Comments on: Borax and washing soda and where to find it all, oh my!

By: aglasshouse1

aglasshouse1 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:38:32 +0000

I found the borax, washing powder and fels-naptha soap at Ace Hardware very inexpensive.

By: 1sweetday

1sweetday — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:09:18 +0000

I was at wal-mart yesterday looking for borax and washing powder in the laundry aisle and was suprised that i did not find either product. i guess it is specific to the area you are looking in. i am in the shenandoah valley of virginia. i will check our k-mart and kroger as well as our other wal-mart a little further outside of town. i’m hoping to find some soon, as i’m anxious to try making my own detergent! thanks for the info!!!

By: deneicer1

deneicer1 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:23:10 +0000

All three products are available at our local Wal-Mart in the laundry detergent/cleaners aisle. I did find the Super Washing Powder at Kroger and I am sure they would have the Borax, too. You can also buy the products online!

By: aglasshouse1

aglasshouse1 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:27:05 +0000

Ace Hardware has the Borax, Arm and Hammer washing soda and the fels-naptha soap.

By: fmviator

fmviator — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:14:28 +0000

I know this is a little late but washing soda is just sodium carbonite, like a reader said below. It is also used to help balance the pH in swimming pools. I ran to Home Depot and read the labels for the different bottles for pH balancing and sure enough one of them was sodium carbonite. It is called something else of course but the ingredients list showed it just has sodium carbonite in the bottle. I’ve been using it for about a year, along with borax soap and water, as my laundry detergent and love it!

By: deneicer1

deneicer1 — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:26:42 +0000

I also use the Felsnaptha soap in my laundry detergent and we like the smell very much. You can also add in a few drops of essential oil in whatever scent you prefer.

By: Jonathan Price

Jonathan Price — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:36:23 +0000

Actually you can kill roaches and other common household pests with borax. There are a few recipes out there but essentially the borax kills the insect that ingests it, as well as the others when the borax-food mix is brought back to the nest. It is harmful when ingested, so make sure kids and pets are safe from it.

By: Alta Whipple

Alta Whipple — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:17:11 +0000

Do you have an ace hardware? They will order it for you, and then you can pick it up. (no shipping charge)

By: patti

patti — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:39:00 +0000

hi i know this post was written a while ago, but wondered what the ingredients are that are in Charlies soap laundry powder…I am searching for ways to get the bacteria that is now in new clothing…has created a health nightmare for me!!

By: HeatherSolos

HeatherSolos — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:08:13 +0000

It's going to vary from region to region. I was recently talking to some people from my Bi-Lo, higher up in the food chain than the local manager. While I had his ear, I asked what the possibility of getting whole fat yogurt would be, since that's the main reason I have to make a side trip to Publix. He made a call and the reason is they can hardly sell the organic version much less the whole fat organic version which is the only supplier they have. It's not worth it for Bi-Lo to buy a case of yogurt to take up space in the refrigerated section and go bad. The same principle applies to the washing soda and borax. If only one or two people buy it, it's not worth the valuable shelf space when so many better selling consumer goods can be stocked.
It kind of stinks for those of us who DO use the products, and if enough of us ask, eventually it will be worth the space, but most of my acquaintances already think I'm off my rocker, they aren't going to buy whole fat anything or make their own detergent.