Ten Great Uses For Borax

Borax was an absolute must for any natural cleaning around the home in the olden days – everyone was crazy about borax, which is a simple salt sodium borate – not boric acid.

They used it in face creams, drank it as a tonic and for cleaning absolutely everything.

We get more questions about this ingredient than any other as there’s lots of conflicting information on the net. If you are using it in the home check that children and pets can’t get to it, although it is safer than chlorine bleach.

When we initially launched our ingredients range we wanted to make it easier for you to source the products you need to make your own cleaners.

By using our ingredients you are using the same ones we source for our products, which are all premium, top of the range ingredients. You can be assured that they are exactly the ones you will find in our products and can be sure that what you are buying is actually what we say it is, rather than some other product.

Ten Great Uses For Borax

 Sprinkle a cup of borax around a full-sized apple tree (or a couple of tablespoons around a young tree) every 3-4 years, to add boron, a trace mineral, to the soil. It is needed for good cell wall growth and for fruit and seed development.

Mix together borax and water in a 2:1 ratio. Rub on to get rid of sticky, gooey, gummy adhesive residue.

Sprinkle on a damp sponge or soft cloth and use as you would a powdered cleanser. This can even be used on fibreglass surfaces without scratching, such as showers, tiles and baths.

Remove stains from stainless steel or porcelain sinks with a paste or 1 cup borax and 1/4 cup lemon juice. Using a sponge or cloth, rub the stain with the paste. Rinse with warm water.

Mix 1 tsp detergent, 1 tsp borax and 1 litre warm water in a spray bottle and use to clean outdoor furniture.

Remove mildew and mustiness from linens by soaking them in 2 cups of borax mixed with 2 litres of water. Let the linens sit for a few hours, then rinse clean.

Remove urine odour from a mattress. Wet the mattress, rub in borax with a damp cloth. Let dry, then vacuum up the remaining residue.

Mix 50/50 with honey and leave out for ants. It effectively eradicates ant problems.

Sprinkle around the outskirts of a room to eradicate cockroaches.

Deep clean your dishwasher with this recipe.