Borax Penta

A very useful product to have in your cleaning cupboard.

Alkaline Salt

Borax Pentahydrate

Borax is a powdery white substance, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate. It’s widely used as a household cleaner and a booster for laundry detergent. It’s a combination of boron, sodium, and oxygen. 

Country of Origin: Turkey

The best-known use for borax is as a cleaner, but you can find the ingredient in many other household products, including:

• Specialty toothpastes and mouthwashes
• Cosmetics such as lotions, skin creams, moisturizers, sunscreen, and acne care products
• Herbicides
• Ant bait ingredient. Mix with sugar or honey. Works by ant taking back to nest. I find this works very well to get rid of any nests.
• Borer treatment. Heat water to 60 to 70 deg C . Add 150 g Borax to 1 litre of this warm water. Stir until dissolved, cool slightly and spray onto untreated timber or directly into borer holes.

Borax is also an ingredient for making putty-like “slime” for kids.

For external use only.