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Thread Number: 46589
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| Post# 679179 5/13/2013 at 19:46 (3,993 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Does anyone else have memories of cleaning products that worked well and that you loved, but which are not available any more? It seems that anything I learned to use when I was younger is NLA or MIA or any of those other acronyms that mean you're SOL.
Each item on my list filled a purpose that nothing today does quite as well. Here goes: - Original Spic 'n Span. Yeah, they still make the powder, but it's now another scent, not the "clean on steroids" smell the product used to have. - Oxydol. I use today's Oxydol, but I snort every time I look at the box and see the words "Original Scent." Obviously, no one at the company making Oxydol today ever got a whiff of the original. - Miracle White. My sainted paternal grandmother, Mama Mac, swore by this stuff, and for excellent reason. She could take the grimiest sneakers and make them look like they just came from Thompson-Boland-Lee, the premier Atlanta shoe store when I was a kid. - Original Pledge. Every Pledge formulation today is oily, not the "hard shell" finish of the original 1958 product, which was made until about ten years ago. It was especially great on hard plastics, like portable TVs and stereo turntable covers. They'd be shiny as new and would repel dust for a long time. - Glo-Coat. Absolutely wonderful on VCT flooring. Future is still around, and it's an excellent product, but it's just not the same, somehow. - S-O-Ettes. These were blue foam pads with a thin layer of SOS Pad bonded to one side. You could scour without tearing up your fingertips - or manicure. - Electrasol. Chock-full of lovely, wonderful, deadly efficient phosphates, so that you never, ever had to worry if the dishes were coming out clean. Well, not unless you had am impeller machine, anyway. - Texize Dish Detergent. Dawn can't compare to the grease-cutting ability this stuff had. If your hands came out of the dishwater looking like you boiled them along with the lobsters - well, cleanliness always comes at a price. - Soilax. We used to wash walls at least once a year. Why? Well, you've seen people smoking on Mad Men. Except that Mad Men shows about one-one-hundredth of the smoking that actually went on at that time - my high school had a student smoking area. I can't tell you how popular sandalwood tan walls were for living rooms then. The color hid everything until it was time to get out the Soilax again. What are your late, lamented cleaning products? And what was it that was so great about them? Have you found any substitutes? Enquiring minds want to know! | ||
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| Post# 679183 , Reply# 1 5/13/2013 at 20:00 (3,993 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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And One I DON'T Miss:
Original Comet with Chlorinol. Josephine the Plumber has a lot to answer for.
Why? Because Comet used to be about the grittiest substance known to Man. If you've ever seen a wonderful midcentury bathroom with a tub that looks like it's worn almost through to the cast-iron - or a Hudie ring-mounted turquoise Kohler sink you'd kill for in good shape that is worn down to the cast-iron - you're almost certainly looking at Comet damage. Sadly, today's bathroom cleaning sprays like Kaboom! and Scrub Free hadn't been invented yet, and Comet was the only thing most people knew about that would cut bathtub ring. A very few enlightened folks knew about Bon Ami, with its feldspar polishing abrasive, but most people thought it was just another cleanser, and weren't those Josephine commercials cute? Today's Comet (and Ajax) use a different abrasive, and aren't nearly as damaging as the old, pumice-based stuff. But while Comet was Comet, it was tearing up good porcelain like nobody's business. This post was last edited 05/13/2013 at 20:16 | ||
| Post# 679191 , Reply# 2 5/13/2013 at 20:15 (3,993 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL) | ||
Kleen & Shine | ||
| Post# 679197 , Reply# 3 5/13/2013 at 20:25 (3,993 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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I Forgot!
When I mentioned Glo-Coat, I forgot to mention the best way to put a thin, even layer of the stuff down on the floor - the Fuller Brush wax applicator.
