PURE ORIGINAL INGREDIENTSBorax (1 lb), Multipurpose Cleaning Natural Agent, Ideal Slime Ingredient

I was better off buying a smaller package of borax, so I went ahead and ordered this because it was in lesser quantities. I end up buying a big container of it every year and a lot of it goes to waste, however, borax can be used for a multitude of different things, including cleaning the bathroom toilets, etc.I know that this stuff is the real deal because I make a homemade ant killer every spring, which consists of water, honey or sugar doesn’t matter which one you use, and a little scoop of borax mix it well, dip, a cotton ball in the mixture and put it where they are coming in and you will get something better than you can buy at any store that advertise as it kills ants. It will kill them much faster. I guarantee it!My boyfriend insisted that he put ant traps everywhere and I told him to use this mixture that I found online, the ant traps did minimal to nothing. When I put my borax dipped cotton balls out, the ants were gone within three days! And we had a lot of of them coming in this year.

I live in Texas. I had an infestation of Florida Carpenter Ants (red head, black body) for over a month. This was one of the key ingredients in my quest to exterminate them. I've written some advice below for anyone else who is suffering from a carpenter ant infestation.Most effective baits I used to get rid of my infestation:TERRO T300B Liquid Ant Killer, 12 Bait Stations (make sure you have scissors to open these, the tabs suck)DIY - Mix Powdered Sugar with Baking Soda, put it in a baggie or a lidDIY - Mix Borax (1.5 tablespoons), Warm Water (1.5 cups), and either sugar (0.5 cup) or some peanut butter. Mix well, and then soak a cotton ball into the mixture.^for this one, I used peanut butter, since I had already set up the baking soda/sugar trap.For all of these traps, you are going to want to place them somewhere near the entrance of where the ants are coming from, out of reach from pets and children. After a few hours, you should start seeing more of them show up. This is because they are hastily working to bring the "food" that they found an abundance of back to their nest. Don't mess with the traps or squish the ants once they start doing this, they are delivering poison to the nest. You can continue killing the ones that are not collecting the bait (e.g. ones that are just wandering around your house--they are either lost or scouting, no reason to keep them alive). Just make sure you throw the dead ants away, so that they don't attract more ants over with their pheromones.If there are locations the ants are falling from, I'd recommend mixing water with dish soap in a (preferably) rectangular bowl with skinny edges, and then placing that under the drop point. This mixture will paralyze the ants and drown them as soon as they touch it. You NEED to use soap--carpenter ants are very good swimmers if the water is not tainted (Dish soap is toxic if ingested, so do not let pets or children near this mixture either).Ants change their mind on what they want to eat every so often, so I'd recommend using all 3 of the baits I listed if you want to get rid of them as fast as possible. If they are not taking any of the 3 baits, there are 2 possibilities: 1) It might be a bad time of the day for them--ants are generally most active at night, and early in the morning; or 2) They are in their mating cycle and have no interest in eating anything. The only advice I can give you for this is, just leave the traps where you had them and wait for them to finish the cycle. If you see winged ants, SQUISH THEM. They are breeders, and they do not collect food.One last piece of advice: Carpenter ants make satellite nests. Their main nest is most likely not in your house--there is a good chance that it is in rotting wood (trees/logs), or in the dirt somewhere near your home's perimeter. Because of this, I'd also recommend looking for an insecticide spray that you can apply to the perimeter. I used "Spectracide Terminate Termite & Carpenter Ant Killer", and while it does work, I would suggest looking for a different one. Its spray pump is VERY annoying to use, and it is electronic, so there is no getting around its tediousness. Just make sure you read up on the insecticide's proper usage before applying it (most of the companies will have a website for this).I hope you found my advice helpful. It took me over a month to get rid of my infestation, since I initially had no clue what I was doing, and was just blindly ordering baits. I felt hopeless, and eventually I called 3 different exterminators... they all tried to get me to do a 1-year "maintenance" contract with no alternatives (over $700!). I spent about $95 trying to get rid of these things by myself. Over half of that money went towards useless bait that they did not care for. If you follow my advice, you will probably be spending under $50.Good luck!

Killing ants in my kitchen. Mix half / half borax & sugar. I first put the dry mixture , ants all over it but still active. Then I researched and said to add water to make a paste. I just dripped water on the borax mixture already in place on the counter. This morning not a single active ant. I will continue to use this solution if i see any more ants. These are the small ant variety.

Mixed with honey and it killed the ants in my kitchen.

Worked amazing for a DIY ant bail recipe I did. I put out the bait at 10pm and by 8 the next morning I was free of ants!

Know what you are using it for. It fits my usage 100%!

I didn't really pay attention to the ounces listed because I never imagined such a small container of Borax existed. I just figured it was comparable to the box you'd buy in the store. No. This is petite and cute and charming. But if you're going to add a half cup to each load of wash, which is the recommended use, well, it gets you about 3 loads of laundry. I was out of it in a day. Very expensive. Will buy regular boxes from now on.

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