where to find BORAX

Seakay

dri pak is trying to charge me £49 for p&p! Phoned company but was told to send question via ebay. Tried that but couldn't get it to register. Sent email but no reply yet.
Anyone else ordered and if so did they have a similar problem?

Penelope_Penguin

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing thread to keep ideas together.

LJM

i still buy my borax from my local hardware shop same as my bicarb

bltchef

hi could anyone tell me were i can buy borax from many thanks:beer:

thriftwizard

I get mine from http://www.boraxshop.co.uk/ - it's "real" borax, unlike the borax substitute most of the shops are selling. Though that's supposed to be much safer...

Pink.

Hi bltchef,

These threads may help:

where to find BORAX

Does anyone here use borax?

Desperately need borax in the West Midlands - can you sell me any!?! Please!?

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Lafleur_2

Something i found is that a while back i bought a kg or borax from an ebay seller for 10 quid, which they claimed had the "highest commercial purity grade" at 99+%. Anyone have an idea of the purity level of borax that seems to be sold on ebay for 4 quid for a kg?

penedawn

There a relationship between all of these but I wont bore you with the small stuff. I was looking for something to deal with wet or dry rot and they kept coming up with 'boron', and it would appear that Rentokil for woodworm is probably just as good on mildew and spores as anything more costly. Same perhaps for vinegar/lemon juice? Anway the alkalies. So I thought I would throw my bit in for those wanting to deal with moulds and mildews. I don't know how well it would work on something that has taken on such a life of its own that it is answering you back but I don't see why any of the former couldn't be used for cleaning damaged stuff and then using a wood hardener such as sold in B&Q. When the mould answers back or plays mushroom there might be filaments running into masonry and furniture, which you wont see so at that point a professional company might need to come in. They will use the same stuff but they might be able to identify areas of damage you haven't spotted. Don't forget mildew breaks down wood so it can eat it, so the problem can continue. Mine is just in a corner of my garage and might be from condensation or water seeping in. Watch this space.:cool:

newgirly

Morning, after reading a post about making gloop I have decided to have a go at it, I went on mysupermarket to see who might stock it but none seem to, any idea where i can get hold of some please, thanks very much!

culpepper

Try wilkinsons if you have one near, they do a sort of imitation borax .
I think robert dyas have it too.