Uses For Borax In Your Home - Video Tips

Below is an infomercial telling some of the uses of borax in your home.

Now, I believe this video was created by the brand 20 Mule Team Borax (but I'm not sure), so take what is said in the video with a grain of salt.

However, I thought it was pretty informative. (And below it I've gathered even more tips for how to use this natural cleaning product in your home.)

Basically, the video states that borax powder can be used in your laundry, but also as a cleaner in other areas of your home.

In laundry it helps soften hard water to allow the detergents to work better, and that is how it is a "laundry booster."

Just add a 1/2 cup of borax to your wash (along with detergent) for this purpose. (3/4 of a cup for large loads).

In addition, borax can be used as a deodorizer for clothing, but also for the fridge and garbage pails.

There are also many bathroom and kitchen cleaning uses for borax, such as cleansing your fine china or as part of a homemade all purpose cleaner.

Here is the video for full details:

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So, how do you use borax in your home? You can tell me your borax uses here, or read other borax powder tips already submitted.

In addition, here is Stain-Removal-101.com's list of borax powder uses in your home for cleaning, laundry, stain removal and pest control.

Second photo by brookpeterson

Get Out Laundry Odors And Stains With Borax And Oxiclean

On Household Management 101 it was suggested to mix half and half of Oxiclean and Borax into an empty container, and then use one scoop (about 1/2 a cup) of this in all loads of laundry when you don't use chlorine bleach. This helps with both laundry odors and stains.

However, if you do use chlorine bleach in a load, use only borax, no Oxiclean.

The reason for this is that combining chlorine bleach and an oxygen bleach together just makes both of them ineffective.

Look On The Box For More Ideas Of How To Use Borax

by Tami
(Omaha, NE)

Tami had this to say about figuring out how to use borax:

Borax should enclose a booklet with the product to help everyone use the product more effectively.

Taylor says:

Tami, I agree with you.

There are lots of uses for borax powder around your home, but it isn't always obvious what they are.

That's why I added this section of the site, to learn about more borax uses from readers.

In addition, I know that I recently bought a new box of borax and it has a new design. (The picture at the top shows the new design.)

On the back of the new box it gave some suggestions for use.

Of course, it did not give all of the ones I and other readers have provided, but it at least gave a few suggestions, which I thought was helpful.

***Update: An SR101 reader wrote me to share the following, after she bought a new box of borax. She said:

There are some cool recipes on the back, and it also says on the box you can go to their website for even more ideas.

***End Uupdate
So, if you have some borax uses to share, submit them here, or read uses already submitted.

I'm always looking for more ways to use this natural cleaner throughout my home! Share your tip and I'll add it to the page.

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