Salt and lemon are excellent cooking spices. Here for you are 25 wonderful things you can use lemon and salt to do.
Lemons are a versatile natural option for cleaning, beauty, cooking and more. In the same way, salt not only increases the taste of food but also has great uses for cleaning, beauty and cooking.
Lemons and salt when used together can create wonders. Lemons have a high concentration of citric acid, which is ideal for disinfection and cleaning. The main ingredients are lemon and salt.
1. Use of lemon and salt in cleaning sinks.
- Stainless steel sinks can be changed from dull and stained to clean and shiny using lemon and salt.
- The citric acid will cut down on grime and the salt will help with the scrubbing process.
- Sprinkle a little salt on your sink.
- Squeeze the lemon juice and scrub the entire sink with the lemon zest.
2. Leave to act for 20 minutes and drain the water
- Leave it for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, clean with lukewarm water. The sink will start to glow.
- We can see before and after changes in my images.
- We can also clean the taps with lemon and salt.
3. Lemon and salt polishes copper, brass items.
Copper is a beautiful metal in all its forms but it tarnishes very quickly. Copper reacts with oxygen in the air to form copper oxide which forms a black or brown tarnish on copper objects. We can restore tarnished copper items to a polished, shiny form with available natural kitchen ingredients.
Lemon and salt remove the dull, worn finish from your copper pans or any copper item. You can see your copper and brass items shine after being polished with lemon and salt.
Cut the lemon in half. Dip it in salt and slowly rub on the copper pot to polish. Clean with water and we can see the instant shine and transformation from the old pot to the new one.
You can see the transformation after rubbing with lemon and salt in my image
4. Lemon salt also makes steel containers shine
Dip half a sliced lemon in salt and rub it on any dull steel object. You can see the instant shine.
5. Remove coffee and tea stains from cups
Lemon and salt work wonderfully to remove coffee and tea stains from the inside of cups. Lemon is an excellent cleanser as well as a natural bleaching agent. Salt is a natural abrasive that works well on stains.
Add a little salt inside the stained cup. Squeeze a little lemon juice and rub with the lemon zest.
Leave on for 20 minutes then clean with water.
6. Lemon and salt also remove stains from fabric
Lemon and salt also remove coffee stains, tea stains or even sweat stains on clothes.
Sprinkle a little salt on the stained area of the fabric. Rub with half a sliced lemon.
wash the cloth with detergent. You can see in my picture (the stain has been removed)
7. Lemon salt can be used to deodorize cutting boards
Lemon and salt can be used to deodorize cutting boards. The acidity of the lemon and the abrasiveness of the salt will help dig in to keep those cutting boards clean and fresh.
Salt is great for drawing moisture and bacteria out of your cutting boards and lemon helps it smell nice.
Sprinkle a little salt on the cutting board. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice onto the board.
Rub the cutting board with lemon zest. Leave on for 15 minutes and clean with water.
8. Removes light rust
Lemon, salt and baking soda can be used to remove light rust from steel or metal.
Take some baking soda in a bowl. Add salt and squeeze in lime juice
9. Rub on the rusty surface
Rub it on the rusty surface and leave it on for half an hour. Clean with water. Rust will be removed as in my picture
10. Lemon and Salt Density Experiment
I did this density experiment using lemon and salt to teach my child about density.
My child was very excited to do this.
Take water in 2 glasses up to the brim.
Add 3 teaspoons of salt to one glass and do not add salt to the other glass.
After adding salt, give a mixture. After mixing we have salt water in one glass and normal water in another glass.
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11. Add Lemons to Normal and Salted Water
Add lemon to normal water. After adding lemon to normal water, the lemon will sink to the bottom.
Then add the lemon to the salted water. After adding salt water, the lemon will float and not sink.
In normal water, the density of lemon is greater than that of water and it will sink.
When we add salt to water, the density of water increases.
The lemon will float and not sink because of the lower density in salt water
12. Lemon Salt Scrub for Black Heads
Blackheads are a common problem and can be difficult to get rid of completely. Our skin produces a lot of oil which clogs pores and creates little plugs called blackheads. They can be treated at home using natural remedies.
