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Does anyone here use borax?
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How about a chemists, think I have seen in BootsCarolbee0
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Hi Kaz,
I've only ever found it in Boots......£2.10 for 750gms. It's brilliant .....
I use it for removing persistant stains.........soak item in your usual detergent, then remove and add borax directly onto the stain while the item is still wet. Leave for about half an hour then wash as you usually would. It nearly always removes the stain.
It's also brilliant at removing build up of of hair products.......just mix some with your shampoo and wash as usual.......hair literally feels squeaky clean.
According to the packaging of the brand I used to buy (no longer available) Borax will not harm anything that will not be damaged by water.
I love this stuff.
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Fantastic - thanks both. I'm amazed at how good the other OS cleaners are - so much so I keep using them instead of using up the 'expensive' ones I have. I am trying to spread the word offline to - but I must be over enthusiastic as I keep getting some strange looks!
Kaz xJanuary '06 Grocery Challenge (4th - 31st) £320.Week 1 - £73.99 Week 2 £5.10 (so far
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Someone burst my bubble and I lost the plot so no idea what I spent now...Other Jan :- Petrol £20.41, Clothes £8.50, House £3.
I will try to work it out.
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Thanks for that, I've been looking for this stuff for ages , if you sprinkle it on your windows ledges, it stops spider's coming into your house. They don't like to cross it, so i've been told.:T0
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Less than £1 for 300gm at Wilkinsons .
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Homebase sell borax in their cleaning aisle;)0
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Doh!!! I drove past there (homebase) this morning and thought 'I wonder.....' It was so hot I thought not, and drove on instead!
Kaz xJanuary '06 Grocery Challenge (4th - 31st) £320.Week 1 - £73.99 Week 2 £5.10 (so far )
Someone burst my bubble and I lost the plot so no idea what I spent now...Other Jan :- Petrol £20.41, Clothes £8.50, House £3.I will try to work it out.
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Yipee!!! Found it in Boots (haven't been near a homebase yet) Thanks for all the help!
Kaz
(boots in talbot green if anyone from my way is looking for it!)January '06 Grocery Challenge (4th - 31st) £320.Week 1 - £73.99 Week 2 £5.10 (so far )
Someone burst my bubble and I lost the plot so no idea what I spent now...Other Jan :- Petrol £20.41, Clothes £8.50, House £3.I will try to work it out.
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having just bought some borax, I was searching OS to find out the best uses for it when I found this thread
I got mine in a Chinese supermarket, so that's another place worth looking if you've had no luck elsewhere
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Any advice on where to get this? I've asked at my local chemists and they say they are not allowed to stock it?Context is all.
"Free your mind and the rest will follow."
"Real eyes realise real lies"
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