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Borax vs Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate

Heather (Lancashire UK) on 02/24/2024

I live in the UK & I am now unable to buy the Borax powder. I have Osteoarthritis in my hands fingers thumbs. I can buy the Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate they call this a substitute. My question is it safe to take & will it do the same job please? I have cervical spondylosis for over 30 years. I am now getting nerve pain in my arms & hands any suggestions how I can help myself? Thankyou for any advice you can give me.

Difficult to find Borax in Europe... 20 Mule Team Expensive to Ship

Bubble2 (La Rochelle, France) on 09/11/2023

Borax doesn’t seem to be available in France. I’ve been looking for quite a while online and in Pharmacies. They sell eye drops with some in it or a homeopathic version. They are shocked when I tell them I want to drink it. A version is available online for jewelry soldering but it’s not exactly the same. I obviously want to be 100% sure what it is before ingesting it. Anyone else out there living in France, or elsewhere in Europe? I can order 20 Mule online but it costs 10 times the price and takes weeks to arrive. Surely there is a local option…

Borax Question

Dayna (New Zealand ) on 08/18/2023

Borax (disodium tetraborate decahydrate):

I have a container of this Borax it does say it has 999g/kg of Disodium tetraborate decahydrate in it, would this still be safe to take internally and use on the body etc?

Locating Borax in the UK

Arcade (London) on 07/28/2023
5 out of 5 stars

Na2B4O7 10H2O Is believed to be the correct formula for 20 Mule Team Borax.

This can be Borax decahydrate Or Sodium tetraborate Decahydrate. (Sodium2Boron4Oxygen7 then 10 H2O)

But they make it confusing on purpose. I guess cos the slime industry is pissed people are making it at home and not and putting toy shops out of business,

Where to Buy Food Grade Borax?

Down2earth (NS, Canada) on 07/16/2023

Been trying to find food grade borax. Some people in the borax discussion say that they have been purchasing laundry borax at grocery stores. I think that it is not safe to ingest.

In my area, the brand 20 Mule Team is the only one available in grocery stores. I was unable to find the ingredients list on their web site. According to wikipedia though, ingredients are:
Borateem is 98.7 percent borax with tribromsalan, a microbiocide, and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, an insecticide[2] (but more importantly, a common laundry detergent).

It is certainly not pure with 1.3 per cent as a microbiocide and and insecticide. A small amount, but these things could still be harmful. I do not think that I would ingest laundry borax.

A local industrial chemical supplier has technical grade borax, but would this be fit for ingestion? what impurities would be in technical grade?

Does anyone know if technical grade can be easily purified? Boric acid chrystals can be easily grown. But would the crystals be pure, or would contaminates redeposit in the crystals?

what are common uses of food or lab grade borax? The answers might provide clues as to where to purchase.

Thanks if anyone can offer some answers.

Buying Borax in Australia

Thera (Crookwell, Australia ) on 07/12/2023

Borax for weight loss and alkanising:

Can you take the powdered for that’s on the supermarket shelves that you would ordinarily use for cleaning

Getting Borax to Ireland

paddyk. (Meath) on 06/22/2023
5 out of 5 stars

hi good people after days of searching the states/eur. for borax amazon or ebay would not ship it I eventually found homeloft.ie irl but I had to pay shipping maybe they are shipping it up the boyne river beside me I just said id let people know where to get it but but but the cost a 65 ounce box of 20 mule team detergent booster e72.35 hope this helps someone paddyk.

Borax in the UK

Sharon (England) on 10/09/2022

Hi, I purchased sodium tetra-borate decahydrate in the uk, but have since found out that borax is apparently banned in the uk and only sodium sesquicarbonate can be sold. Can you let me know if the sodium tetra-borate decahydrate is the borax that I can ingest?
Many thanks
Sharon

How to Get Borax in Mauritius?

Isabelle (Mauritius ) on 09/19/2022

Hello...how to order borax? I live in Mauritius where it is not available. Thks for replying
Isabelle

Borax in US vs Canada

Bonnie (Winnipeg Manitoba CANADA ) on 03/18/2022

Is there any difference between the Canadian brand and your brand in the states of 20 Mule borax detergent

Is This Brand of Borax Safe?

PatD (Clifton, Qld) on 03/11/2022

Can any brand of Borax be used?

Were to Buy Borax UK

John (uk) on 10/25/2021
5 out of 5 stars

You Can Buy Borax On Ebay 20 Mule Team Borax

( ingredient Sodium Tetraborate A Natural Mineral )

Is My Borax Safe to Consume?

Andrew (UK) on 10/22/2021

Hi,

I have some sodium tetraborate decahydrate 99.9% - is that the right compound to use as an arthritis treatment? It's off-brand with no accompanying info, except for "do no ingest" (sic) on the label, marketed as 'slime activator'. If not, I'd rather not poison myself, and I'm sure the kids will enjoy making slime...

Thanks in advance,
Andrew

Borax/Boron Book

Narinder (United kingdom ) on 08/18/2021

I have recently discovered your invaluable site and I'm so grateful to have found it. I'm looking for a hard copy (preferably a book) on how to use borax for cleaning/laundry/washing hair/healing the body etc. Does a book exist and where can I get it from. I'm preferring a physical copy to keep and use.

Thank you.
Narinder

EC: HI Narinder,ÃÂ

We don't know of any books on borax. However, you can certainly find .pdfs on the internet with information that you can print, such as Walter Last's article on borax. You can also print pages and posts from Earth Clinic!

Locating Borax in Austria

Frank (Graz, Austria) on 08/18/2021
5 out of 5 stars

Many of my sources from ebay are gone but one source in Vienna is always here. There I order at ones 4kg.

https://gutesderwelt.at/Borax-Pulver-Granulat-Bor-Natriumtetraborat-Bor-Na2B4O710H2O-Decahydrat-Kalifornien

The shop will ship to the following countries: AT, DE, BE, LU, NL, DK, PL, SK, CZ, HU, SI, RO, FR, GB, HR, IT, EE, FI, IE, LV, LT, PT, SE, ES, BG, CH, LI, NO, MC
If you would like to have a delivery to a country that is not listed here, please contact us.

In such cases, please send us an e-mail to [email protected].

Buying Borax in Spain

EddiE (Alicante) on 02/07/2021

Would love to try Borax, but unable to get it here in Spain. If it ships from the USA, the P&P is so more than the price of the Borax. Any suggestions?

Borax Bought in Thailand Safe?

Susan (Bangkok) on 11/30/2020

Hi!

I contacted Vidhyasom and this is the Borax they have. As I don't read Thai, can you please let me know if this is what I need and safe to take internally? And is ALL Borax safe to take? I've found another place that has it but states not to be taken internally. Thanks and much appreciated.

How to Buy Borax in Ireland?

Glynis (Galway) on 10/06/2020

I would like to buy borax for taking internally. Where do I find it?

Trying to Buy Borax in Sweden

Ylva (Sweden) on 09/20/2018

Hi, do you know wher I can get borax, I live in sweden and it is not avaible on uk.amazon. or can you show me a brand on uk.amazon that is right sort? Lots of love from ylva

Is This Borax Okay?

Patricia B (Co) on 01/30/2018

Hi there - we are beginning Bill Thompson's Fungal Kill Proticol from the Killing so Sweetly book. I ordered simple Borax - sodium tetraborate - from an internet vender. What I just received was Organic Borax Pentahydrate. Is that the same thing? and is that safe to take in regrd's to Bill Thompson's reference to "Borax" Please advise - thank you!