When you add detergent to hard water, some of the compounds attach to calcium and magnesium granules that eventually settle on the bottom of your washing machine.  Now, you may be wondering why that is such a big deal.  The answer is that this detergent ends up retreating down the drain without actually cleaning your clothes which adds up to lost money and time on your part.  What a waste of detergent!     20 Mule Team Borax laundry booster naturally softens hard water which protects your detergent and allows it to do its job which is to clean your clothes.  By adding just half a cup of it to every load, along with your regular Purex detergent, you will find that it not only softens hard water but also helps keep stains from being re-deposited back onto your clean clothes.     So what is Borax?  Borax is a 100% natural mineral from the earth and is the common name for sodium tetraborate which is a naturally occurring substance that is produced by the perpetual evaporation … [Read more...]