29 Magical DIY Uses For Hydrogen Peroxide

29 Magical DIY Uses For Hydrogen Peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide ( H2O2) has been a long time stable for myself and my family needs. Apart from its obvious uses as a medicine cabinet staple, It deserves a mention among the cleaning supplies as well and it has other uses beyond that, some of which are so unconventional that they strain the imagination.

These  29 magical DIY uses for hydrogen peroxide are just some of many ways to use the amazing product. There is no doubt this is an awesome old-fashioned product that has many modern-day uses. As you can see it’s an ideal sanitizer and disinfectant, among other things!

Because of the many diverse uses for hydrogen peroxide, We have come up with a list of 29 magical uses for this highly versatile household product for general health, hygiene, cleaning and much more.

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There are some uses that will surprise and amaze you in equal parts. From curing a common cold to teeth whitening and even carpet cleaning, there is really something for everyone. In the home, a 3% solution is normally used.

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Read on to discover 29  amazing reasons why you need hydrogen peroxide in your home.

Hydrogen Peroxide Uses

 

1. Sanitize Sponges

Just soak your sponges in a strong (hydrogen peroxide) warm water solution, let the sponge soak for a bit, rinse it off. This will kill any germs or bacteria that love to live in sponges.

2. Mouthwash

Use a 50/50 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water to gargle your mouth and you’ll find out that it’s a very effective mouthwash. Just don’t swallow it.

3. Whiten Clothes

One of the main uses for hydrogen peroxide is whitening your white clothing. To get the desired results, add about 1/2 to 1 cup of H2O2 to your wash. It is excellent for removing hard stains from white clothes.

Yes! Peroxide also works great as a blood stain remover, even on WHITE Paramedic uniform shirts. You can use hydrogen peroxide to gently keep your whites “white” by adding a little when you do laundry and then thoroughly rinse.

4. Foot Fungus

One of the 29 magical DIY uses for hydrogen peroxide is that it serves as a foot soak. Soaking your feet in a peroxide solution helps soften calluses and corns, disinfects minor cuts and cures athlete’s foot or toenail fungus. Prepare a 50/50 solution of H2O2 and water, soak your feet in it once a day.

This solution will clear up the fungal problem. Continue to repeat the soak every night for several days repeatedly for it to be effective.

29 Awesome Uses Of Hydrogen Peroxide

5. Cleaning and Healing Wounds

Hydrogen peroxide has been proven to effectively kill germs and bacteria on wounds. That same 3 percent solution mixed 50/50 with water helps clean wounds when applied directly on the wound. The reason you have to dilute is that the 3% H2O2 can shock the healthy skin, according to sport injury experts.

Also, after treating a wound with this peroxide, it should be rinsed off to ensure the healthy tissue is not harmed. Hydrogen peroxide removes dead tissue, stops open wounds from bleeding, also helps heal infections, even if in very bad condition.

6. Wood Cutting Board Cleaner

H2O2 is perfect for cleaning wood cutting boards. These boards are really more difficult to remove germs from than the other types of cutting boards.

7. Eye Care

Among the 29 magical DIY uses for hydrogen peroxide is its use for eye care. It is useful for cleaning contact lenses as it is said to be very effective in eliminating the microbes that build upon the lenses after some time.

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8. Water Purifier

Hydrogen peroxide has been known to work as a perfect water purifier. just add a pint of hydrogen peroxide to one gallon of water you use in humidifiers and steamers, and H2O2 will help ensure that the water stays safe for drinking.

9. Tile Grout Cleaner

Speed clean your dirty tile grout with the 3% hydrogen peroxide. Though it may take some bit of scrubbing with a brush.

10. Immune System Booster

This is truly one of the 29 Magical  DIY uses for hydrogen peroxide, Most people don’t know that our bodies actually produce hydrogen peroxide via certain leukocytes, aka, white blood cells. The role of hydrogen peroxide is to help fight off, bacteria viruses and toxins.

11. Tooth Whitener

As an all-purpose whitener, hydrogen peroxide is hard to beat. Gargling with it can also whiten teeth, but the same rule applies about not swallowing it.

12.Vegetable Wash

Pour 3% hydrogen peroxide in your water that you wash your vegetables or to remove any herbicides or pesticides from them. You can also mix up a spray bottle with 50% water and half 3% H2O2. Then wash the vegetables and fruits with the mixture to remove dirt and pesticides. After washing, rinse thoroughly with cool water.

13. Natural Hair Bleach

H2O2 have long been used as an effective hair dye and lightener. Lighten your hair by spraying it with a 50/50 mixture of 3% H2O2 and water after it has been washed. Just comb this spray through your hair and let it dry.

This does not bleach your hair drastically in the same way as the commercially lightening mixtures do. This gradually lightens and you may have to reapply every few days to get the effect you desire.

14. Toothpaste

Mix it with that other medicine cabinet staples such as baking soda,(baking soda works to remove stains and debris) and you have got an effective toothpaste, which is handy for those times when you go to the store and accidentally leave toothpaste off the shopping list.  This is indeed one of the 29 magical DIY uses for hydrogen peroxide that you don’t know about. It can also be used for toothache remedy

15. Mildew Free Humidifier

Mould and mildew can be damaging to your health. The quicker you clean it up the safer for you and your family You can place a pint of 3% H2O2 into the water in your humidifier to keep mold and mildew from forming. This will help the moist air that comes from your humidifier healthier to breathe.

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