I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON BORAX IN OUR AREA WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT IS CALLED 20 MULE TEAM BORAXO HAND SOAP IS IT THE SAME THING AS REGULAR BORAX IT STATES ON THE BOX THAT IT IS A MIX OF BORAX AND SOAPS WILL THIS WORK FOR TAXIDERMY THANKS
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4 lb 4 oz box in the soap aisle. No soap ADDED. You do not want soap in it.
The pH for both is nearly the same and years ago, Tide was used on birds when borax couldn't be found. Borax is mineral and Boraxo is a name brand. Years ago, when a goose neck wouldn't slide up, we "greased" the neck material with liquid soap as a lubricant and a preservative.
if too much is used?
Even pure borax, by itself, when hydrated will produce a gum. That's what you get when you "pickle" fish in a borax, denatured alcohol, water solution. The borax settles as a sludge on the bottom and then hardens so that when you clean the bucket, often times you have to bang it and you get shards of "concrete" borax slabs.
Hey George, are you making this stuff up? Or do you really know what you are talking about?
Bob
What do I know about taxidermy anyway?
Then type in "arsenic SOAP"