I bought some borax last year as a home remedy for ants. Since then we've worked it into our laundry arsenal and discovered a borax-based homemade dishwasher detergent that works at least as well as the commercial brand we'd been using -- and even better when you pour vinegar into the rinse-agent well.
Apparently, though, we've only scratched the surface of potential uses for sodium borate (Na2B4O7.10H2). Did you know you can also use it to cure snake skins, clean your toilet, control the pH in your swimming pool, fertilize soil (in small amounts), turn campfires green, make an awesome batch of play slime, and even, depending on which health ministry has jurisdiction over your part of the globe, use it as a texturing agent in cooking (though I wouldn't recommend it; ingested borax can cause green vomit, diarrhea, convulsions, and even death, according to the National Institutes of Health.)
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