9 ways to use ammonia at home. Method 7 surprised even me

Not many people know that ammonia is no less useful in everyday life than in medicine. There are many ways to use a 10% ammonia solution for household purposes, and we have selected the most effective of them.

Removing stains

To remove contaminants, ammonia solution is used for household purposes, perhaps most often. And, of course, mainly in places where using conventional detergents is either inconvenient or ineffective.

• Ammonia can be used to clean carpets or furniture upholstery, and it will work better than store-bought household chemicals, and besides, you won’t have to wash the foam out of the fabric.
• This solution can also be used to clean suede shoes, bags and gloves, because they cannot be washed, and treatment with a regular stain remover will require contact with water. In this case, the ammonia solution is applied to the suede with a cotton pad: the dirt will be absorbed by the alcohol, and the pads will need to be changed until they become clean.
• Ammonia is also indispensable for removing greasy stains from any fabric, including regular clothes. Treat the stain with the solution, and then run a regular machine wash: there will be no trace left of greasy stains on cuffs and collars.

What concentration should you prepare the solution for these manipulations? The more ammonia you add per 100 ml of water, the stronger and faster its properties will appear, but the aggressive effect on the tissue structure will also increase. The most common cleaning solution, which we recommend using, is 1 part ammonia and 5 parts water, although if necessary, you can increase or decrease the saturation of the mixture.

Whitening

In addition to removing stains, ammonia is used in everyday life to return things to their original boiling white color, and it also copes with this task with a bang. True, it does not work as well alone as with an assistant in the form of hydrogen peroxide, so stock up on both products. We will soak children's tights, your work blouse and even tulle, yellowed from the sun, in the same solution: add 50 ml of peroxide and 25 ml of ammonia to 4-5 liters of hot water (about 70 ˚C), and soak things in it for several hours and then rinse thoroughly. It is worth noting that this procedure does not replace washing and should be carried out on items that have already been cleaned of heavy soiling.

Advice

White clothes that have become the victim of a bright sock accidentally falling into the washing machine can also be saved with the help of such soaking, if, of course, the colored fabric has not faded too much.

Surface cleaning

An ammonia solution removes heavy stains from tiles, sinks or ovens no worse than from fabrics, so you can wash your entire apartment with the same solution.

• Ammonia is great for cleaning glass, mirrors and other glass products, such as chandeliers and even glasses. It is good because even in solution it does not leave streaks and adds shine.
• With a solution of ammonia applied to a cotton pad, you can even clean the soleplate of the iron so that it does not leave unsightly stains on clothes.
• A solution of ammonia will remove grease stains from tiles if it is a kitchen apron, traces of hard water if it is a bathroom, and dirt if it is a floor.
• Ammonia copes well with greasy stains, so you can wash the stove and oven with its solution, of course, without turning on the gas: it is still alcohol.

Disinfection

For the same tiles, treating with ammonia is not just cleaning, but also the prevention of fungus and mold, which makes the grout between the tiles look simply terrible. Of course, it is better to use regular alcohol to disinfect your hands, but it is quite possible to treat objects with ammonia. For example, hair combs and brushes are soaked in an ammonia solution, which are difficult to properly rinse and disinfect in any other way.

Metal cleaning

Soaking items made of silver, gold and other metals in ammonia solution is another useful tip, which even owners of jewelry workshops will confirm. It will work equally well for grandma’s old gold pendant and for oxidized silver spoons.

Repellent

The use of ammonia in everyday life is not limited to the area of ​​cleaning: it can also serve in the fight against insects that have decided to settle in your apartment. Brown ants, which are often simply impossible to remove using traditional methods, will forget the way to your kitchen if they smell ammonia. You can also take it with you on outings: it works no worse than factory repellents, and costs much less.

Advice

If you apply a tiny amount of ammonia to an insect bite, it will stop itching.

Beauty product

Ammonia has interesting properties for dry and problematic skin of the feet. If you add literally a couple of drops of this product to the baths, the skin softens, cracks heal faster, the unpleasant odor recedes, and the roughening of the skin occurs more slowly.

Important!

Ammonia is used in small quantities orally to induce vomiting in case of poisoning, but it is better not to use it outside medical institutions for such purposes: a slight overdose and you will get a burn to the mucous membranes and serious poisoning.

Elimination of odors

Another useful tip for using ammonia in everyday life is eliminating ingrained unpleasant odors in the room. If you place small containers of ammonia around the room, then after a while the smell will go away, and although the ammonia will have to ventilate the apartment for a long time and thoroughly, soon there will be no odors in it except the smell of cleanliness.

Fertilizer

It is difficult to believe that a substance with such a pungent odor, and even alcohol, can be beneficial for plants, but with some species this is indeed the case. True, it is added in small quantities so as not to harm the seedlings. Gardeners say that this way it grows stronger and stronger.

If we have missed some way of using ammonia in everyday life, it is only because there are really a lot of them: hurry to take advantage of the versatility of this product for the sake of cleanliness in your home and more.