Green yourself, change your behavior and your habits! Make sodium bicarbonate NaHCO₃ (or baking soda) your best friend eco-product: cheep (around 2€ in Greece), present in all supermarkets, 100% natural and ecological and has many usages. It is a white powder made from chalk and salt.

House Cleaning – Tip 10 Your best friend for your dishwasher

Remember that we saw earlier that our magic filter helps in the proper functioning and maintenance of a washing machine. Well, with same way we will see how we can improve the use of the dishwasher with the “Baking Soda“.

For clothes

View from above of clean dishes in dishwasher.

PREWASH CYCLE – Savings & bad odors: to reduce the amount of detergent used, throw enough baking soda over the dishes loaded in the dishwasher. By doing so, bad odors disappear easier and ecologically, it one the major property of baking soda, but also it allows us to reduce the quantity of detergent used.

Maintaining the machineWASHING CYCLE – Better performance: you can add baking soda (2 teaspoons) into the tank with the detergent during the washing cycle.

For deodorizing and degreasing the dishwasher, add 150g baking soda once per month and run washing program with an empty dishwasher, thus the machine will be cleaned-up and in parallel it is protected against stone formation.

No more cleaning chemicals for dishwashers, now every month you baking soda treatment will help you keep your dishwasher in great shape!