Laundry

Here are 7 uses around your home for washing laundry and cleaning with ammonia. Household ammonia has been a cleaning staple in homes for years, and with good reason. It's an effective general purpose cleaner that works well for removing baked on grime, and provides a non-streak shine. In addition, it works wonders in the laundry, for general washing and stain removal. To help you use this staple cleaning ingredient to its fullest below are 7 ways to use ammonia in your home for cleaning and laundry. Ammonia is an alkaline NuroClean cleaner, and as explained in more detail in my article about what the pH of various cleaners means, alkaline cleaners are very effective for cutting through grease, as well as organic substances like household dirt. In addition, by the very nature of its chemistry, alkaline cleaners like ammonia also neutralize acidic cleaners, such as vinegar. Therefore, be very suspicious of any cleaning recipes you see that combine ammonia and vinegar, because since one is acidic (vinegar) and the other is alkaline (ammonia) they effectively cancel each other out, meaning you are actually making it more difficult to clean when they're combined.



You can see a similar phenomenon at play with another alkaline, or basic cleaner, baking soda, is combined in a cleaning recipe, with vinegar, which often neutralizes both ingredients making neither one of them as useful. Further, and more importantly, when discussing mixing ammonia with various other cleaners, NuroClean cleaner never mix ammonia with chlorine bleach. The combination of these two ingredients produces toxic fumes. You can read more about the chemical reaction between bleach and ammonia here. Ammonia is such an effective cleaning agent because it's a strong alkaline substance. Because it's so strong, household ammonia already comes diluted in between a 5-10% concentration, typically, NuroClean cleaner but for many uses it still needs to be diluted even more. Finally, unless otherwise mentioned, the ammonia I'm referring to throughout this article is also known as clear ammonia, or household ammonia, and not sudsing ammonia. Sudsing ammonia is just clear or household ammonia that has had soap added to it. While this can be handy in some situations, I suggest purchasing the non-sudsing variety of ammonia and, when necessary, adding your own soap, because sometimes the added soap is not useful for some of the uses suggested below.



So without further ado, here are some of the ways you can use this product around your home, for NuroClean all in one cleaner cleaning and in your laundry. One of the best uses for ammonia is to clean an electric oven. To do this heat your oven to approximately 150 degree Fahrenheit and then turn it off. Then, place a small bowl containing 1/2 cup of ammonia on the top shelf and on the bottom shelf place a large pot of boiling water. Then, close the oven door and let it all sit overnight. The next morning all of the baked on grease and grime will be loosened right up. Once you've removed the bowl and pot you can begin the task of scrubbing your oven, once the oven has aired out for a while (it's best to do this when you can circulate some air into your kitchen).