Milliard Borax Powder - Pure Multipurpose Cleaning Agent, Laundry Detergent Booster (2 lb)

(3/12/21 updated. The solution worked twice and I'm about to use it a third time. Each ant problem is in a different part of the house and after a few months.First time was in the kitchen and I put a dry powdered sugar / borax mix under the dishwasher near where ants were getting in the house. It worked well after a few days. The second time a few months later ants were coming from near the front door. I put down a liquid sugar mix on cotton balls and worked better and faster in just two days. This third time, ants are coming from the family room near the kitchen. My guess is one colony dies but another tries the house after some time. This problem started in 2019-20 when we had an overly rainy season. 10+ years in this house and the ant problems are recent. Still highly recommended).Highly recommended to get rid of ants for at least a few days. I'm still waiting to see if they come back (3/12/21 update - they don't come back. I had ants return but after several months and from a different area of the house).What worked: I put down a paper plate (edges cut off so the plate was mostly flat to the floor) with 3 parts powered sugar (about 1/4 cup) and 1 part borax. Dry, no water. I put the plate down under the dishwasher where the ants seemed to be coming from. The ants were crawling all over the dry powdered sugar mix for two days.What also worked: On the second day of bait I put down cotton balls on a paper plate with edges cut off and the cotton balls were soaked with 4 parts granulated sugar (about 1/4 cup) and 1 part borax dissolved in some water.The recipes on the web had way too much water. It only takes a little water to dissolve everything so you wind up with a thin, watery paste instead of soup. I only watched the first ant on the cotton ball and for one minute the ants seemed to be kissing the cotton ball. I think it was drinking the sugar water but whatever it was doing it seemed happy. The ant did not move at all for at least a minute. I never looked again to see how much the ants swarmed the cotton balls vs the dry powdered sugar but they did swarm both dry and liquid mixtures and after a few days never returned.What didn't work: Dry granular sugar and borax. I put that down on bait day number two and the ants didn't go for it at all. I dissolved that mix in some warm water and did the cotton ball thing above.Background: I had a mini invasion of ants and some ants eventually found crumbs behind the kitchen trash can. In over a decade this was only the second time we had ants in the house.The first day we killed 30 ants by hand and the second day we killed 50. That second day we realized the ants found the crumbs behind the trash can. Despite sweeping up the crumbs from all over the kitchen the ants kept coming back. The third day we killed 120 ants and the day after, 250. By then the ants were searching for other places for food and were crawling up walls including up and on the kitchen island which they hadn't done in the past few days.That fourth day the exterminator put spray and granules down around the perimeter of the house. Before the exterminator came I had seen where the ants were coming in the house. They had a 15' highway along the basement wall and then up a corner underneath the siding to somewhere in the kitchen. Two hours after the exterminator left the ants were still on their highway, going back and forth like nothing was bothering them. I decided to hit their highway with siding mold cleaner (a bleach solution) which stopped them for 3 days but then they started coming back.I decided to go with the sugar-borax mix based on a recommendation from a coworker. With the sugar-borax mix down the ants stopped wandering all over the kitchen and stayed within a foot or so of the mix. After three day on the mix the ants were completely gone.

I can truly feel the clean boost that this brand Millard provides. I used to use the other more popular brand but this one is on repeat now. I also love the package size. Perfect addition to our family laundry routine.

Great product

This stuff can really help you deal with hard water. We live in the area where hard water ruins almost every load of dishes, and this can offset that problem. I just wish it was a little more fun and had a scoop with this.

Purchased multiple times. Use it in the dishwasher and washing machine in addition to the detergents with enhanced results.

I had forgotten just how many applications Borax has... I used it faithfully years ago--in laundry, garbage disposal, trash bins, on carpets, in closets, in vehicles--it's effective anywhere dank odors can accumulate, and when you've got good borax powder on hand, you've got an economical, honest, odor free, chemically simple and stable all-purpose helper. It controls spiders and bugs from invading boxes in storage and in the garage, is useful in keeping cat boxes fresh; it's great in barns and stables, on concrete... Ever notice how aged bed linens, no matter how crisp, bleached and Febreezed when you stored them, after a few weeks folded on the shelf you go to change sheets and eww, there's that slight funky wiff of morning breath and scalp? (Yes, that happens to everyone lol) Makes you want to return them to the laundry, or maybe donate them to the rag-bag or charity, but don't! Just start adding borax to your washer, and no more stink. I even make sachets (from cut sections of old panty hose) filled with equal parts clay litter and borax. Just pop into winter boots and sneakers - - after a long day this draws the moisture and odor out like a magnet! Once you've explored its possibilities, there's no replacing it around the house. However, QUALITY MATTERS. Over time, unfortunately, the product on store shelves seemed to have increasingly declined, became more chalk- powdery, dusty, less crystallized, and not (frankly) effectively worth the mess it now leaves behind. So when I came across Millard's Borax here on Amazon, I was skeptical but hopeful... And was not disappointed! :) Once again I have a go-to around the house. It dissolves nicely in the washer, it's clean and bright, and no carpet powder can match it - -did I mention flea control? Plus no clogging the vacuum with superfine dust, no crusty residue left on countertops, no blobs of undissolved product in the washer or on wet clothes... It's even septic-safe and eco-friendly. What's not to love? Add that it comes in a sturdy plastic bag, so no soaked cardboard sticking to the shelf or useless bricks of the stuff in the bottom of the box.I could go on, but...Well, I hadn't intended to write a commercial, I haven't been compensated or been given discounts or free samples of anything from anyone--but when I received an nice email from the Millard family thanking me for trying their product and asking if I'd give an honest review, I felt moved to do so. In fact, if subscribe- and - save is an option, I'm going to sign up! The money I'll save in the long run will more than pay the bill. :)

This brand of borax yields good cleaning results and is easy to use. The scent is minimal but does leave a fresh scent behind when paired with scent free detergents. There are little to no clumps when on any of the packages I have used.However, the price of the product for the amount of product you receive is not worth it for me, unless these are on sale. I have started buying different brands of borax, which offer the same clean for a better price and larger amount; however, it is important to know that some of these other brands do have clumping.If you can find Milliard Borax on sale, I would say it is worth the purchase.

nice to have it packaged in a ziplock bag to keep moisture out