Soda bicarbonate

'gwyneth28' please can I ask how you use it for ears, as I have awful problems with ear wax, and olive oil doesn't always fix it?

Have used it for ages. Removes stubborn tea stains from cups and mugs. Leave a mild solution in the the stained dishes overnight.
Yes, also a fan of white vinegar.

“Soda” in all its forms is incorporated into many/most of the cleaning and food products we use, we buy the branded products because they are more convenient and better than the raw commodities. Shops stock the branded products because they can make more profit from the marketed brand names that we want.

I haven't just discovered soda bicarb. We always had a box at home when I was a child.
I am just praising such a simple cheap product with so many uses. Comes not in plastic, doesn't take up much room and hopefully is not too unkind to the planet.

My opening tip was to bathe my sore dry eye lids when more/very expensive products are quite harsh and for me not as effective. The glaucoma drops I use daily leave a residue which soda bicarb bathing removes.

I remember my mother using it diluted on our sunburnt skin as well as calomine lotion.

White vinegar is my other wonder product. I buy a litre bottle regularly from our local pound shop which is about the same price as buying it on line and doesn't take up as much space as 5 litre containers.

Any other wonder products?

I can recommend Bi carb for sweaty feet.

I mix 2 tablespoons with a dash of liquid soap and warm water.

I soak for about 10 minutes and find in very hot weather, like we're experiencing in Australia at the moment, it works well.

It seems to put a coating on the skin of your feet which somehow depletes the sweat. I also soak my socks it they're particularly sweaty.

I used bicarb of soda with white vinegar today to get felt tip out of my sofa. Brilliant.

Like you Mojack26 I have been using bicarb for ages.

I buy non food quality bicarb in cardboard boxes from the supermarket. I use it for loads of different cleaning tasks including sinks, pans and coffee stained cups. I find that it absorbs grease and is mildly abrasive. I sometimes use it mixed with white vinegar.

The toothpaste I use contains bicarb.

Paracetamol tabs for cleaning iron surface.

Have you just discoverd this? Been using for many things for padt 40+ years...🤣

HelterSkelter1

Maybe that is why it is good for pans with stuck on greasy burnt bits. What is the dilution for ear drops? Same as for eyes? 1/2 teaspoon in 1/2 pint?

Thanks for all the tips. A miracle product.

You can buy ear drops containing bicarb - I think Otex does them. Never tried them though.

I also miss Andrew’s Liver Salts.

Why on earth did they stop producing it?

After covid it seemed to be unavailable and not seen since.

MayBee70

We always had a tin of Andrew’s Liver Salts in the house when I was a child.

Love Andrew's Liver Salts. Sadly no longer available.
I wish another company would start to produce it.

Maybe that is why it is good for pans with stuck on greasy burnt bits. What is the dilution for ear drops? Same as for eyes? 1/2 teaspoon in 1/2 pint?

Thanks for all the tips. A miracle product.

The best thing out for ear wax, oil just softens but bicarb dissolves it it was recommended by my audiologist.

I pour a couple or three tablespoon in egg water when boiling eggs. Makes peeling really easy.

SORES

Box Bicarbonate of Soda £1.49 for 500g at Savers -

who also deliver

MayBee70 - Soda Crystals should not be imbibed
they are not the same as Bicarbonate of Soda

I didn’t say to drink soda crystals; just recommended them for cleaning washing machines.

Box Bicarbonate of Soda £1.49 for 500g at Savers -

who also deliver

MayBee70 - Soda Crystals should not be imbibed
they are not the same as Bicarbonate of Soda

MayBee70

I wanted to give my washing machine a clean last night but didn’t have any of those cleaners you can buy. So after googling it I put some soda crystals in it did a hot wash. Re indigestion I now drink activated charcoal in a glass of water for indigestion and it works almost instantly. I only bought some to give my dog if she steals and eats something she shouldn’t, but thought I’d try it myself and wouldn’t be without it now.

Best not to confuse soda crystals with bicarbonate .

I wanted to give my washing machine a clean last night but didn’t have any of those cleaners you can buy. So after googling it I put some soda crystals in it did a hot wash. Re indigestion I now drink activated charcoal in a glass of water for indigestion and it works almost instantly. I only bought some to give my dog if she steals and eats something she shouldn’t, but thought I’d try it myself and wouldn’t be without it now.

I use it instead of surface cleaner for cleaning worktops and sinks. I also combine it with white vinegar to unblock sinks. I buy it in plastic shaker containers.

No it doesn’t get rid of it at all Sago which is what I said originally it reduces the acid and makes it more bearable while getting antibiotics

HelterSkelter1

Isn't this a wonderful product? So cheap and easily available. And so many uses.

I have just wiped my sore, dry eyes and eyelids with 1/2 teaspoon in a 1/2 pint of boiled cooled water. I used cotton wool balls and now my eyes and lids feel so fresh and clean. My current optician recommended buying eye wipes...which stung and left my eyes and lids sore. A previous optician recommended diluted baby shampoo which was better, but soda bicarb is the best.
Other uses I have read recently on GN is drinking in plenty of water for UTIs and spreading over a mattress to leave and then vacuum up to get rid of smells.
Any simple products you have on hand for many uses? I also use white vinegar for all sorts of cleaning...but not my eyes of course!!

Bicarbonate does not get rid of a UTI,it neutralises the uri e so makes peeing less painful.

I don’t want anyone ignoring medical advice and trying this as a cure.

LadyGaGa

My mum and dad used to use it for heartburn. I can remember them settling down after tea and my mum getting the ‘bi carb’. My dad usually asked for a another ‘tip end’

It's what I am currently using myself - but I don't wish to continue doing so. I can tell it's making my mouth very dry - but, more worrying to me, is I'm concerned about possible long-term effects from using it.

So currently trying out other methods of getting back to normal - ie no more heartburn - and right at this moment having several days of no citric fruit to see how that goes. Hoping that'll do the trick - with a few weeks at most of that. Then back to normal - but heartburn gone for good.

Yes I had forgotten I use it on pans or bakewarel which has hardened burnt on residue. A tablespoon and hot water dissolving it and left overnight.

Mixed with white vinegar down a blocked plug hole can help clear it.

I used it in my bath water when I had shingles...on my buttock. Very soothing. A teaspoon where I was sitting.
My parents used it for indigestion. Mum used to buy quite a big pack from the chemist. I must ask at Boots if they still do a large pack.
Otherwise will look on line.