Borax easily dissolves a considerable quantity of it, and gives a glass tinged with green.
It was flat, salty, alkali or borax ground, crusted and cracked.
Soda may be used in place of borax, but the latter salt maintains the softness of the wool fibre better.
The powdered borax may be scattered two or three times a week over the exposed surface so as to whiten it.
This is usually all that is necessary, but if the stain is very stubborn, spread over a bowl containing one quart of water and one teaspoonful of borax.
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Boraxwas purchased as a fertilizer in the local market; all others were laboratory reagents.
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We might find a case for callingboraxa semi-manufactured product.
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No such application has been made forborax.
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There is very strong anecdotal evidence that a remedy calledboraxcan stop animals getting the disease.
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He has asked twice about the use ofboraxas an alternative therapy.
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We listened to the technical discussion about iodine, but we cannot see whyboraxis not included.
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I citedboraxlast time as an example.
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The decision is that anhydrousboraxshould be exempt from import duty.
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Yetboraxis outside the list and iodine is inside.
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But, of course, there is a further difficulty aboutborax.
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Borates is simplyboraxin a very dilute form.
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This homeopathicboraxis cheap.
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Boraxis produced with a very high water content.
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If you charge an extra £l,000 upon him he does not care whether it is for glass,boraxor his fuel—it makes exactly the same difference.
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