It was a metal handle the length of a mop handle; it had a clamp-on pad that had a gazillion little fibers sticking out of it - something like velvet, only much heavier and bristlier. You could put Glo-Coat down with a regular mop, but it was never as even. If you used the Fuller Brush applicator, you got the deep, even luster the Big Three wax brands (Glo-Coat, Klear and Aero Wax) featured in their ad shots. Sadly, Fuller Brush discontinued the product a couple-three years ago. Feh! | ||
| Post# 679201 , Reply# 4 5/13/2013 at 20:44 (3,993 days old) by mich (Hells Kitchen - New York) | ||
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Post# 679202 , Reply# 5 5/13/2013 at 20:47 (3,993 days old) by Volvoguy87  (Cincinnati, OH) |
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| Post# 679221 , Reply# 7 5/13/2013 at 23:29 (3,993 days old) by MixGuy (St. Martinville, Louisiana) | ||
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Glass Wax Used Glass Wax on Barclay tile, and chrome appliances, helped make polished stainless steel look new too. | ||
| Post# 679224 , Reply# 8 5/14/2013 at 00:11 (3,993 days old) by AutoWasherFreak () | ||
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Janitor in a Drum and Spic and Span powder | ||
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Post# 679242 , Reply# 10 5/14/2013 at 03:36 (3,993 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 679256 , Reply# 12 5/14/2013 at 05:29 (3,993 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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And Oh, Yeah....
Oven Gard!
Before there were self-cleaning ovens in my life, there was Oven Gard, a Drackett product that you sprayed onto the liner of a clean oven. It was colorless. It was some sort of coating, possibly silicone-based, that made oven grime wipe away without use of oven cleaner - the crud would not stick to Oven Gard. While it did not eliminate oven cleaning altogether, Oven Gard sure minimized it. I think cheap continuous-clean ovens killed the product off - for a while, continuous-clean was so ubiquitous that conventional-clean ovens became hard to find if you didn't want a self-cleaner. Thankfully, everybody got wise to continuous-clean, eventually; it pretty much seems to have gone the way of the Edsel and the 8-track. | ||
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Post# 679259 , Reply# 14 5/14/2013 at 05:58 (3,993 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 679267 , Reply# 16 5/14/2013 at 07:25 (3,993 days old) by Westie2 () | ||
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Energine That stuff was great for oil spots on things and also getting our ball point ink. Mom used it on our dry cleaning stuff befoe going to the do it your self dry cleaners. | ||
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Post# 679272 , Reply# 17 5/14/2013 at 08:17 (3,993 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan) |
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Post# 679273 , Reply# 18 5/14/2013 at 08:26 (3,993 days old) by DaveAmKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 679279 , Reply# 19 5/14/2013 at 08:41 (3,993 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Post# 679280 , Reply# 20 5/14/2013 at 08:49 (3,993 days old) by aamassther (Hendersonville, NC ) |
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I miss Lux dish washing liquid, Bowlene powder toilet cleanser, Miracle White, and the original Lestoil.
We used Lux in our bath water as kids, I still remember the scent in the bath. Great for dishes too. Bowlene would get the rust off of anything in seconds flat. When Miracle White had phosphorous in it, it was great in our hard well water, kept clothes from looking yellow. When Lestoil had petroleum solvents in the formula it was great for anything greasy and dirty. We used it to get collar stains out before the advent of Spray N Wash. Oh yea, there's another. I miss the original Spray N Wash too. | ||
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Post# 679296 , Reply# 22 5/14/2013 at 10:47 (3,993 days old) by suds14 (Pittsburgh) |
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The 2 products I miss most are LaFrance and orignal April Fresh Downey. Other products I miss Dash in the red box, top job, origial spic & span in the box, Ivory shampoo. David | ||
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Post# 679308 , Reply# 23 5/14/2013 at 12:11 (3,993 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 Original Wisk. I liked the scent and consistency of it.
I still buy Spic & Span powder, even though it's not the same as the original. Since his stroke, Dave has occasional "containment" issues and I like S&S because there's no need to rinse. I recently found liquid S&S at the 99c Only Store. It has a couple of different scents. At that price I couldn't pass it up. I think it's not being accepted by the average consumer because the orange coloring of the liquid takes on a brownish tint when mixed in a bucket that's any color other than white.
Re: Future, I remember my cousin used it on her vinyl floor covering back in the 70's and it caused immediate yellowing. She complained and got new floor covering free of charge. | ||
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Post# 679320 , Reply# 24 5/14/2013 at 14:10 (3,992 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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One I really miss | ||
| Post# 679352 , Reply# 26 5/14/2013 at 16:44 (3,992 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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I'm with Kevin313!!!! REAL Ivory Liquid!!! Stuff sold today is NOT the same, either "ultra" or regular. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
| Post# 679419 , Reply# 28 5/14/2013 at 23:14 (3,992 days old) by xpanam (Palm Springs California ) | ||
Sani-Flush and Finish 
whirlykenmore78. Are you talking about the Finish that had a list of approved DW manufactures? It went from the top to the bottom of the box. And was a blue and white power. I am not surprised that Sani-Flush is gone. Dose anyone know what was in that stuff? When you put it in the toilet it look like the water was boiling.
