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Where can I buy Borax?

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mumtomoley · 28/08/2011 14:31

Does anyone know where I can buy borax? Boots no longer do it apparently and I haven't been able to find it in wilkinsons/morrions/pound shop which I thought might stock it. Does anyone know if any of the big supermarkets still sell it to save me driving all over town trying to find it? I've found some old threads that say Tesco do but they go back to 2009 and as it's getting harder to find I'm not sure whether this is still the case.

We don't really have a decent hardware store and I'd rather not buy it online as the cost of postage rather defeats the money saving object!

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SherlockHolmes · 28/08/2011 16:29

I think you really need to find a small hardware shop, as these seem to be the only places you can buy it nowadays. Or maybe you could place a bulk order with an online supplier and see if they will deliver it more cheaply?

BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 28/08/2011 16:36

www.lakehousedirect.co.uk/dri-pak-borax-substitute-cleaner-500g-510-p.asp

budgieshell · 28/08/2011 16:38

Ask at a few local chemists.

WowOoo · 28/08/2011 16:40

Boots does it.

WowOoo · 28/08/2011 16:40

I know Boots does it as I got some there yesterday.

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mumtomoley · 28/08/2011 17:05

Thankyou!

Wowooo, what bit is it in please? I've looked in there twice and the shop asisstant in there told me they'd stopped doing it!!

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mumtomoley · 29/08/2011 12:28

Phoned my boots and no luck there as they dont stock it.. looks like I'll be getting it online unless any other ideas. So annoying!!

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NormaStanleyFletcher · 29/08/2011 12:31

I came on here to say wilkinsons. I have some I bought in Wilkinsons a while ago. I am sure I saw it in there recently, but that's no good to you if your local one no longer sells it.

I am not sure what to do with it now I have it Blush

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mumtomoley · 29/08/2011 12:52

Just phoned wilkinsons to double check and they say they don't have it. Thought that would be a likely candidate.

Though most places I've asked the converstation goes

M:hello do you sell Borax powder
them: Sell what?
M: Borax
them:(long pause) no

So who knows!

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mumtomoley · 29/08/2011 12:56

oops not meant to be a sad face, there was supposed to be actual punctuation there..

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mumtomoley · 29/08/2011 12:59

and norma you can use it to make washing gel for laundry which is what I'm after it for.. apparently they sell it in the garden centre so I'm of there.. He said something about it being for potato pests as well so there you go theres another use for it!

DP is not pleased that I want to wash his pants in what he now thinks is a pesticide :)

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Mirandajulia · 25/10/2011 20:26

I just tried to get this in a few places today. Two chemists told me that it was no longer available and Sainsbury's didn't have it either (although I didn't expect them to.) So I think that it cannot be possible to buy in shops any more. I have found a borax substitute on Big Green Smile for £1.38 + postage. My mum told me that it's brilliant for cleaning burned pans!

Inghouls2 · 25/10/2011 20:28

ummm.... I thought borax was a pesticide? we use it to spray woodworm in our old timber house.

SJL28 · 24/11/2011 09:29

Hi, I've been looking for some Borax and have found some on Ebay 250g for £1.99 + 90p p+p I'm sure there are better offers but as I as looking quickly that seemed to be the best. Hope this helps :)

Pudden · 24/11/2011 09:53

you cannot buy borax in general shops anymore due to EU regulations- only borax sustitute. Dri pak make it (the people who do soda crystals) and you can buy it in Wilkinsons cos thats where I buy it! Alos in hardwear/iron mongers and Yorkshire trading if you have them near you

Pudden · 24/11/2011 09:54

borax is brilliant for cleaning and deoderising- the substitute not a patch on it!

2BoysTooLoud · 24/11/2011 10:14

Carpet moths don't like borax.

AnnaXmas · 16/12/2012 23:34

i just found this on google results so thought i'd put my effort in. i buy mine from naturalselection . biz where it's fairly low cost. there is a postage cost for just one item but i buy shampoo, body care etc at the same time so get free delivery and then it's really cheap.

Fluffycloudland77 · 17/12/2012 07:52

I made laundry gloop without borax and it's working really well.

I assume that's what you want it for.

SabineMcNeill · 01/03/2013 08:35

The benefits for health in general and arthritis in particular of borax are described in this article: www.health-science-spirit.com/borax.htm

TomDudgeon · 01/03/2013 08:37

www.summernaturals.co.uk/
Is good for such things

napkin · 02/03/2013 15:13

I bought it from morrisons recently Smile

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Kendodd · 07/03/2013 11:27

Where do you live? I've got a bit you can have.

Kasia32 · 26/07/2013 13:59

I saw available Borax substitute, but be aware: it is nothing like Borax. Some completely different substance. Borax is the best! I know that my friend treated with it nail fungus (when doctors gave up) - it worked!!!

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