Boraxo hand soap

[L Vanice]

I had been looking for Lava hand soap for months and months at grocery stores and Walgreens--it had just disappeared. My hardware store wasn't much better; they carried it, but it was always out of stock. The clerk told me that, when a shipment arrives, it's sold out in days.

Amazon has it in various size bars and packages. Two big bars with free Prime shipping for $5.00 is not a bad price, and no need to burn gas looking for it.

https://www.amazon.com/Lava-Heavy-Duty-Cleaner-Moisturizers-Twin-Pack/dp/B000JJMBSG/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3HBLY1HW6A3JC&keywords=lava%2Bsoap&qid=1661126577&sprefix=lava%2Bsoap%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-3&th=1

Larry

 

[GregSY]

I never found Lava worth using.

I used to like Stoko until I tried ZEP TKO which is very similar but is a pleasant green slime color and smells better.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P1FTAA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I will note that this cleaner was $28 in March of last year until Putin's Price Hike; now it's $47. Damn that Putin! Damn his eyes!! Everything was perfect until he fucked everything up.

As for clogging pipes....that's why my hand washing sink is connected to a pipe which empties onto the grass. I don't need all that grit going in my pipes or septic system. I let the grit return to Mother Earth from whence it sprang. I've also been told Comet is very bad about lining pipes and clogging them.

 

[jerholz]

Walmart seems to have it.

Lava Heavy-Duty Hand Cleaner Bar Soap, 5.75 oz Twin Pack - Walmart.com

Buy Lava Heavy-Duty Hand Cleaner Bar Soap, 5.75 oz Twin Pack at Walmart.com

www.walmart.com

 

[jim rozen]

"...my hand washing sink is connected to a pipe which empties onto the grass..."

Outhouse, too?

 

[GregSY]

Direct Injection

 

[jim rozen]

=)

 

[KilrB]

Maybe you're looking on the wrong aisle.
Try looking in the laundry detergent.
Plenty of "20 Mule Team Borax" on the shelves around here.

 

[Lanso]

Maybe you're looking on the wrong aisle.
Try looking in the laundry detergent.
Plenty of "20 Mule Team Borax" on the shelves around here.

I’m looking for Boraxo not Borax.
Borax is a laundry additive, household cleaner and water softener. Boraxo is a brand name for the powdered hand cleaner which is borax and powdered soap
Different products for different purposes.

 

[triumph406]

16 Oz. Hand Soap - Orange Scent

Amazing deals on this 16 Oz Tarkelp Hand Soap, Orange Scent at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

sold at your local HF store, made in USofA, and works well.

I bought a tub from HF, it's ok as far as hand cleaners go, no discernible Orange scent though.

 

[jccaclimber]

Last time I needed some I found it at an Ace Hardware after striking out at the grocery stores. That was years ago though, so don’t know about current stocking.

 

[DDoug]

You're*

We are not sure which one we are speaking with

I bought a tub from HF, it's ok as far as hand cleaners go, no discernible Orange scent though.

Yes, I liked that the orange scent wasn't really there.
I bought a few tubs of the unscented, it smells much like Murphy's oil soap, so when on the orange scent was available, I though "ugh" but it's proven to be not bad.

 

[GregSY]

Who wants their hands to smell like 'orange'?

But then, as an aside....who actually believes in the 'cleaning power of citrus'? It's all over the place....more stupidity. I believe in the cleaning power of chemicals washed away by organic water.

 

[plastikdreams]

We are not sure which one we are speaking with

Do we ever?

 

[Evonne Millier]

You can order it online. There are plenty of websites that sell it at good prices.

 

[Cole2534]

I was raised in a shop that used Boraxo, dang do I miss those days. $9.50/hr, 20hrs/wk in the physics instrument shop. Enough money for beer, and free time for women.

 

[Joe Gwinn]

There is a Boraxo powdered hand soap still available, but while it still contains some sodium tetraborate powder, it's greatly reduced compared to the old standard twenty-mule-team stuff (100% sodium tetraborate). The twenty-mule-team logo is also missing. Don't know what happened, or if it's an EPA thing or just a Marketing thing. The company that now owns the product is Dial.

Mostly I use Lava soap though. By the way, the grit in Lava is pumice, not sand.

But the "Stoko heavy duty hand cleaner with ground walnut shells(MSC # 03354560)" sounds interesting.

 

[jim rozen]

I've had really bad luck with the oranage go-jo stuff in the past. 1) it really strips out any natural hand oils and 2) got a real bad infection years ago using it, possibly not related but anyway.

 

[plastikdreams]

I've had really bad luck with the oranage go-jo stuff in the past. 1) it really strips out any natural hand oils and 2) got a real bad infection years ago using it, possibly not related but anyway.

The stuff I posted about has a moisturizer in it.

 

[RC Mech]

Who wants their hands to smell like 'orange'?

But then, as an aside....who actually believes in the 'cleaning power of citrus'? It's all over the place....more stupidity. I believe in the cleaning power of chemicals washed away by organic water.

The “cleaning power” of citric acid is well documented.

Organic water? That tells use everything we need to know about your grasp of chemistry. Water by definition is INorganic.

 

[MrStretch]

Google limonene. "Citris power" isn't bs. It's a fragrance, an insect repellant, a cleaning agent and a paint stripper and it's extracted from citris peels.