Borax for Deodorizing Around the House

Borax is a good item to have around the house. You can use it for deodorizing and cleaning. Borax is a natural substance. You can buy borax in a grocery or department store. Borax comes in a box like a laundry detergent and can be found by the laundry detergents. Borax is a white powder that smells and feels fresh and clean. Borax is inexpensive and has been used for years.

Borax can be used to deodorize your shoes. It is simple to use and safe. All you do is sprinkle about a tablespoon of borax into your shoe and then pick your shoe up so the toe of the shoe is toward the floor. This is so the borax goes all the way into the toe of the shoe. Borax is good in shoes to deodorize the shoes. Borax can also help kill the fungus that causes athletes foot.

You can use borax to deodorize your laundry. All you do to deodorize your laundry is put a half cup of borax in your washing machine along with your laundry detergent. Then wash your cloths as usual; borax works best on towels. Your cloths will come out smelling fresh. The borax will deodorize your washing machine at the same time it washes your laundry.

If your dog gets sprayed by a skunk you can wash the dog in tomato juice and then give the dog a light, gentle rinse of a pail of water with a tablespoon of borax in it. It is best to give your dog a final rinse of just plain clear water. Skunk is a very hard odor to be rid of and sometimes it takes several washings to deodorize your dog completely. Often it just takes time to wear off the skunk smell.

Borax can be good at deodorizing your drawers. If you put some borax in a airy container and put it in the drawer it will last a long time as a deodorizer.

Borax can be good to deodorize your bathroom. Just put two tablespoons of borax in a bucket of hot water and wipe all the fixtures in your bathroom. Borax can be used on a linoleum floor to deodorize the floor with the same bucket of water. Borax leaves the bathroom fixtures shiny as well as deodorized.

Borax can be used to deodorize any plastic surface even toys. Just wash the plastic toys in a sink of hot water with two tablespoons of borax mixed in. After you wash the toys be sure to rinse them well in clear water.