Do you use Borax to boost your laundry detergent?
By sweetdesign
@sweetdesign (5142)
United States
May 20, 2007 2:16pm CST
Borax is great for boosting the effectiveness of laundy detergent especially if you have hard water. I add it to my Tide when I do laundry. I use about a 1/4 of a cup.
Another thing I have found to help the whites s to use only a half a cup bleach and half cup baking soda and of course your laundy detergent. Whites come out whiter and smelling fresh this way. What laundry tips do you have to share?
2 responses
@Norstar (694)
• India
20 May 07
These are great tips for more effective washing of clothes.
However, you have not mentioned whether these chemicals can be added while using a washing machine. Have you used these chemicals in a washing machine? Did you find out from the washing machine compqny whether is is OK to put these chemicals in the machine?
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@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
20 May 07
In a washing machine is the only way I wash clothes. Borax has been around for ages as a laundry booster and is perfectly safe in the washing machine. Baking soda is perfectly safe in the machine also.
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
20 May 07
I don't use Borax- Never heard of it- I think I'll take a look for it though- We have hard water and use a water softener- but sometimes the clothes still don't come out as clean looking as I think they should. I love the tip on baking soda and bleach- I love bleach- I even clean with it (wash walls, etc). Never tried baking soda either in my laundry- I just read somewhere that people use vinegar in their laundry also. I'm not big on the vinegar smell- so I haven't tried it yet.
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@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
20 May 07
You can find Borax in the laundry detergent isle in the supermarket it comes in a green box. I love it. You can use it in cleaning sollutions and even in some kids projects (making goop). Mix it with water as a household cleaning sollution.You can also add a teaspoon or two to automatic dishwasher detergent to improve the cleaning of your dishes!!
