The 20 Mule Team Borax story started in California in 1881 when borax was discovered in the Mojave Desert. The borax in 20 Mule Team Borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate. Borax has wide applications in industry. You can buy it at most grocery stores in the laundry aisle, as its main use nowadays in homes is as a laundry booster. It can be used on delicate clothing, to deodorize garbage
. disposals, garbage laundry and diaper pails and also mattress and pet odors. It can also be used to clean porcelain, fiberglass, fine china and toilet bowls, to preserve flowers, kill fleas and discourage other household pests, to aid dishwashers, clean hairbrushes and combs, treat candlewicks, and make clothing flame retardant. It can also be used in many homemade remedies including controlling sarcoptic mange (scabies) in humans and dogs. For more direction in using borax see here http://www.20muleteamlaundry.com/about and here http://www.wackyuses.com/20mule.html.
