Sodium Sink Scrub Powder:
Wellness Mama's Excellent Mineral-Based Scouring Powder Cleanser

by Jon Sasmor RCPC (Mineral Guide, MinBalance LLC)
Updated July 30, 2024

Katie Wells (Wellness Mama®) has presented an excellent scouring powder recipe. And it's all made with minerals!

I learned of this recipe a few years ago when Bon Ami stopped making a version without synthetic chemicals, and I was looking for an alternative natural scrub powder cleanser. I have modified the recipe slightly to simplify it.

Wellness Mama's recipe works great! One neat thing about it is that all three active ingredients are mineral compounds of the mineral sodium:

• 2 parts baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO₃)
• 1 part washing soda (sodium carbonate, Na₂CO₃)
• 1 part salt (sodium chloride, NaCl)

Add the above three sodium-based ingredients to a jar. Each ingredient is a slightly different color white, so it's usually possible to estimate amounts visually by the layers' thickness, without exact measurement.

Leave around 1/3 of the jar empty to allow room for mixing. Cover tightly, and shake well to mix!

Sprinkle a little of the sodium scrub powder on stainless steel sinks or pots. Then add a small amount of water to make a paste, and scrub away — with the triple powers of the mineral sodium!

Sodium Sink Scrub Powder ingredients: salt, washing soda, and baking soda.

Jar of Sodium Sink Scrub Powder, already mixed.

Jar of Sodium Sink Scrub Powder, not yet mixed, with layers showing: 2 parts baking soda at bottom, then 1 part washing soda, then 1 part salt. Look closely to see the different shades of white.

Sodium Sink Scrub Powder in a pan. Apply a few drops of water to make a paste, then gently scrub away grease after cooking.

Sodium Sink Scrub Powder in a sink. Add a few drops of water to make a paste, then gently scour sink to remove grease, biofilms, food, and debris.