A few years ago, my oldest son was in boy scouts. They did a science experiment at one of their meetings. They made “flubber”, you can find a recipe here. It was a really fun experiment and the kids had something to play with for a while afterward. It was also one of my first personal experiences using 20 Mule Team Borax. Little did I know, at the time, how much stuff you can use this for!
Did you know that 20 Mule Team Borax has been around since 1891? I didn’t, but I’d say for a product to be around that long, they must be doing something right. Borax is 100% natural and is boxed in the US. Borax is sodium tetraborate which is a natural occuring mineral that comes from evaporation of seasonal lakes.
Some of you might already know that it’s a great laundry booster. Just add a half a cup to your washing machine along with your favorite laundry detergent and it helps remove odors and stains from your clothes. That’s not all Borax can do though. I initially thought I’d try a bunch of way to use the product before I do my review. Then when I was reading about all the ways you can use it, I realized if I even did half of them my review wouldn’t be done until February some time.
I did use it in my laundry. My youngest son is outgrowing his clothes so I went up in the attic to find my older boys clothes they grew out of. They’d been in the attic for a few years and they had a bit of that attic smell to them. I thought, well this is a great trial for Borax. I was very happy with the way Borax helped clean the clothes and they all came out smelling fresh.
Then I was reading that you can actually use it to clean garbage disposals and drains. So I followed the directions to ad 2-3 tablespoons in my garbage disposal, let it stand for 15 minutes then flush with water while I ran my garbage disposal. It really worked great to neutralize the unpleasant odor that was starting to sneak out of there.
So what else can Borax be used for?
–cleaning toilet bowls
–removing stains from clothes including baby clothes
–as a hard water conditioner
–to remove stains from carpets and rugs
–make your dishwasher more effective
–clean and deodorize your kitchen
–clean grout and tile
–cleaning aluminum and porcelain pots and pans
–cleaning ovens
–removing mattress odors
–cleaning plastic and metal patio furniture
–science experiments
–arts and crafts
I wish I would have discovered this product years ago. It’s natural, it’s inexpensive, it’s multipurpose, it works! What’s not to love?
You can also enter to win $1500 cash or one of 171coupons for a FREE box of Borax on their facebook page
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***I received a free sample of Borax as part of the Purex Insider program in order to complete this review. Any opinions expressed are my own. I was under no obligation to give a positive review.***
i use it when i do my washing
Borax can help me
clean the toilet bowl
removing stains from clothes
hard water conditioner
remove stains from carpets and rugs
clean and deodorize your kitchen
clean grout and tile aluminum and porcelain pots and pans
clean oven
Jeana O’donnell-Murphy
I would like to try it in my laundry!
It would be useful with my laundry!
I have used it before as a laundry booster and also I have used it to make a laundry soap mix with shaved soap bars and super washing soda. You can also make “gak” with it. It is a loose rubber to play with although the other ingredients in the recipe escape me right now.
I would love to use this as a laundry booster!
Thanks for the cool giveaway!
wildorchid985 @ gmail dot com
In my laundry!
cleaner laundry and crystals debbie jackson
djackson1958 at hotmail dot com
suebunting1977at(gmail)dot(com) I use it for tough laundry!
This would be helpful when I’m doing the laundry of my 2 girls. 🙂
it is useful because it brightens our whites and helps my daughter make slime —– Paul T/Pauline T aka Paol Trenny ….. emscout9 at Hotmail dot com
I would like to try it in my laundry
Laundry would be my first choice! 🙂
It would be great as a stain remover.
I’d use it to wash our winter blankets
Borax is incredibly useful! I use it for laundry, as a cleaner, as a deodorizer for carpets, the list goes on and on. I use it for pretty much the whole house!
I think it would be useful for laundry.
I think it would be great to use to treat carpet stains – something we ALWAYS seem to have with pets!
nlbourassa (at) gamil (dot) com
I think it would be useful in our laundry
Thanks for the great giveaway!
I would use for laundry!
It really would cut down on extra costs for eco-friendly cleaners. Instead I could make them on my own using the Borax!
I would use it in the laundry, especially with Hubby’s work clothes because they get super dirty
I’d like to try it in the laundry and on the carpet!
I think Borox would be useful to clean my new shower door and stall.
twinkle at optonline dot net
I was thinking about making my own detergent
Urbancwgrl84@yahoo.com
I would use it with my laundry
I am having problems with brown recluse spiders in my craft room in a separate shop building. They ARE brown recluse – have the fiddle back and six eyes. I have killed them and put out glue traps. The boric acid in 20 mule team will kill any newcomers, since they eat it when they groom themselves. So I will be putting it around the building perimeter, cracks in walls, behind storage cabinets, etc.
I would use it to help with my laundry.
I would love to use it in our laundry and to make my own all purpose cleaner
jjak2003 at gmail dot com