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

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    Before you use too much detergent in the washer or load your clothes up with added fragrances, there's another simple solution to test out: borax. Borax is an easy-to-find cleaning solution that ...

  3. 10 Laundry Habits That Are Secretly Ruining Your Clothes - AOL

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    Hot water can actually damage clothing that has a delicate weave, whether that's a silk, cotton, or synthetic. Most modern washing machines should be able to get your clothes clean with a proper ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Stain removal - Wikipedia

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    This is a common method used in households to remove a variety of stains. Depending on the stains composition, the stained material is left to soak in a container of warm or cool water and solvent. Such solvents can include laundry detergent, bleach, peroxide, vinegar, or a cleaning product with enzymes.

  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. Sodium sesquicarbonate - Wikipedia

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    Due to concerns about the toxicity of borax which was withdrawn as a cleaning and laundry product, sodium sesquicarbonate is sold in the European Union (EU) as "Borax substitute". [2] It is also known as one of the E number food additives E500(iii) .

  8. Do you really need to dry clean your clothes? - AOL

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    Apply deodorant, hair spray, and perfume before putting your clothes on so the chemicals won't rub off onto your clothes. If you get a stain, remove it immediately. And make sure you clothes have ...

  9. Phosphates in detergent - Wikipedia

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    Most dishwasher detergent contains complex phosphates, as they have several properties that aid in effective cleaning. However, the same chemicals have been removed from laundry detergents in many countries as a result of concerns raised about the increase in algal blooms in waterways caused by increasing phosphate levels ( see eutrophication ).