The Many Uses of Table Salt

Simple table salt has a great number of uses other than simply seasoning our food. The following list will give you just some of the many uses there are of salt, many of which you probably already know of and some that you didn't.

Sprinkle salt on greasy build up on kitchen stovetops and then wipe up with a damp sponge.

Keep a container of salt by the front and back door of your home to sprinkle on the steps and sidewalk to de ice them and prevent falls.

Moisten table salt with a dash of vinegar and then dip your finger into the mixture and rub your hands together. This will remove odors from your hands left behind from spices such as garlic.

Mix salt and lemon juice to remove mildew stains from around baseboards.

Salt will prevent weeds from growing in between the cracks of a sidewalk or a brick walkway if you sprinkle salt in the cracks.

Sprinkle salt on messes from foods flowing over in the oven and once the oven is cooled; the mess will wipe up clean and easy.

Clean up your stained coffee pot with a warm salt-water solution.

Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar, thickened with flour.

Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life.

Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soak up the stain.

Clean you iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface.

When cooking foods in a double boiler cook the food faster by adding a dash of salt.

Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys and computer keyboards.

To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and starch, with just enough water to make stiff putty.

Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water.

Use salt water as a mouthwash.

Use salt and hot water and add in honey for a sore throat gargle.

Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush to give teeth a squeaky clean feeling.

Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn.

Eliminate excess suds when washing dishes in your kitchen sink with a sprinkle of salt.

A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing beverage.

Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water.

A dash of salt enhances the taste of teas.

Add salt in your final rinse in the washing machine to prevent the clothes from freezing when hung outdoors to dry.

Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to prevent yellowing.

Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water.

Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in them next day to remove burned-on stains.

Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.

Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added.

Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor.

Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added.

Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.

Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.

Soaked discolored glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains.

Clean and scrub away grease off pans with a paper towel and salt.

Add salt to the water when boiling eggs. The shells come of easier and you have perfect eggs for Easter every time

Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip up faster and fluffier

Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove odor.

A dash of salt improves the taste of coffee.

Soak mismatched knee-high hose in warm salt water and when your wring them out they will have a matched pair

Salt and baking soda keeps odors out of your refrigerator.

Soak stained handkerchiefs in warm salt water before washing them

Sprinkle salt in your kitchen cabinets to keep ants away.

Soak fish in salt water before de-scaling; the scales will come off easier

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Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring and to help keep the moisture out.

Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.

Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink; bad ones float

A tiny pinch of salt added to egg whites will make them beat up fluffier.