Peroxide: Versatile and Frugal Uses for your Home

Do you want to clean, freshen, and kill bacteria and fungus around your home for just pennies per use? Then get out that bottle of hydrogen peroxide.

Here are just a few of its wonderful, frugal uses:

In the Laundry room:
Use one cup of peroxide in your wash,instead of bleach, to whiten your clothes.

For those of you with a green thumb:
Put one ounce of peroxide in one ounce of water, and use it to mist your plants, to keep the leaves healthy.

You can also use it to sprout seeds. Just add one ounce of peroxide to one pint of water. Add the same amount of peroxide each time you rinse the seeds.

In the kitchen:
Use peroxide to wipe down all of your surfaces. It sanitizes everything beautifully!

Peroxide also is an effective pesticide remover, so use it when cleaning you fruits and vegetables. Just wash your fresh produce in a sink of cold water with a little salt and 1/4 cup of peroxide. It prolongs the freshness of your food.

Peroxide is also good for washing chicken, and other meats. Use a little salt and peroxide in chilled water. It kills any bacteria and viruses that may be lurking!

In the bathroom:
Keep a spray bottle with half water/half peroxide handy for spraying down your shower and bathtub. It kills germs and keeps them nice and clean.

You can also use peroxide on your toothbrush, to kill bacteria, and to make a cheap tooth whitener. Just swish a teaspoon of peroxide around in your mouth every day, after each time you brush your teeth.

Straight peroxide on a cotton ball is a great acne treatment. Just clean your face with it 3 or 4 times a day and watch those pimples disappear!


Irene Helen Zundel is a freelance writer, educator and mother, and an expert in child development, home schooling and creative parenting and home making.
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