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| Post# 679430 , Reply# 29 5/15/2013 at 01:16 (3,992 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
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| Post# 679433 , Reply# 30 5/15/2013 at 01:40 (3,992 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
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Post# 679441 , Reply# 31 5/15/2013 at 05:54 (3,992 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 679448 , Reply# 32 5/15/2013 at 07:30 (3,992 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia) | ||
My list
1.Flash powder cleaner.
2.Ezi-Kleen spray on cleaning foam. 3.Rinso. 4.Bon Ami. 5.Air-O-Zone air freshener. 6.Frend pre-wash stain remover. 7. Phase 2 Torrent laundry detergent. 8. All the old large size boxes of laundry detergents,damn these concentrates. 9. D.X. disinfectant. 10. R.M. Gow's laundry detergent. 11. Care laundry liquid. 12. White Snow powder cleanser. | ||
| Post# 679452 , Reply# 33 5/15/2013 at 08:20 (3,992 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Steve:
While I can't say whether Bon Ami is still distributed in Oz, it's still very much available here in the States.
And a damned good product it is, too. www.bonami.com/... | ||
| Post# 679494 , Reply# 34 5/15/2013 at 12:33 (3,992 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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I had forgotten about so many of the products mentioned here. I miss Texize products. There was a Texize plant in Greenville, SC about 35 minutes from here. | ||
| Post# 679497 , Reply# 35 5/15/2013 at 12:55 (3,992 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Andy:
Texize is still around - they just don't make consumer products any more. Their product line is now strictly commercial cleaning supplies and hospitality industry products. They sold off all of the consumer brands a long time ago, and some are still made by the purchasers. I saw Janitor in a Drum at Dollar General only last week, though I have less than no idea if it's still the same formula Texize made.
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Post# 679528 , Reply# 36 5/15/2013 at 15:59 (3,991 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Boiling clean with Vanish!
Am I the only one who remembers that Vanish jingle?
I used it up in the 1990s. One of the last cans I bought was solidified into a lump. I called the S.C. Johnson 800 number and the lady (who had a charming Wisconsin accent) made an adjustment without any argument...can't remember whether it was a refund or a free coupon. Not too long after that it stopped being available. I wonder if a short shelf life is one of the reasons they stopped making it. I also miss the blue All-Tempa-Cheer, Fab in the blue box with Lemon Freshened Borax, and the short-lived Clorox detergent from around 1990. | ||
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Post# 679530 , Reply# 37 5/15/2013 at 16:17 (3,991 days old) by DaveAmKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 679580 , Reply# 38 5/15/2013 at 19:41 (3,991 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Big Wally I sure remember this product, as it was out when my cousin Kenny was about 11 or 12. When Kenny was little my Aunt Margaret called his private part "Wally" (she is from Scotland). Needless to say when this ad came on he got a red face. | ||
| Post# 679586 , Reply# 39 5/15/2013 at 20:04 (3,991 days old) by labboy (SD, CA) | ||
Original Clorox 2, Electrasol | ||
| Post# 679651 , Reply# 42 5/16/2013 at 10:22 (3,991 days old) by mr-maytag (Minneapolis, MN) | ||
Soilax | ||
| Post# 679673 , Reply# 44 5/16/2013 at 13:59 (3,990 days old) by mr-maytag (Minneapolis, MN) | ||
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Glass Wax | ||
| Post# 679707 , Reply# 45 5/16/2013 at 18:39 (3,990 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Texize JANITOR IN A DRUM!!!!! I was never able to sway my mother from her fave which was Top Job. Does anyone remember the manufacturer for TJ? Proctor and Gamble maybe? | ||
| Post# 679708 , Reply# 46 5/16/2013 at 18:56 (3,990 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Glass Wax Is No More, BUT -
Gold Seal stopped making Glass Wax some years back, BUT - it is said they sold the formula to a company known as TR Industries, who changed the color from pink to yellow and changed the name to No-Streek Glass Polish (the label actually says "No-Streek Glass Wax Polish"). Ace Hardware stores carry it; $5.49 for an 8-ounce bottle:
www.acehardware.com/product/index... Another alternative is Window Wax, a competing brand sold through Vermont Country Store. $12.95 for a 12-ounce bottle: www.vermontcountrystore.com/store... I find that the manufacturers of Soilax have replaced it with a product called SoilMax. Hopefully whatever changes were made to Soilax haven't degraded performance too much. I'm having a little trouble finding retailers, but that's what teh Googles are for, so perhaps those of you who want to try it can dig up a source. It is definitely available on eBay; here's a link: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.htmlQUESTIONMA... Bloodhound Sandy strikes again! | ||
