I have 10 lbs of borax! what can i do with it.?

Question

i hate using it as a cleaning agent. but i have heard u can mmake putty out if it. can you do any thing else. what are your ideas?

Answer 1

you can use it to dry flowers as well.  put it in a microwave safe dish. Place flowers in the borax (arange the petals the way you want them to look and cover the flower completely with borax.  Dry in micro wave set for thirty second.  let it cool then do thirty seconds more.  let cool.  Do this about four times toal (2 mins) and check on your flowers.  depending on your micro you may need to do a bit more or less.

you can also dry flowers over time using borax. instructions here: http://www.ehow.com/how_2145605_preserve...  

you can make a goopy putty - it's pretty cool.  http://www.science-house.org/CO2/activit...  

you can make a very cool crystal with it - my daughter did it at school and it's neat. link here:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/...

here is  a way to use it to marblelize pencils:

http://kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.c...

These should get you going with things to do.

Answer 2

Sprinkle it on your carpets, it will kill fleas or spread it in your flower beds and it will kill garden pests.

Answer 3

make a face mask! jk

Answer 4

I'm sure you can use it for more other than putty google it

Answer 5

It will make your clothes cleaner if you add some to your detergent when you wash.

Answer 6

It can be used as a flux (oxygen displacer) when blacksmithing.

Answer 7

Kill lots of ants.

http://www.vanaqua.org/salmontales/engli...

Answer 8

Sodium pentaborate decahydrate- photographic antioxidant. Alan Ginsberg turned it into a poem if that's any help.