On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:50:14 -0700, "Richard
Knoppow" wrote:


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April 28, 2009, from Lloyd Erlick,

Watch out for anhydrous borax. I foolishly
bought a large bag of it many years ago, just
because the price was attractive.

Anhydrous borax dissolves in water so slowly
we will all die of old age waiting. I could
find no additional chemicals that made it
dissolve fully.

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Kodak used to include a warning about this along with
its formulas calling for Borax. It stated that only
granulated Borax should be used "because powdered Borax
dissolves only with great difficulty."


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April 29, 2009, from Lloyd Erlick,

I bet a lot of people have been perplexed by
the difference between granulated and
powdered!
--le