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DIY cleaning slime proves that slime isn’t just for your kids. Cleaning slime is a fun way to pick up and remove crumbs and debris from tiny crevices. Instead of blowing the crumbs around with a can of compressed air, pick them up with DIY cleaning slime!
DIY Cleaning Slime Recipes
How To Make Cleaning Slime With Borax
There are two ways to make DIY cleaning slime. Here’s what you need for the Borax recipe:
- 1 1/2 cups warm water, divided
- 1/4 cup Borax laundry booster
- One 4 ounce bottle white school glue
- food coloring if desired
In a small bowl, mix together 1 cup of the warm water with the Borax. Stir until the Borax dissolves. Set this mixture aside. In a larger mixing bowl, combine the other 1/2 cup warm water, the entire bottle of glue, and 2-3 drops of food coloring {if desired}. Stir until combined. Add the Borax water to the glue mixture and stir. Keep stirring until the mixture changes from a gooey, sticky liquid to a firmer consistency that you can knead with your hands. Now use your hands to knead it until it becomes a dry ball. This takes about 5 minutes.
To use this cleaning slime, roll it into a ball first. Use the ball of slime to dab at areas that need to be cleaned. Don’t let it sit, as it may begin to melt into the crevices as it warms.
How To Make No-Borax Cleaning Slime
Not everyone has access to Borax and some people don’t like it. Here’s a recipe for cleaning slime that works as well without it. You need:
- 1/2 cup Amazon Basics Slime Activator or any liquid starch
- One 5-ounce bottle of clear school glue
- 1/4 cup warm water
- food coloring, optional
Begin by stirring the slime activator or liquid starch into the entire bottle of clear glue in a mixing bowl. Keep stirring until combined. Now add the warm water, and stir again to combine. Pick up the slime and knead it with your hands until it no longer sticks to your fingers. It’s ready to use!
Store both types of cleaning slime in an airtight container between uses.
Places To Clean With Cleaning Slime
Try cleaning the following hard-to-reach spaces with your DIY cleaning slime:
- Laptop keyboard
- Television remote
- Cell phone case
- Your car’s dashboard and console
- Car heating and cooling vents
- The surface of your Bluetooth speaker {all those tiny holes!}
- Your earbuds or headphones
There are a ton of places to use cleaning slime! When it gets pretty dirty, all you have to do is toss it out and make a new batch!
Before you go, see the secret solution to cleaning sticky spills.
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