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Cleaning · November 10, 2016

15 +Ways to Use Borax in Your Home

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Mix equal parts sugar and borax and sprinkle it around places that insects usually enter your home. Helps to keep roaches and other insects from entering your home. What a great way to naturally deter pests!

15 +Ways to Use Borax in Your Home

Believe it or not, Borax also works to deter mice! Sprinkle borax around your home to deter mice and other rodents.

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Take care of bed bugs and other nasty critters in your mattress by sprinkling borax onto it, leaving it for 30 minutes, and then vacuuming it up!

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Mix together 1 teaspoon borax and some warm water and use it to wash your dishes. Because borax is non-abrasive, this is a great way to get your dishes clean without scratching or harming your dishes.

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Cleaning outdoor furniture can definitely be a little gross!  But it’s a necessary chore! Use this recipe to make cleaning outdoor furniture a bit easier. Mix together 1 teaspoon dish soap, 1 teaspoon borax, and 1 quart of hot water. Use this to spray down outside furniture.

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Stinky garbage disposal? No worries. Pour 3 tablespoons of borax down the drain, let it sit for about an hour, and then flush it with warm or hot water!

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Use borax around the yard and garden to kill any weeds that may be popping up. Just sprinkle it on the spots and repeat until they’re completely gone!

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Clean your carpets with a borax mixture! Just mix one cup of water with ¼ cup of borax and spray the mixture on the carpet. Scrub and repeat until the stain is gone.

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Make your own laundry detergent and save tons of money! Just get a 55 oz box of washing soda, a 76 oz container of borax, and a bar of castile bar soap. Mix it all together in a 5-gallon bucket.

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Soak non-disposable diapers in some borax and water, let it sit for a while, and then clean them out. This is such an easy way to take care of that mess!

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Mix one cup of borax with one cup of water to make a paste. Apply this paste to your mattress to get rid of those stubborn stains!

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To treat rust, try this! Mix together borax and lemon juice and (with some elbow grease) scrub the rust until it’s gone!

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If your dishes are coming out of the dishwasher with water spots, then add 1 tablespoon of borax to the soap dispenser. This will help remove those pesky water spots!

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Clean out your garbage can with 1 cup of borax and 1 cup of water. Scrub down the can to remove any odors!

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 Add anywhere from ¼ cup to ½ cup of borax to your toilet to remove any pesky hard water stains.

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Clean pet carriers by mixing 1 cup of borax and mixing it with 2.5 cups of water. Just wash the carrier out with it and then rinse!

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