Food grade diatomaceous earth has a number of healthful uses around the home and in the human body.
We've already shared
- How to Use Diatomaceous Earth for Healthy Hair, Nails, & Skin
- How to Use Diatomaceous Earth to Rid Your Home, Garden, and Pets of Fleas!
- How to Use Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth to Eliminate Parasites in Humans and Animals
and today we want to let you know that
Diatomaceous Earth can also deodorize carpets!
Carpets get stinky after years of regular household use and spills, pets, and moisture.
Diatomaceous earth is filled with the fossilized remains of phytoplankton called diatoms, whose bodies are rich in silica. Silica is extremely porous and absorbent, making it perfect for deodorizing carpets. It's super simple to use!
How to use Diatomaceous Earth to Deodorize Carpets
You can spread DE over your entire carpet or just on the smelly parts. Consider using a face mask. While food grade DE is relatively safe for ingestion, it is very dusty and it's not enjoyable to breathe in clouds of dust. You can also cover surfaces and furniture you do not want to be dusty.
- Spread food grade DE on the carpet (you can use something like a sieve if you have it) and work in with a broom.
- Leave on for 24-48 hours. The longer the better for particularly odorous areas.
- Vacuum it up. Note: silica particles are very fine, and it could damage the filter in a standard home vacuum. Consider using a shop vac or industrial vacuum.
- Repeat as needed.
That's it!! It's an easy solution to freshen your home, plus it's super cheap. Between this and its dozens of other uses, we make sure to have it on hand in our household at all times.
We are happy to offer Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth on our website by donation towards building a healthier world for ALL!
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I love the food grade items usage as health benefits. We should be moving towards organic and food grade things in our routine life.
Hippocrates said, "Let food be thy medicine!"
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Yes organic should be promoted to make our life healthy and easy . I am trying to use organic things as much as I can. You will see in my future posts.
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I need to use this on my mattress!
It's great how this one natural powder can do so many beneficial things. I love that we can add deodorizing carpets to the list. Thanks for sharing @gardenofeden.
DE is amazing, never thought about this use for it. Thanks for the share, upvoted and resteemed!
This is one of the most useful and safe products available to us humans today.
Wow that's some great tip !!! thanks for sharing :) Never knew this ! I will follow and upvote. keep on posting interesting posts :D STEEM ON!!!
Thanks, @chrizbiz!
I never heard of diatomaceous earth to deodorize carpets before. May have to try it out one of these days. Thanks for the tip garden of eden.
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I've learned something new today and haven't even had my first cup of coffee, thanks.
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hahahah nice!
Great tip for natural, chemical free cleaning. Upvoted.
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Thanks for sharing :)
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I still didn't understand I know what it can be used for but what really is a Diatomaceous Earth?
It is a powder that contains teeny tiny fossils of prehistoric algae that's mined from ancient rivers, lakes, and seabeds. It's basically a kind of dirt.
Que bueno conocer mas propiedades y cuidados que nos dá la propia naturaleza, saludos desde Perú. Exitos mil!!!
I do not really understand but after I read your post. All so interesting Thanks
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I've used it in the garden and it's great for getting rid of bugs.
This is rad!!! Where does this come from? The Earth?