Borax simple question

[Igor Savchenko]

Could anybody, please, let me know in which section in the U.S./Britain/others supermarkets Borax can be found and for what general consumption purpose is this product sold?
Thanks.

 

[juan]

In the US, borax is sold as 20 Mule Team Borax. It is sold in the section with laundry detergents. It's sold as a booster (whatever that means) in washing clothes. It's sold on Amazon here.

 

[Trevor Crone]

In the UK Silverprint sell it. Look on their website, go to chemicals, raw chemicals, sodium tetraborate (borax).

www.silverprint.co.uk

Regards,
Trevor.

 

[Murray Kelly]

In Australia - at the supermarkets in the laundry section - it's to soften the water. The other big supplier is the hardware stores in the household cleaners section.

Murray Brisbane, Oz

 

[removed account4]

it is also sold as "washing soda"
as juan says it is a laundry booster ...
arm and hammer also makes it
( just look for the orange box and the arm of vulcan )

 

[DarkroomExperimente]

Arm & Hammer's "washing soda" is Sodium Carbonate

 

[gainer]

Arm & Hammer's "washing soda" is Sodium Carbonate

Yes indeed. And borax is sodium tetra borate decahydrate. Never the twain shall meet, at least hardly ever in the same developer. A solution of borax tends to have a pH close to 9.3. Washing soda, which is supposed to be sodium carbonate hydrated about as far as it can go, tends to hav pH in the tens to twelves.

 

[Igor Savchenko]

Many thanks to all replied!
igor

 

[removed account4]

igor, sorry for the mis-information,
and thanks darkroomexperimente + gadget for setting me straight!

john