Old Boraxo soap dispenser

[electrolux137]

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<span id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" tabindex="0" data-ft="{"><span class="hasCaption">Old Boraxo soap dispenser at church. There are several of them and the custodian keeps them filled with Boraxo. </span></span><span id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" tabindex="0" data-ft="{"><span class="hasCaption"><span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x">The church was built in 1956 but those dispensers look older than that. I'd say early 1930s.</span></span></span></span>

 

[human]

Hadn't thought of Boraxo in years...

My grandfather used to keep a container of that stuff next to the kitchen sink, along with a bar of Lava soap.

 

[electrolux137]

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Boraxo is a very effective hand cleaner and is still available.



https://www.uline.com/Product/Detai...Vzz2tBh1oIADjEAQYASABEgJ3-fD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[kirbyklekter]

I don't know for sure

but the script looks fairly contemporary.

 

[justjunque]

I love that stuff!
It's never failed to clean any kind of grease and grime off my hands, and I really like how it smells.

Barry

 

[fan-of-fans]

Very neat dispenser! Cool to see it still in use.

This reminds me of those old soap dispensers with a glass globe container that mounts upside down with a push valve on the bottom. I've seen some on eBay but they are quite expensive. Later ones have a plastic globe.

 

[oreck_xl]

That is a neat find! Maybe the janitor could find you one tucked away that the church no longer uses. That would be a nice piece in any bathroom. I wouldn't mind having one of those "endless towels" (the rolling cloth towel that rolls back into a metal box that gets chemically treated). I remember seeing them all over in gas stations back in the '70's and '80's. Definitely NOT Covid safe.