Does anyone here use borax?

[Deleted User]

What is it and what's it used for?

swizzlebabe

You can use it in cleaning and for laundry. Not sure what it is, but they used to sell it in Boots or local chemist.

swizzlebabe

You got me thinking. so I `asked jeeves`
Have a look at this

https://www.homeparents.about.com/library/

Borax is sodium borate, a mineral. Looks like a handy thing to have, will have to put it on my list.

[Deleted User]

Is it a soap substitute then? Or a bleach?

MATH

In laundry you use it as a soap additive and reduce the amount of soap powder. I find it really difficult to buy in the UK so my sister usually brings a couple of boxes of "20 mule team borax" (yes that really is what the brand is called) over when she visits from the states cos it is widely used and available over there.

tru

It's definitely not bleach which is just as well because I always manage to spray some on my clothes when I'm cleaning What I do is, dissolve a couple of tablespoons of it in a mug of hot water, when it's cool I pour it into a spray bottle and fill up with cold water and a squirt of washing up liquid. It cleans everything. If I run out, I use soda crystals instead.

[Deleted User]

Thanks. Just wondered.

Ticklemouse

MATH wrote:

In laundry you use it as a soap additive and reduce the amount of soap powder. I find it really difficult to buy in the UK so my sister usually brings a couple of boxes of "20 mule team borax" (yes that really is what the brand is called) over when she visits from the states cos it is widely used and available over there.

LOL When I read the thread title, I immediately said (out loud, I believe) "MATH has"

And guess what...........

All hail the Ol' Style gurus.....:D

kazzy

where can you buy borax in this country??anyone know??!

moggins

You can order it online from The Greenshop

MATH

Ticklemouse wrote:

LOL When I read the thread title, I immediately said (out loud, I believe) "MATH has"

D

Am I that predictable? LOL

Actually having used it for a while and sticking a cup full in my laundry gloop concoction. I'm not convinced that it does anymore than soda crystals:( and don't think I will go out of my way to buy some again