DIY Cleaning Slime for Hard to Reach Spaces

This homemade slime is tough on dirt and grime.

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Slime isn't just for the kids. It's a useful home cleaning tool.

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Slime isn't just for kids. Use this simple recipe to make slime that's perfect for cleaning hard to reach places.

Materials

2 bottles of school glue
food coloring

Borax
water

Pour glue into a clear bowl (Image A). Add water to bowl of glue (Image B). Stir to combine water and glue (Image C). Add in a few drops of food coloring and stir to combine (Image D).

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Add one tablespoon of water to bowl of glue.

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Homemade Cleaning Slime Pour Glue

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Homemade Cleaning Slime Add Water to Glue

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Homemade Cleaning Slime Mix

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Measure out four tablespoons of Borax (Image A). Combine four tablespoons of Borax to four tablespoons of water (Image B). Mix until Borax is completely dissolved (Image C).

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Combine four tablespoons of borax to four tablespoons of water.Mix until borax completely dissolves.

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Mix until borax is completely dissolved.

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Homemade Cleaning Slime Borax

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Homemade Cleaning Slime Combine

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Homemade Cleaning Slime Stir Borax

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Pour the Borax solution into the bowl of colored glue (Image A). Stir the glue, water and Borax (Image B). The slime will come together immediately. Stir as much as you can and then pick up the slime and begin to knead it with your hands (Image C). Knead the slime with your hands until it gets less sticky (Image D).

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Stir the glue, water and borax. The slime will come together immediately.

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Stir as much as you can, then pick up the slime and begin to knead with your hands.

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Knead the slime with your hands until it gets less sticky.

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Homemade Cleaning Slime Pour

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Homemade Cleaning Slime Stir

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Store the slime in an air-tight container (Image A). When you need to clean hard to reach places, grab your slime out of the container (Image B). Use the cleaning slime to remove hard to reach gunk from a keyboard (Image C). The cleaning slime picks up the smallest debris (Image D).

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When you need to clean hard to reach places, grab your cleaning slime.

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Use the cleaning slime to get hard to reach gunk from a keyboard.

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The cleaning slime picks up the smallest of debris from in between the keys.

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