Comments on: What on earth is Borax? And what does it do?

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:10:44 +0000

hi i was wondering how long did it take for the fleas to go coompletley and how long did you leave the borax on for

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:27:30 +0000

We actually sell Borax Substitute from our website Natural Selection. Might be cheaper option for next time as well also sell many other natural products so you could qualify for free postage.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:20:13 +0000

I just purchased 2 kilos of borax from Ebay, the postage kicks the price up a bit though.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:29:16 +0000

Hi April.

Unfortunately Borax substitute is not suitable as a fire retardant

By: April

April — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:10:31 +0000

Hi there !

I have been trying to get hold of some borax to spray on some theatre curtains, as it has great natural fire retardant qualities. However, as you say, it can’t be purchased in the UK now. Can you tell me, does the borax substitute have the same fire retardancy qualities of borax ? Also, if it has, would you use the same ratios ?
Kind regards
April

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:18:24 +0000

Hi Jen. Thanks for the comment. I didn’t know the answer to this question so emailed the Bruce Maxwell the managing director and this was his reply. Hope it helps.

Borax Substitute doesn’t work in this way unfortunately – however, we have another safe way of making slime. Take some Dri-Pak Soap Flakes, add hot water and stir – when if cools it makes a gel from slime to a thick gloop depending on the concentration. A guideline to start would be a handfull of flakes in 500ml of hot water and adjust to suit. Soap Flakes are not harmful to health in anyway and the only other instruction is that without a preservative, the solution is likely to go off (mouldy)before the next use.

There are plenty of ideas in the childrens section of http://www.dri-pak.co.uk

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:33:39 +0000

can you use this Borax substitute for making slime for kids to play with? (I have made the slime using glue, borax and water, and wanted to make it in the UK!)

By: Dan and Mel

Dan and Mel — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 05:21:53 +0000

I haven’t ever used Borax for windows, but I did use it once to kill flea’s in carpet. Apparently it dries out their skin/shell and they get dehydrated. It worked quite well.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:38:40 +0000

We use Borax to clean roofs with here in Florida, and find it keeps the mold from returning so quickly!

By: michael

michael — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:28:57 +0000

Borax substitute can be used for cleaning pure badger shaving brushes.soak overnight and then rinse out with warm water next morning. gets rid of the grease buildup.