Hydrogen Peroxide Uses

Hydrogen Peroixde is my go to cleaner for everthing! It is odorless and you can seriously use for everything. It is cheap, easy to use and I love not have a ton of bottles taking up space!

To disinfect, first clean any visible dirt or grime off the area with plain soap and water. Then spray surfaces with a 50/50 mix of peroxide and water. Let it sit for five minutes or longer. Rinse surfaces that touch food, like cutting boards, but let other surfaces air dry

1. Aftershave

Hydrogen peroxide can be used as an aftershave to clean your skin and leave it soft and healthy.

2. Acne-Fighting Face Wash

Instead of using expensive, harsh face cleansers, soak a cloth in peroxide and massage your face with it. Your skin will thank you for it.

3. Whiten Your Teeth

This is actually fairly well known—rinsing for about 60 seconds with hydrogen peroxide is effective at disinfecting your mouth and whitening your teeth. No more expensive whitening strips or laser treatments! Check out what the American Dental Association has to say about using hydrogen peroxide to whiten your teeth.

4. Toothpaste

Mix 3% solution with baking soda until the mixture becomes a paste. Viola—cheap, simple toothpaste. As stated above, this is an effective whitener for your teeth as well.

5. Relieve Toothaches

Rinsing with peroxide every night for a week will get rid of any bacteria, viruses, and infections that may be causing toothaches.

6. Fight Foot Fungus

Just as peroxide can be used to get rid of foot odor, foot fungus is just as susceptible. Just soak your feet every night for 10–15 minutes before bed.

7. Rid Feet of Odor

Soak your feet in a tub with water and H2O2 for 10–15 minutes to get rid of foot odor! This also works with alcohol and vinegar.

8. Dish Cleaning

Soak a sponge in a peroxide solution and start scrubbing—the dishes will be disinfected, clean, and clear of harsh chemicals found in many dish soaps.

9. Clean Fruits & Vegetables for Cooking

Spray your vegetables with a 3–6% solution and let them sit for about 3 minutes. Rinse them off with water really well and get cooking!

10. Clean Kitchen Sponges

Sponges in the kitchen are often very dirty, smelly, and full of bacteria. Soak your sponges in a hydrogen peroxide solution to clean them and make them last much longer.

11. Household Cleaner

Hydrogen peroxide can be used to disinfect household surfaces and works just as well as, if not better than, most name-brand cleaners.

Note: If you want to use a spray bottle, either fill up the bottle right before use or use a darkened spray bottle because the hydrogen peroxide will change to water and oxygen when exposed to sunlight (that's why it comes in dark plastic containers at your local pharmacy).

12. Glass Cleaner

Using peroxide to clean your windows and mirrors won't leave any streaks and is just as effective as brand-name glass cleaners.

13. Bleach for Clothes

Although you can buy bleach from many retail stores, hydrogen peroxide is a cheap alternative that works just as well. Just soak the clothes in a diluted solution, or for small stains, just dab a small amount on the clothing item and let it sit for a minute or two.

14. Plant Fertilizer

Spray on the plants or in the soil to help fertilize the plants. It works by oxidizing the roots and leaves as well as the nutrients in the soil.

15. Clean Toilet Bowls

Spray or pour peroxide into the toilet and let it sit for 15-20 minutes, then scrub clean. This will whiten the toilet as well as disinfect it and clean off any grime.

16. Disinfect Kids' Toys

Hydrogen peroxide is much safer to use around babies and kids—use it to disinfect their toys and play areas to keep them and yourself healthy and virus free.

17. Clean Tile Grout

Tile grout often turns brown from the collection of dirt. Spray or pour some peroxide on the grout and let it sit for a few minutes, then scrub it off to reveal whitened and cleaned tile grout.

18. Wash Your Floor

Wash and disenfect your floor! Especially great with left over animal smell, people will never know that you have animals. Put 1/4 HP to 2 gallons of hot water and get cleaning.