Natural remedies for bad odors at home. Bad smells can form in every corner of the house: from the shoe cabinet, to your cat's litter box, to the refrigerator and cellar. How can we intervene to counter and eliminate them? The air fresheners that we find on the market cover odors with their synthetic fragrances, but they do not solve the problem at the source. Against bad smells, you can use baking soda, coffee, lemon juice and more. Here are some helpful tips.
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I bad smells they can form in any corner of the casa: from the shoe cabinet, to your cat's litter box, to the refrigerator and cellar. How take action to counter and eliminate them?
I air fresheners that we find on the market cover odors with their synthetic perfumes, but they do not solve the problem at the source. Against bad smells, you can use baking soda, coffee, lemon juice and more. Here are some helpful tips for the best natural remedies.
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Green tea for the cat litter box
Among the natural remedies to prevent and eliminate bad smells from the cat litter box are il green tea. You will need to sprinkle some dry green tea leaves on the cat litter box. You can arrange them both on the surface and on the bottom. They will give off a good scent and absorb bad smells.
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Apple cider vinegar for drains
THEapple vinegar, obtained from the fermentation of apple cider, is a natural remedy useful for taking care of drains and pipes domestic. It helps to remove limescale and eliminate bad smells. When the problem arises, pour half a glass of apple cider vinegar down the bathroom or kitchen drain.
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Vanilla extract for the freezer
If your ice cube trays or freezing containers have absorbed bad smells, proceed with someliquid vanilla extract. Soak a sponge or cotton ball and wipe it on problematic surfaces or objects. For prepare at home the extract, let a crushed vanilla bean macerate in a bottle of food alcohol for two weeks.
Clay for the garbage cans
Le expanded clay balls they are very useful for covering the bottom of the pots, in order to improve the humidity conditions of the soil. Clay also helps absorb bad smells. For this you can place them on the bottom of your garbage can, in order to limit inconveniences. You can buy them at the supermarket or garden stores.
Lemon juice for the cutting board
If yours cutting board absorbed the strong smells of some foods, such as garlic and onions, you can intervene with lemon juice. Use it diluted in water to soak the plastic cutting boards, or rub it on the wooden cutting boards with a well soaked sponge. The result will be amazing.
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Onions for the cellar
Here is a grandmother's remedy and maybe it will surprise you. Onions are very useful for absorbing bad smells caused by mold or from ourhumidity indoors. The trick is to cut an onion in half and store it in the cellar overnight. In the morning the bad smells will have disappeared.
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Coffee beans for the refrigerator
Here is a very clever trick to absorb bad smells that may form in the refrigerator, as well as to prevent them. Place in a jar, or in a bag obtained with a nylon sock, gods coffee beans or the coffee powder. Already after a few hours the bad smells will be gone. Alternatively, you can use baking soda.
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Baking soda for the shoe cabinet
If the source of bad smells is the shoe rack, prepare a small glass to be filled with baking soda and stored inside. If the real problem is the shoes, sprinkle their inner sole with del sodium bicarbonate and let it act overnight.
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Salt and cinnamon for the stove
Here's how to counteract bad smells caused by splashes that can form on the stove and near the stove during cooking. Sprinkle the affected parts immediately with a pinch of sale and cinnamon powder, when the stains are still fresh. No unpleasant odors will form, which will not be absorbed by the hob.
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Indoor plants
Once all the odor-related problems have been resolved, such as purify the air of the house? A precious help comes from indoor plants. Some of them are in fact particularly suitable. The fat plants andaloe they are the simplest to grow. If you are looking for scented plants, choose jasmines e geraniums.
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