| Post# 679710 , Reply# 47 5/16/2013 at 19:20 (3,990 days old) by labboy (SD, CA) | ||
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Soilax | ||
| Post# 679712 , Reply# 48 5/16/2013 at 19:28 (3,990 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I think the Gold Seal company was sold to the Airwick Company in 1986. Gold Seal also made Mr. Bubble, Snowy Bleach and Glass Wax floor wax. I have no idea when Glass Wax was discontinued. But I sure do miss it. CLICK HERE TO GO TO whirlcool's LINK | ||
| Post# 679714 , Reply# 49 5/16/2013 at 19:41 (3,990 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Top Job.... | ||
| Post# 679716 , Reply# 50 5/16/2013 at 19:43 (3,990 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Post# 679759 , Reply# 53 5/17/2013 at 06:08 (3,990 days old) by DaveAmKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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| Post# 679761 , Reply# 54 5/17/2013 at 06:19 (3,990 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Original Wisk:
Mama Mac was a fan of Original Wisk; she used it in conjunction with Oxydol for my grandfather's shirts. He worked for a clothing manufacturer in East Point, GA, and the company was located alongside railroad tracks, to facilitate shipments of clothing.
Since we're talking the un-airconditioned '50s here, his shirts would start out flawlessly clean and starched in the morning, and would be limp by afternoon, with serious collar rings from the trains' soot. Sometimes things would reach this state of affairs by lunchtime, and he'd change when he came home for lunch (you did not live in Mama Mac's house and grab a sandwich for lunch - she was the original hot lunch lady, often making a vegetable soup the likes of which I will never taste again *). Anyway, she kept her wringer washer humming with hot water, Wisk, Oxydol and often Clorox in the original brown glass bottle. The fumes were enough to kill germs at twenty paces. The shirts were dazzlingly white. She later bought herself a Kenmore 800 pair, and switched allegiance to Miracle White. My mom's habits of buying whatever detergents were cheapest on sale, and disdaining additives, made her cluck her tongue and snort. * Not only did the recipe for the vegetable soup not survive, the vegetables in it were grown in the half-acre truck garden behind their house, resulting in a taste no store-bought produce could ever match. I am perpetually grateful to both Mama Mac and Papa for turning me into a vegetable lover; I cannot fathom today's young people, who would rather take a bullet than eat veggies. | ||
| Post# 679764 , Reply# 55 5/17/2013 at 06:42 (3,990 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Sta Puff | ||
| Post# 679782 , Reply# 56 5/17/2013 at 10:47 (3,990 days old) by dirtybuck (Springfield, MO) | ||
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"Duck" Toilet Bowl Cleaner? What was the original brand name for that product? Also, is Tidy Bowl still being made? | ||
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Post# 698620 , Reply# 57 8/24/2013 at 13:56 (3,890 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Eddie, I stopped at an estate sale today and picked up a nearly full 64oz jug of blue Sta-Puf fabric softener for 25 cents. I love how the directions say that even if you miss putting softener in your rinse cycle you can pour 1oz into a washcloth or handtowel and toss it into the dryer with the damp laundry. This bottle does have a UPC code on the back surprisingly enough. | ||
| Post# 698654 , Reply# 59 8/24/2013 at 16:51 (3,890 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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I miss the old Top Job formula from the 60's and early 70's. I haven't smelled anything as clean since. | ||
| Post# 698853 , Reply# 60 8/25/2013 at 15:52 (3,889 days old) by bluecheer (Grover) | ||
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Who could forget the scent of SALVO tablets and VIM tablets? I liked the smell of VIM better because it was a sweeter scent. To me, SALVO smelled like cheap perfume! | ||
| Post# 698870 , Reply# 61 8/25/2013 at 18:47 (3,889 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
Glasswax! | ||
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Post# 698881 , Reply# 62 8/25/2013 at 19:25 (3,889 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Firedome - that's sounds like a creative idea - from a magazine or the stencil manufacturer? Anyway-
I tried finding the glass wax at three AceHardwares and none local to me carried it. But at last, the one in Cumming, GA. had it - $4.29, not the web price of $5.49. Have yet to try it. danemodsandy: Thanks for mentioning Sandy -will be trying it out soon. Phil 
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| Post# 698889 , Reply# 63 8/25/2013 at 20:11 (3,889 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Phil:
Tinting Glass Wax and stenciling it onto windowpanes for Christmas decorations was very popular in the '50s and '60s; the Glass Wax people even provided stencils for the purpose. Seeing the stencil promotion each year was one of the ways you knew Christmas was coming.
