is a great product with multiple uses.

  17. Michaela Randazzo says:
    4 years ago

    Water, baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice, and drops of essential oils pretty much cleans most everything in my house and leaves it smelling nice.

  18. Dazza says:
    4 years ago

    Thanks for advice had a bad smell in my bedroom due to drain used baking soda and white vinega smells gone and I now have a fresh bedroom
    Thanks for the great advice.

  19. Shasha says:
    4 years ago

    Thanks for the tips will try toda

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