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  2. How To Use Borax In Laundry For Fresher, Brighter Clothes - AOL

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    For removing smelly odors, decrease the amount of borax you use to 1/4 cup for each gallon of water and allow the clothes to sit in the mixture for the same amount of time. Or, you can just move ...

  3. These 7 Common Household Products Could Ruin Your Clothes

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    Read on to find out which common household products may be culprits, and what you can do to try and remove the stains. There's nothing worse than getting a big ol' stain on your favorite shirt ...

  4. Optical brightener - Wikipedia

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    Paper used for banknotes does not contain optical brighteners, so a common method for detecting counterfeit notes is to check for fluorescence. Optical brighteners have also found use in cosmetics. One application is to formulas for washing and conditioning grey or blonde hair, where the brightener can not only increase the luminance and ...

  5. Stain removal - Wikipedia

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    This is the most common way of treating non-washable fabrics. The front of the fabric is sponged with a sponge that is soaked in the solvent being used. The rear of the fabric should be backed up with a clean, absorbent, material. The stain is rubbed with the sponge radially, from the centre of the stain towards its edge.

  6. Laundry detergent - Wikipedia

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    Laundry detergent is a type of detergent (cleaning agent) used for cleaning dirty laundry (clothes). Laundry detergent is manufactured in powder ( washing powder ) and liquid form. While powdered and liquid detergents hold roughly equal share of the worldwide laundry detergent market in terms of value , powdered detergents are sold twice as ...

  7. People are eating borax. Why? Here's what experts say ... - AOL

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    People are ingesting borax. Also known by its chemical name sodium borate decahydrate, borax is a salt typically used to kill ants and boost laundry detergent, among other household cleaning needs ...

  8. Borax - Wikipedia

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    The paper concluded: "Borate baits would undoubtably be helpful in the long-term, but do not appear sufficient as a sole method of structural protection." [24] Borax is used in various household laundry and cleaning products, [25] [26] including the 20 Mule Team Borax laundry booster, Boraxo powdered hand soap, and some tooth bleaching formulas ...

  9. How to properly clean every type of clothing - AOL

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    Malin also uses Dropps Activewear Biobased Laundry Detergent Pods to clean clothes that commonly come in contact with sweat, such as yoga pants. “I’ve been using Dropps active wash laundry ...