If you didn't care to use the stencils or go to the trouble of tinting Glass Wax, you could still do something Christmasy with it - a lot of people used it to simulate little snowdrifts at the bottom of each windowpane or frost riming the edges of each pane. All you needed for this was a sponge. | ||
| Post# 699106 , Reply# 68 8/26/2013 at 19:24 (3,888 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Here is a rarity.. I never ever saw Glass Wax in this format. It was always in a can to be spread with a sponge... I wonder if it smelled the same as the original did? 
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Post# 699201 , Reply# 69 8/27/2013 at 05:49 (3,888 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Allen, Is the can of Glass Wax spray part of your "secret stash"? One more thing to keep an eye out for when at estate/tag sales. I know I've mentioned this before but 2 other products I truly miss are Blu White and LaFrance powdered bluing. I've recently started laundering our communion linens at church. The elderly woman who has been doing them doesn't pre-treat to remove the copious amounts of lipstick that some women seem to put on just before going up. I'm alternating between Biz and a vintage box of Blu White along with hanging them on the clothesline. The other women in our altar society have already noticed the improvement. I pre-treat with Oxi Clean spray. This post was last edited 08/27/2013 at 08:49 | ||
| Post# 699274 , Reply# 70 8/27/2013 at 14:44 (3,887 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Unfortunately, that can is not part of our collection. At this time we only have about a years worth of phosphated DW detergent left. We use the new Cascade complete powder for normal loads and the older stuff for really dirty nasty loads. The Maytag 300 series DW handles everything just fine. We have out hot water tank set at 140F. | ||
| Post# 699394 , Reply# 71 8/28/2013 at 01:08 (3,887 days old) by Mixguy (St. Martinville, Louisiana) | ||
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Dawn Power Dissolver I sure liked that product, anyone know why if was discontinued? I missed it if it was posted before. | ||
| Post# 699738 , Reply# 72 8/29/2013 at 10:30 (3,886 days old) by Mich (Hells Kitchen - New York) | ||
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Post# 699855 , Reply# 73 8/29/2013 at 18:54 (3,885 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA) |
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Walmart Sells it? The Walmart in our area is usually out of everything that isn't a food item these days. The selections are sparse as they try to emphasize their food line. | ||
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Post# 879005 , Reply# 74 4/29/2016 at 09:54 (2,912 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Another 'You May Be A Member of AW.org', If: Who remembers Big Wally? I don't think it's made anymore & I don't even know when its manufacture stopped...
I remember scrubbing a white wall in the house with it and using one of our red wash cloths by spraying a bunch of the white foam with it, going in a circle w/ the cloth, and then making a huge red streak...
