borax ant killer

Andrew Price wrote:

Pardon what may appear to be a silly question, but what is borax
actually used for in the laundry?

A detergent booster. It can also be used as a general cleaner.

To kill ants

On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 23:09:51 +0200, Andrew Price
wrote:

Pardon what may appear to be a silly question, but what is borax
actually used for in the laundry?

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Andrew Price wrote:

Pardon what may appear to be a silly question, but what is borax
actually used for in the laundry?

Frankly, we are not sure.

All in all it seems to be used as 'filler': it makes it look like
you are getting a lot of laundry powder for the $$.

For a rationalization of its use in detergent:

http://www.borax.com/detergents/


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"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote:

Andrew Price wrote:

Pardon what may appear to be a silly question, but what is borax
actually used for in the laundry?

Frankly, we are not sure.

All in all it seems to be used as 'filler': it makes it look like
you are getting a lot of laundry powder for the $$.

For a rationalization of its use in detergent:

http://www.borax.com/detergents/

Be sure to get some borax to use for welding and brazing flux.