Stuffing orange peels into mineral water bottles is incredibly effective and can save you a large amount of money a year.
Oranges are a delicious fruit, rich in nutrients. In addition to containing a lot of sugar, they are also very high in vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C and carotenoids, which are essential and indispensable substances for the human body.
When eating oranges and peeling off the peel and throwing it in the trash is a waste. The nutritional value of orange peels is higher than oranges, containing a lot of vitamin C and natural essential oils. After drying, they can be used as tea, medicine, and have high health care value. But today I will not talk about how to make dried tangerine and orange peels with the above wonderful uses, but will teach you a little trick : Just put the orange peel in a bottle of mineral water, it has a very strong effect, helping you save a large amount of money every year.
Miraculous uses of orange peel
Prepare fresh orange peel, mineral water bottle, salt, white vinegar and baking soda .
1. Buy some oranges, peel them, put them in a pot, add a suitable amount of salt, pour in water, stir well by hand and soak for 20 minutes. The surface of the orange peel has a thin layer of wax and bacteria, dirt, etc. Soaking in light salt water has a very good cleaning effect.
2. After soaking the orange peel, rub it with your hands, rinse it with water, and drain it. Use a knife to cut the orange peel into thin slices, the thinner the better, this is beneficial for releasing the essence inside.
3. Find a few mineral water bottles, rinse them with clean water, then drain all the water. Put the cut orange peels into the mineral water bottles, don't fill them too full, just half the bottle is enough.
4. Prepare 4 caps of baking soda, also pour into the mineral water bottle, add 8 caps of white vinegar, add half a bottle of water, do not fill it up because baking soda and white vinegar will react to produce gas, if the container is too full it will explode.
5. After adding everything, cover the bottle of mineral water and put it in the refrigerator for 3 days to let the different ingredients react completely. Open the bottle cap every day to let out some excess gas, then cover it again to let the reaction continue.
6. After 3 days, the reaction is almost complete. Surely at this point, everyone will be very curious, not understanding what this water is used for, can it be drunk? In fact, the solution created is not used for drinking because it is a dishwashing soap with a very pleasant natural orange scent.
7. Pour orange peel dishwashing liquid onto a dishcloth, squeeze lightly to let the solution soak into the cloth, then use it to wash used dishes. This solution has a very good grease-removing effect, the dishes after washing are very clean, have a very special orange scent and are safe.
You may not know what ingredients are in the dishwashing liquid bought in the store, but after each use you need to rinse it many times with water to see the foam disappear, maybe it is some kind of chemical compound, so you should use less as possible. Homemade orange-scented dishwashing liquid made in the above way, with orange peel as a natural raw material, along with other substances such as baking soda, white vinegar are all edible, very gentle and do not cause skin irritation, so just rinse with water.
The type of detergent outside currently costs an average of 20 to 30 thousand a bottle, if you use a bottle a month, it can cost from 300 to 400 thousand a year. When making dishwashing liquid using this method, you can save a few hundred thousand a year.