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Which works best: borax, baking soda, or vinegar?

Mar 25, 2012 2:37 PM

Switched over to baking soda and vinegar for most cleaning things a while back, and just recently tried borax. Which works better for different purposes? Borax seems to work the best for getting rid of hard water stains when using the dishwasher and giving both dish and laundry detergents an extra boost. Baking soda and vinegar seem to clean my garbage disposal the best and get rid of odors. Anybody have any tips for getting the maximum use out of the three?

eijisama eijisama

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I had forgotten about Borax for years, but recently had to find some to tackle a specific issue. Good stuff. I think each of these things has specific advantages for specific cleaning problems so there might not be a clear answer here. Baking soda is another great staple to keep around.

Dang! Now I'm seeing all the things I need to clean.

belyndag belyndag
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For the purposes of making slime from when I was a kid Elmer's Glue, borax, and food coloring was the best.

phizzo phizzo
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pour some baking soda down the drain and add vinegar (shower, sinks, etc). the bubbling action gets the crud and slime out of the drains. Then flush down with hot water. my drains work more efficiently after doing this (about every other month I do this, or when a drain seems slow)

mellielou mellielou
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@mellielou: good idea. Forgot about this great combo for cleaning lots of different stuff.

whatsmypassword whatsmypassword
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for what?

manufacturing illicit drugs?
cleaning your coffee pot?
scrubbing oxidation off your silver set?

it's all in the details, lol.

wvutkep1002 wvutkep1002
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Thanks for reminding me I should be cleaning.

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@mellielou: that's actually the reason I starting using baking soda around the house. Was already using vinegar in my laundry, then a lady told me about the drains while I was out shopping. Gotta agree, it does work wonders.

eijisama eijisama
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@wvutkep1002: ummm, leave off the drugs and you'll be heading down my path of thinking, lol.

You did bring up another point, though. Which is best for cleaning out a coffee maker and pot?

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