20 Mule Team Borax is what you are looking for, in the cleaning section of
grocery store.
20 Mule Team is the brand, Borax is the product.
Do not get Boraxo, which is a detergent with borax in it, the soap will
mess you up.
For what the Borax does, there is a possibility that boric acid (the boron
without the sodium) will work and it is available from ceramic supply
places, drug stores, and hardware stores where it is sold as roach killer
powder (cheapest at ceramic, most costly at drug stores)
If the fungicide really is Borax with nothing stupid added, and it could
be from other uses of borax and boric acid, then it should be perfectly
usable.
I will warn you that borax is hard to dissolve if you try for too high a
concentration - use hot water and follow the directions you have - too much,
like trying to make a paste, and you get a hard crust solid at the bottom of
the liquid which probably reproduces the salt lakes it was dug from.
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Mike Firth
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"David Billington" wrote in message
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Borax is the common name for the stuff you mentioned, its not a brand name
so I suggest you try a better hardware store. You might want to ask at a
chemist also and if that fails a jeweller. Borax can be used as a flux for
silver soldering. I think its often found, as you suggest, in the washing
section of supermarkets.

figjam62 wrote:

G'day all,

I am trying something new, and get devit with this one particular type of
slumping project, coming off 720oC / 1328oF or so, but only with this one
recent project.
Normally work with float, and coming off same programmes have no devit
problems, but this is bottle glass. I don't crash cool, usually my
programmes finish (at my workshop location) at 3am or 4am, having cooked
when cheap power comes online from 9pm.

Ok, I have the formula for Borax spray, and thought I'd give it a try.
I have heard of Borax, but the local hardware tells me they think Borax is
a
brand name cleaner, no-one seems to have it though.
They also have a Borax fungicide, but feel that this is not what I'm
after.

Found the 20 Mule Team info online, and this :
20 Mule Team® is composed of sodium, boron, oxygen, and water. (The
scientific name for borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate.)

So, what on earth is a substitute?
Or do I just have to go check out all the cleaners about in the laundry
section of the supermarkets ?

If I find one with sodium tetraborate decahydrate listed as the
ingredient,
will certainly give it a shot.

In the meanwhile, any thoughts / info appreciated.

Regards,
Les
Adelaide, South Australia