Cleaning with salt?

[Collinsky]

I've heard that some people do some of their cleaning with salt... I currently use vinegar and baking soda for most things. (Everything but dishes and laundry, although a vinegar rinse is always nice.) I'm open to using other things though! so I was wondering what you use salt for, how you use it, etc.

[JTA Mom]

You can use salt in pretty much everything you use baking soda for. Well, ok, not everything. It's not a very good laundry additive, lol.

I use salt when I want a coarser scouring powder. That said, it's a bit tricky to get the water to salt ratio just right. Baking soda is much more forgiving. Plus, it's also a bit more expensive, per ounce, than baking soda.

hth

Ami

[4evermom]

My friend's mom cleaned her glass coffee pot with salt. She liked it because it didn't leave residues like detergents, I think. That was my only experience with salt for cleaning.

[Mallori]

I have pots/pans that are stainless and have a copper bottom to them. When the copper part starts looking dark and icky, I spray them down with vinegar and then sprinkle salt into the vinegar. Shines them up instantly.

My kids had a blast with this cleaning pennies one day.

[Bad Horse]

Originally Posted by Mallori

My kids had a blast with this cleaning pennies one day.

Oh yes! My kids have spent many an afternoon with vinegar and salt cleaning pennies!

[His Own]

I use it to scour out my cast iron pans. Works great!