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Things To Know About Hydrogen Peroxide

How do you use the Hydrogen Peroxide you have? It’s a non- toxic multi-purpose item you should always have in your house. It is good for use in the kitchen, garden, household cleaning, and also for your first aid kit.

People may not know this or why hydrogen Peroxide is always in brown or a black bottle. It’s because if it’s exposed to too much sunlight, it gets less effective each day.

 

My advice is to keep it in your cabinets far from the kids and sunlight. Do not place it along with other food bottles; you may get confused one day. There are many types of hydrogen peroxide to choose from. The most common one is the one we use in our first aid kits but, there is the food grade hydrogen peroxide that can be used for kitchen purposes.

 

The regular hydrogen peroxide in the brown bottle that you buy at the local grocery store is the 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. This one is safe to use in your household, as it is highly diluted and won’t be harmful. For cleaning and killing germs, you might want to use Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide. Chemists have combined hydrogen peroxide with additional synergistic chemicals to make this type of hydrogen peroxide a formula that will eliminate germs.

 

       

What is Hydrogen peroxide?

Hydrogen peroxide is water with an extra oxygen molecule. The extra oxygen molecule oxidizes. That is how hydrogen peroxide gets its strength when it comes to killing bacteria and germs.

 

How To Whiten Teeth With Hydrogen Peroxide 

Hydrogen peroxide is well known to whiten your teeth, if you read the ingredients on every whitening toothpaste you will see it. Using hydrogen peroxide to whiten your teeth can be dangerous if you do not know the right way to do it. In whitening toothpaste, they use a specific amount to be on the safe side.

 

Here is how to whiten your teeth with hydrogen peroxide:

1. Add 3 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide to 1 cup of water.
2. Dip your toothbrush in the water mix with hydrogen peroxide and brush your teeth.
3. You can add toothpaste to the toothbrush to help the process.
4. Do this for 3 months twice per day and you will see a slight difference.

 

I would recommend going to see a dentist to clean and whiten your teeth to see a more drastic result that you will be satisfied with if your teeth are heavily stained by coffee or food. To whiten your teeth at a dentist will cost you from 600$ to 1000$ depending on the whitening procedure you choose.

 

Can you use hydrogen peroxide as mouthwash?

Yes! hydrogen peroxide can be used as a mouth wash. It is great to kill bacteria in your mouth while removing any other that might be lingering around. It will also help to whiten your teeth slightly in the process.

How to make a mouthwash with hydrogen peroxide?

1. Add 3 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide to 1 cup of water.
2. Gargle it each morning you brush your teeth.

Hydrogen peroxide is safe to gargle if you do not swallow it. Only adults should use hydrogen peroxide to gargle and clean their mouths.

 

How To dispose of hydrogen peroxide? 

   

Hydrogen peroxide does not expire or go bad at all. Hydrogen peroxide helps to kill bacteria on any surface it touches. The only reason to dispose of hydrogen peroxide is if you have too much of it and it is taking up too much space. They are a lot of different uses for hydrogen peroxide in and outside your house. Read more to see those uses.

 

Disposing Of Hydrogen Peroxide 

 I use hydrogen peroxide regularly to clean out my bathroom and kitchen sink drain. The chemicals in hydrogen is powerful enough to break down any food or hair that might be stuck in the drain.

Many people might think hydrogen peroxide is bleach, but it’s not. Even though you can use it to clean areas that you will normally use bleach on, for example, Countertops, bathroom sink, bathroom shower, cleaning floors, food and more areas. So hydrogen peroxide is not bleach.

 

How to clean coins with Hydrogen peroxide 

I have had a jar full of coins for over 4 years now. I finally decided I want to sell them and get hard cash to go and spend on something else. I didn’t realize that storing coins for that long packed together and not moving will cause them to rush and smell a funky way. This cleaning method below will show you how to clean coins with hydrogen peroxide.

Steps:

1.  Place the coins in a large enough blow so that the water can cover them entirely. 
2.  Boil some water and pour it on the coins until it goes over them slightly.
3.  Add 1 cup hydrogen to the water and mix it around and let it sit for an entire day.
4.  Before you take the coins out, mix them around so everything is washed off when it comes out. Wash off the coins in fresh water and look at how beautiful they came out.

You can use this cleaning method on rusty coins, coins you found in the dirt, or coins you just want to bring back the shine in. If any coins still have rust, dirt, or anything on them, use a hard enough toothbrush to scrub them off.

 

 

Hydrogen Peroxide Uses

 

Clean Countertops With Hydrogen Peroxide 

 

 

It’s always best to use a non-toxic cleaning agent for cleaning your countertops. Hydrogen peroxide will do a great job of cleaning your countertops. But do use food-grade hydrogen peroxide when cleaning kitchen surfaces, tables, and counters.

