Borax Laundry Booster, 76 oz Box

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• "20 MULE TEAM" BORAX LAUNDRY DETERGENT AND BOOSTER
• 76 oz. powder
• Boosts detergent cleaning power
• Brightens and deodorizes clothes, bathrooms, kitchens, and more
• Boxed

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.5 x 7 inches ; 5.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000R4LONQ
• Item model number: 00201
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (160 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)
  • #2 in Health & Personal Care > House Supplies > Laundry > Stain Removal

Product Description

Since 1891. Natural laundry booster and multi-purpose household cleaner. Laundry: Makes your detergent work better. Kitchen: Helps make your china sparkle & eliminates kitchen odors. Bathroom: Helps remove stains and deodorizes. Queen of Clean seal of app

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

70 of 71 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars CHEAP laundry booster that deodorizes and whitens without bleach August 12, 2010

By Paul J. Yoh

I fell for the hype by Oxyclean and paid $18 for a large bucket hoping I would have fresh smelling laundry and sparking white whites. I was disappointed with the results.

One time I was shopping at local grocery store and I happened to see 20 Mules Borax on the shelf and was reading the box and curiosity was piqued and since it was only 3 dollars for the box, I thought no harm in trying in my laundry. Well, after several washes with noticeably fresh smelling laundry and definitely noticeable white towels with no bleach being used, I was sold on this product.

I highly recommend in using this product. Previously I also used baking soda with my laundry detergent to get the smell out and it did not work as well as Borax.

I use Borax as laundry booster with one of those ecogreen liquid laundry detergents.

74 of 77 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great flea killer! July 8, 2008

By M. Johnson

I've used 20 Mule Team Borax for decades to be safely rid of fleas. I sprinkle it lightly over my carpets after every vacuuming. Walking on the carpet pounds it into the carpet backing. No more costly and toxic dips or sprays since I discovered this. I always have a box handy.

89 of 94 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Cleaner January 16, 2008

By Mary Curtis

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Borax might be old fashioned, but it is the best cleaner I have every used! And it is all purpose...you can use it in every room for practically every cleaning need including dishes and in your laundry! The nice thing about Borax is that it doesn't have any perfumes but instead naturally deordorizes while it cleans. I have used 20 Mule Team Borax also to remove stains from fabrics effectively. I have also used it instead of harsh cleansers for my sinks, stove, and countertops. Overall, I recommend 20 Mule Team Borax as an economical, higly effective, and natural cleaner.

60 of 64 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great All Around Cleaner March 26, 2009

By momofthree

I use this in the dishwasher when I run out of my 7th Generation or Melaleuca. It's 100% safe. Contains no phosphates. I also use it to add to the water to wash my kitchen and bathroom floors. If you need your cleaner to have that "clean" smell, just add some essential oil to it. I've used lemon, tea tree oil, lavendar and eucalyptus. They all smell great and make me want to use the Borax all the time, and why wouldn't you! It's safe around kids and pets.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, it keeps the spiders, centipedes and other pests at bay too. Just sprinkle around your walls in the basement or where ever you have a problem.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Borax cheaper at Walmart December 12, 2009

By N. Glesinger

Call around to your local Walmarts to see which one carries this and you'll save on the shipping, plus it'll be cheaper. I just bought this for $2.98 at my local Walmart.

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for laundry, no irritating perfumes ! September 28, 2009

By Thrifty Greek Lady

My laundry, white and colored, comes out nice and bright, without need for bleach. No irritating and annoying scent to make me sneeze.
I dont use any other detergent. Best prices at Walmart and Shoprite. You may have to ask for it, sometimes it's not very visible.

74 of 84 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Please read my comments on N4AŘF review on Borax April 25, 2009

By Canon Man

Please read my comments on N4AŘF, seems like all of his comments are Ř or 1*.
We do have 8 indoor pets and one got away by tearing the screen in our lanai, returning covered with fleas. Luckily 90% of the living area of our home has hard wood flooring with the exception of one bedroom (carpeted). The Vet. Prescribed Frontline® Plus and suggesting the use of a box of "20 mule team" Borax, for the carpeted area & everyone's bedding. We are flea less in less than a week. I also recommend this product for your washing machine, dishwasher and sinks plus many other uses.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute gift from God if you have severely moldy clothes August 11, 2011

By James

Update:

I've been meaning to update this review, so that people don't feel like I tricked them. As my review below states, Borax worked when many other methods did not. But just as a full disclaimer, I must admit that the moldy smell did eventually come back to my clothes. When the Borax and detergent alone became insufficient, I added Oxyclean, and that helped for a while too. Ultimately, though, the smell just keeps coming back for me.

I think my situation is unique in that my entire wardrobe was contaminated for almost a year in the place I lived in, so if there is even a trace of mold left on a few items, they infect the rest all over again. Seriously, FIVE years later and I'm still dealing with it every day. Short of throwing out every article of cloth I own, I don't know what to do. The most sincere advice I can give is this: if you have something musty/moldy that you try to clean a few times and the smell persists, admit defeat, treat it like it's radioactive, and THROW IT AWAY IMMEDIATELY.

Original review:

100% recommended! Honestly, this stuff worked when NOTHING else did. If you have moldy smelling clothes, use this.

I lived in the foggy side of SF for a year and unfortunately had to store my clothes in a wooden closet that smelled musty. As a result my clothes became absolutely saturated with mold, and for the past three years I have been trying to get it out. Honestly, it started out slow and I tried to remove the shirts I smelled that were infected, but eventually it spread to my entire wardrobe.

I tried vinegar, of course, which everyone always suggests. It didn't work a lick, and it's ineffectiveness is part of the reason the mold kept spreading.... My advice: Don't waste your time on vinegar if it doesn't fully work the first time. I also tried bleach on my whites - didn't work - or I should say, seemed to work fairly well in that my clothes smelled like bleach instead of mold, but the mold smell came right back after one use and regular wash. I even tried intense heat at the behest of my mother - did. not. work. And it shrunk my clothes.

Maybe I just wasn't looking in the right places for help, but these three suggestions were all I could find. Literally the night before I was about to throw 30+ shirts and half a dozen pants in the trash, having finally admitted defeat, I came upon a website that had a user forum, and someone suggested this. BAM! Worked like a charm, and I was literally smiling from ear to ear - it was like winning the Super Bowl, given how many times I'd fought the mold and lost.

Other stuff like Oxyclean and SmellyClothes (or something) were suggested as well, but I never tried them since this works - and it's uber cheap to boot. Awesome.

I've been using it for the past few months each time I wash my clothes, just to play it safe - and because it brightens clothes too, which is nice. No mold smell has been detected, and I've grown unbelievably sensitive to the smell, so it is definitely gone. Read more ›