Lemon and salt work well to remove blackheads. The citric acid in lemon helps remove oils trapped in pores by killing germs. The salt also acts as an antibacterial and opens the pores allowing the release of blackheads.
Procedure for making lemon salt scrub:
Take a tablespoon of sea salt in a bowl.
- Add half a teaspoon of lemon juice and a teaspoon of water.
- Massage this mixture into the skin around your nose and other areas of the body where you have blackheads.
- Take about 5 minutes and use circular motions with your fingers to work all the mixture into the skin.
- (Do not rub the skin as this can make it inflamed. Just massage gently)
- Then rinse the face with lukewarm water to remove the solution and finally close the pores using splashes of cold water.
- If you do this daily, you will notice that the skin will become brighter, healthier and free of black heads.
13. Clean vegetables with lemon and salt water
It is very important to clean fruits and vegetables well before eating them.
Cleaning removes wax layers, bacteria, gets rid of pesticide residues and other pathogens.
We can clean them using natural ingredients available at home.
Lemon and salt work great. Take little water in a container. Squeeze the lemon juice and salt the water.
Soak the vegetables in this water for 15 minutes. Then clean them under running water and dry them. Lemon juice is antimicrobial and can destroy germs and bacteria.
14. Unusual Uses for Lemon Zest
We normally throw away the lemon peels after squeezing the juice. Their uses are numerous with lemon zest.
I will show how to make an “ALL PURPOSE CLEANER” using lemon peels. We can use this cleaner to clean kitchen slabs, stove, refrigerator, tiles and can also be used as a floor cleaner.
15 Procedure for preparing ALL-PURPOSE CLEANER
Take about 10 lemon zests. Add a cup of water and boil the zests for 10 minutes.
Cool them.
After cooling, simply squeeze all the peels once.
Remove the peels.
16. Filter the liquid and dilute it
Filter the liquid using a strainer. We will obtain a clear liquid after filtering.
Dilute the liquid with a cup of water.
17. Add liquid soap and baking soda
Finally add 2 teaspoons of liquid soap and one teaspoon of baking soda.
18. Get rid of onion and garlic smells on your hands
After chopping the garlic or onions, our hands will smell the flavor of the onions or garlic.
A simple trick to get rid of the smell is to take half of a sliced lemon and dip it in salt . Rub it on hands and clean with water. The citric acid in the lemon and the salt exfoliation should eliminate the odor. We will have a fresh lemony smell.
19. Multiple Uses of Lemon Peel All-Purpose Cleaner
I will show different uses of this “all-purpose cleaner”.
Spray the cleaner on the kitchen slab
Scrub the surface using a brush,
wet the sponge with water and clean the surface.
You can see the change. The kitchen slab starts to shine and you get a nice lemony freshness.
20. Use an all-purpose cleaner to clean the stove
In the same way, spray the cleaner on the stove. Scrub it and wipe with a sponge.
The stove will shine after cleaning.
21. Clean the tiles
Spray the all-purpose cleaner onto the tile surface, scrub it in, and wipe it away with a damp sponge.
22. All-Purpose Cleaning Comb Cleaner
An all-purpose cleaner can be used to clean the combs. Soak the combs in cleanser for a while and clean them under running water.
We can also clean toothbrushes using an all-purpose cleaner.
23. Other uses for lemon peels
Adding lemon zest to the pressure cooker base before cooking prevents the pressure cooker base from turning black and the pressure cooker stays new all the time
24. An easy way to keep mosquitoes away
Mosquitoes hate the smell of cloves and anything lemony. This can be an easy trick to get rid of mosquitoes.
The same even applies to ants. Place 5-6 cloves on the lemon hemisphere and place them in areas where ants are found. The ants will repel each other.
25. Lemon juice prevents sticky rice and keeps potatoes from browning
You can squeeze a little lemon juice while cooking the rice to prevent the rice from sticking. (Here I have added lemon juice while making biryani to make it softer)
Adding a little lemon juice on chopped vegetables like potatoes or fruits like apples prevents them from discoloring or blacken