 

Clean Your Dish Drainer And Kitchen Sink

 

Clean the dish drainer that you put the dishes in. If you look closely at it you might see some black marks. You can use hydrogen peroxide to clean it. You can also pour some down the kitchen drain as well to kill grease or any odor that might be there.

 

Wash Food With Hydrogen Peroxide 

 

In need of some produce wash? Use the food-grade hydrogen peroxide to wash your produce before cooking them. Sanitize them first with hydrogen peroxide, then rinse them with water.

 

Clean Windows With Hydrogen Peroxide 

 

You can use hydrogen peroxide to clean your windows too. For window cleaning, you can either use the regular 3% hydrogen peroxide or the accelerated formula.

Hydrogen peroxide will give you clean, streak-free windows.

 

Just make sure to finish cleaning up your windows before the hydrogen peroxide dries. That is how you will avoid those annoying streaks.

 

Remove Stains With Hydrogen Peroxide 

 

Hydrogen peroxide will come in handy in the laundry room too. You can use it to remove stubborn stains, soak your whites to make them whiter, and sanitize your washer. Even removing dried paint on areas that it should be.

So always make sure to stock up on hydrogen peroxide. Having the different types is a plus, as you can use them according to how they were made to be used.

 

 

Clean Your Toothbrushes And Sanitizer Bacteria 

The most frequently used thing in our bathroom is your toothbrush. Most of us feel that just washing it with water will get rid of any bacteria that may be on it, but that won’t help. You can simply pour some hydrogen Peroxide on it our leave it in it for a period of time.

 

Cleaning Cutting Boards And Sanitize Them

 

Keeping your cutting boards clean is very important, all the cuts on the cutting board will carry so many bacterias. You may think that washing the cutting board with just soap and water will get rid of them but it won’t get rid of all of them.

 

What you can do to properly get every bacteria out is by spraying some hydrogen peroxide on the cutting board and then add some vinegar and wash it. This will remove every bacteria that may be on the cutting board and make it safe to be used again.

 

Remove Black Mold With Hydrogen Peroxide 

 

 

One of the bathrooms in my house doesn’t have a vent, so I normally see mold forming on some parts of the roof over the shower. You might be saying why don’t you open the windows, I do but I cant all the time because during the winter it gets really cold and the hot and cold air will create steam, and then I will have even more mole forming.

 

I tried using Lysol on the mold, but it didn’t help, what did was spraying some hydrogen peroxide on the area and leave it for half an hour and just go back and wipe it away.

 

Lighten Your Hair 

 

I don’t think a lot of people know this but if hydrogen peroxide gets in your hair it can bleach it and change the color. This is a nice method to use if you just want to lighten your hair a bit because the longer it stays in the more it will bleach your hair.

 

Clear Acne 

 

Growing up I didn’t suffer from acne problems too much, but as an adult, it started to affect me a bit. Working in the dust and stuff just blowing in your face will cause bacteria to get on your face, and if you don’t wash it off instantly they will cause all sorts of bumps to come on your face.

 

What I didn’t know was that hydrogen peroxide will clean out the pores and prevent acne from coming back again. You can just use some to wipe your face off each time you take a shower and you will see the results you get over a period of time.

 

Clean Reusable Bags

 

At most supermarkets they want us to use our own bags because its better for the environment. I agree with it, but the bag can get really messy and smell like all different types of food, especially meat. You can spray hydrogen peroxide inside the bag and wipe it down to clean it and remove any food odor that will be present.

 

Clean Grout Joints

 

Your bathroom grout will be the dirtiest, so you will need an easy method to clean it. First, you need to wipe tiles off. It will be easier if you spray the hydrogen peroxide on the joints so it can spread evenly. Leave it for an hour and use a toothbrush to clean afterward.

 

Clean Your Sink An Remove Odors 

 

 

If stains and grease are hard to remove from the kitchen sink or bathroom sink. Just get a sponge and give the sink a wipe with some hydrogen peroxide and let it sit for a bit. After that, just go and wipe it and see how easy it comes off. If it doesn’t come off with the first try, just repeat the process.

 

Save your plants from dying

 

If you see your plants in your garden or anywhere dying, it may be because of bacteria, excessive watering, and more causing root rot. This can kill your plants quickly, and all your hard work of growing them will be gone.

 

What can save them from the bacteria is hydrogen peroxide; it kills them and also helps to restore the plant oxygen level in the soil. What you will need to get is whatever you use to water your plants with, a watering can, etc.

This will be a 1 to 1 ratio of 3% hydrogen peroxide to water. When watering the plants, make sure this mixture doesn’t touch the leaves on the plant cause it will burn it. It will kill any bacteria that are killing the roots in the soil.

 

Unclog your Bathroom Drain

 

Over time your bathroom drain will get clogged with all the grease that’s coming off our body. Before you call the plumber and spend some extra bucks.

You can try pouring some hot water down the drain, then pour a cup of hydrogen peroxide after and leave it overnight. The hydrogen peroxide will break down the grease and clean it as it goes along.

 

 

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