shake harder.

If it is clogging, then it is not completely dissolved. You could even heat the solution.

On Oct 3, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Sharlene Miyamura wrote:

I mixed Borax with water and placed into a sprayer but it kept clogging the tube of the sprayer. Water is not a strong enough solvent so I think DMSO may work, though propylene glycol has a "coating" consistency. I'll see how DMSO fares. Thanks Tony!




On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Tony Moody <[email protected]> wrote:
On 2 Oct 2009 at 12:09, Sharlene Miyamura wrote about :
Subject : CS>OT Borax and termites

> Borax might kill termites too, there's Borate treatment used by a few > exterminators. After doing some searching, I read that one can mix Boric > acid with propylene glycol (biodegradable form of anti-freeze), the glycol > helps to saturate the wood. I was wondering if anyone knows what I could > substitute for the propylene glycol to make it more environmentally safe.
>
> Sharlene
>

What about water or even better, dilute DMSO.

hth,
Tony


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