How to use coarse salt for house cleaning

Coarse salt is one of the most powerful, yet economical, ingredients for natural household cleaning, saving on detergents and significantly reducing pollution. From floors to laundry, from coffee makers to tomato stains: it's hard to find anything so effective.

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Cleaning with coarse salt

Coarse salt used for household cleaning has a number of advantages, the most important of which are:

It helps to whiten the laundry when mixed with water and lemon.
Poured into cold water together with a little white vinegar, it revives the colors of clothes.
It helps to dehumidify the rooms.
Remove fishy odor from your hands by simply adding it to a little vinegar and washing your hands with the mixture. Or, along with baking soda, you can add a small amount to smelly shoes.
A mixture of salt and lemon helps remove any buildup from the iron's soleplate.
Coarse salt mixed with vinegar or baking soda is invaluable for cleaning floors.
Coarse salt also helps to remove the tomato stains.
Helps keep the mocha And to remove limescale from the filters and tank, simply mix it with water and vinegar, pouring the mixture into the moka pot's tank. Heat the pot until the water rises. The moka pot should then be disassembled and rinsed with fresh water. Finally, the various components can be boiled in water with vinegar and salt.
Since it has absorbent power, helps remove stains from clothes. For cotton clothes, a mixture of salt and lemon juice is sufficient, which should be left on the stain for about an hour before washing the garment.

For floors

Coarse salt is also useful for cleaning floors , except marble. Simply mix a handful with a few tablespoons of vinegar and pour it into the water you use to clean the floor. Adding a little baking soda will enhance the effect. Do not use on marble, wood, or shiny or delicate surfaces.

For the oven

Coarse salt, baking soda, bicarbonate of soda and water are all valuable for cleaning the oven :

Pour half a cup of salt, half a cup of baking soda, 500 grams of bicarbonate of soda and a quarter cup of water into a bowl, mix and turn the oven on to 120 degrees and let it heat for about fifteen minutes.
Turn off the oven, open the door, spread the paste on the walls of the oven using a cloth and leave to rest for at least 20 minutes.
Finally, spray the walls with a mixture of ¾ cup white wine vinegar, 10 drops of thyme essential oil, and 10 drops of lemon essential oil.
Clean and rinse.

For pots and pans

Coarse salt ensures that pots and pans stay clean, even when heavily encrusted.
Sprinkle the bottom with coarse salt
Add a little hot water or vinegar
Rub with a sponge
The advantage of coarse salt is that, if you clean your pots and pans gently, you don't run the risk of scratching them.

To remove limescale

To prevent limescale buildup in your washing machine, you can use a mixture of salt and baking soda , which should be added to your detergent. If you want to remove limescale from your sink, squeeze some lemon juice and sprinkle some salt on it. Then, gently scrub the area and rinse thoroughly.

To eliminate bad odors and dehumidify

If you want to dehumidify your home using the properties of salt, you just need coarse salt and a plastic bottle.

Place 180 grams of salt inside the plastic bottles
Close well and place it in the refrigerator overnight.
Remove the top of the bottle with scissors and place it in the room to be dehumidified.
It works within a few days.

Alternatively, you can poke holes in a plastic container, such as an ice cream tub, place 100 grams of coarse salt in a twist-tie organza bag, and place it over the container. The salt will attract moisture, becoming increasingly wetter, causing the water to collect in the tub.

It was once said that placing coarse salt in a corner of the house could ward off negative energy, but superstitions aside, coarse salt is actually useful for absorbing humidity and bad odors. Even better if you add a spoonful of baking soda to the container.

House cleaning that can be done with coarse salt