Borax Patent Co Ltd

[Vivienne14]

A nice addition to Birmingham's industrial history - a business idea which emerged from a visit to California.

The early company building (shown in the first image in Ludgate Hill (Bham) looks to me like it's still there - albeit altered (see modern Streetview). The works at Newmarket Street appear to have gone

 

[Richard Dye]

A nice addition to Birmingham's industrial history - a business idea which emerged from a visit to California.

The early company building (shown in the first image in Ludgate Hill (Bham) looks to me like it's still there - albeit altered (see modern Streetview). The works at Newmarket Street appear to have gone
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Not sure is behind the walls at 34 Ludgate but the front looks very very nice!
On another subject regarding Borax ( I have just spent an hour and a half reviewing, thank you Viv ) Apparently in 2010 the EU & UK banned Borax and what is used there now is Borax substitute. The rest of the world still uses it, not sure how much. Seriously, Borax is an interesting story ( if you like that stuff) there is a plant in the US that supplies 50% of the world’s need for it.

 

[mikejee]

I have syringed my ears with solution of it

 

[Radiorails]

 

[mw0njm.]

it's good stuff for welding and brazing

 

[Tinpot]

My Mom used to talk about rinsing her hair with it.

 

[Morturn]

My Mom used to talk about rinsing her hair with it.

I think it was used to remove the old fashioned type of hair lacquer

 

[mw0njm.]

handy stuff is borax

9 things you didn't know you could do with borax

Don’t underestimate the powers of this laundry essential. Who knew?

www.tomsguide.com

 

[mw0njm.]

borax Beauty cream jar and soap box

 

[mw0njm.]

 

[NOTSHARP]

it's good stuff for welding and brazing
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Yep, I've used plenty of that in the past.








Steve.

 

[Vivienne14]

We sometimes had a box of borax in the house in the 1960s/70s. Never knew what it was used for - now I can see it had many potential uses. So I looked it up and, apparently among its many uses, it was added to foods in the past. But no longer:

Back in 2010, the EU decided that the 'Borate' group of chemicals – the group that Borax belongs to – may be potentially hazardous to health. Borax was therefore banned from sale in the EU. And even with Brexit coming into place in 2020, it is still banned in the UK.

So please DON'T ingest it if you have it in your cupboard !

 

[Stokkie]

We alway had a box in the kitchen cupboard, but I only remember it being used to clean the tannin out of aluminium teapots and sometimes put down the sink.

 

[Richard Dye]

We alway had a box in the kitchen cupboard, but I only remember it being used to clean the tannin out of aluminium teapots and sometimes put down the sink.

Down the sink it absorbed odors and smells. Also used to do likewise in refrigerators. My wife now uses baking soda.