Odor absorbtion of baking soda

jmnew51

I do not understand why baking soda is a good absorber of odors. Is it like activated charcoal or something? The reason I ask is because I have patch of odor in my carpet and someone suggested sprinkling baking soda on it. I just do not see this working. Also I have a carpet cleaning machine so could I put some baking soda into the solution and use it that way? Or does it have to be in powder form?

Thank you

Jim

Bloodthunder

Baking soda is weakly alkaline, hence it can react with odors with acidic origins and neutralize them. You could put in water to use.

jmnew51

Well I used a lot of ammonia on the carpet so if that did not work I guess the baking soda won't either. How does it absorb odors from your fridge by just putting an open box in there?

Jim