Suppose you wanted to get started making your own homemade laundry detergent and needed a laundry booster for your recipe. I would recommend 20 Mule Team Borax for the best laundry booster ingredient. I used Borax when I made my own homemade laundry detergent in yesterdays post. Borax works as a great water softener to maximize cleaning power of laundry detergent. Add a 1/2 cup Borax to every load to soften water to help your detergents cleaning power.
Borax is not just for laundry detergent. It is 100% natural mineral from the earth with no phosphates, chlorine or additive chemicals. Which also makes for some great home science experiments. Here is how we grew a Borax Crystal Ornament.
We made these cute snowflakes this year growing our own Borax Crystals.
1. Take two or three pipe cleaners and bend into a star or flower shape.
2. Take 1/3 Cup Borax and 1 1/2 Cups boiling water and mix.
3. Tie a string to the pipe cleaners and a pencil. Let set in mixture overnight or 24 hours.
4. You will have crystals growing on the pipe cleaners.
This craft is for display purposes only. Use caution if making around small children. Do not eat.
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Lena at OnMySideoftheWorld says
January 10, 2013 at 1:58 pmI’ve never tried Borax before. Thank you for a chance!
Terri Moore says
January 10, 2013 at 9:12 pmI use Borax for making my own laundry detergent.
It is also good for killing weeds in your lawn but won’t harm your grass.
Mandy says
January 11, 2013 at 11:55 amI make my own laundry soap so that’s what I would do with it.
Claudia says
January 11, 2013 at 8:55 pmI would like to start making my own laundry soap.
debbie jackson says
January 11, 2013 at 9:03 pmin the laundry and to make crystals
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Rachel says
January 11, 2013 at 10:15 pmI would like to use it to make my own laundry detergent.
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susie homemaker says
January 12, 2013 at 9:56 amwhat a wonderful giveaway. i am recently learning about borax
Jennifer nixon says
January 12, 2013 at 2:51 pmI’d use it as a laundry detergent booster 🙂 Thank you for a chance to win!
jenna b says
January 12, 2013 at 5:04 pmi would use it to make laundry soap
Rachel says
January 12, 2013 at 9:22 pmI’d like to make my own laundry detergent.
Deborah says
January 14, 2013 at 8:37 pmI’ve been wanting to make my own laundry detergent!
Aneesa says
January 15, 2013 at 4:34 pmI would use it for laundry and as an all purpose cleaner in the house!
Tim says
January 20, 2013 at 4:48 pmI would like to try it on carpet.
Rhonda Grisham says
January 20, 2013 at 5:48 pmI love it for my laundry. Whites are so much whiter!
laurie says
January 20, 2013 at 8:04 pmi would try a little bit of everything with it