Found a commercial for it & to me the label doesn't look like the one I remember:
-- Dave CLICK HERE TO GO TO DaveAMKrayoGuy's LINK | ||
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Post# 879027 , Reply# 76 4/29/2016 at 15:25 (2,911 days old) by oldskool (Kansas City, MO) |
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I miss... Real Tide - the kind from the 60s that had a very unique fragrance Blue Cheer Oxydol with green crystals - original scent
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Post# 879110 , Reply# 77 4/30/2016 at 08:21 (2,911 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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re: Oxydol with green crystals - original scent | ||
| Post# 879174 , Reply# 78 4/30/2016 at 22:57 (2,910 days old) by mathewhebailey0 (port arthur tx) | ||
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Anyone ever heard of Mrs. Meyer's cleaning products? I do know that the Lowe's in my area sells them. The company that makes the products is based in Racine,WI. | ||
| Post# 879183 , Reply# 79 5/1/2016 at 06:38 (2,910 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Persil scent reminds me of the old Oxydol with the green crystals. | ||
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Post# 879196 , Reply# 80 5/1/2016 at 08:42 (2,910 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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| Post# 879259 , Reply# 81 5/1/2016 at 18:28 (2,909 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
I'm not sure I miss anything in the sense of "what a great product, and I wish I could still buy it and use it!"
But out of sentiment, I miss Cheer of ca. 1980. I know the name survives, but one assumes it's not the same product my mother used. The box certainly isn't the same. I also miss Fresh Start, another one my mother used for a period. | ||
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Post# 879264 , Reply# 82 5/1/2016 at 19:24 (2,909 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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I miss spray Jubilee. You could put a shine on anything and just wipe it off and buff with an old towel quickly. It would make your vehicle shine like it just came out of the showroom. Many people used regular furniture polish to make their car or bike shine but Jubilee spray was wax and didnt melt off the first rain on your vehicle. Plus you could use it on the black trim that regular wax got into it and made a mess. If anyone knows if there is some anywhere, let me know, please
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Post# 879307 , Reply# 84 5/2/2016 at 07:48 (2,909 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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I'm glad that Stanley Home Products are still the same even though they're now owned by Fuller Brush. I love using Degreaser for laundry pre-treating, and Try-It for general household cleaning. www.stanley-home-products.com/gre... www.stanley-home-products.com/Mul... CLICK HERE TO GO TO polkanut's LINK | ||
| Post# 881274 , Reply# 85 5/18/2016 at 02:37 (2,893 days old) by ilovewindex (Tualitan OR) | ||
Trend or Rinso... I remember the big boxs and the smell
Surf from the 80's... Loved that Stuff Purex when it came in a wierd shaped bottle FRESH START was my favorite.. Just not the same now... In the Belt drive it went.. I made mom believe i was deathly allergic to tide every time she brought it home... (or any other laundry soap i hated, I also did this with BOUNCE as well).... Cling Free Dryer Sheets.... I think they where the ones that where PINK and looked like foam.. They smelled so good Publix Dryer Sheets on a Roll.. Another favorite of mine from the 80s to the late 90s, Publix had the best smelling dryer sheets Spray and Wash... I tried to eat some as a kid..... It looked like snot, it was very bitter and yeah (I ate many chemicals unbenounced to mom, Im still here) you couldn't eat it... We called it PRAY and Wash... We used whatever was on sale for Dishwasher soap or dish soap..I remember when sunlight gel and sunlight dish soap got confused in the Whirlpool Power Clean... Bubbles every where Fantastick was always around, so was scrubbing bubbles and soft scrub... I don't remember how the floors where mopped.. Endust in a red can... Windex.. We always had very basic stuff, unless it was like Amway for the tile floors or something odd... Oh and I remember she tried the first round of Eath friendly cleaners from Bi Lo in 1991... That whent over so well, they wound up ALL in the trash can a few weeks later My actual mom was addicted to Pine Sol, Windex, Arm and Hammer, Snuggle, Shout, Ajax Dish soap and scrubbing powder, and Vinager/Water.... There where a couple odd things, but those where the main stays.. | ||
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Post# 957433 , Reply# 86 9/13/2017 at 20:18 (2,409 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 957447 , Reply# 87 9/13/2017 at 22:38 (2,409 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 957729 , Reply# 88 9/16/2017 at 01:52 (2,407 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Sani-Flush powder potty cleaner!Liked how it fizzed when put in-then the bathroom smelled so good! | ||
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Post# 957743 , Reply# 89 9/16/2017 at 09:27 (2,407 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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This is currently in my stash. The original Spray 'N Wash ©1982 from Texize. Pic #2 has petroleum distillate listed as the first ingredient. | ||
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Post# 957918 , Reply# 90 9/17/2017 at 21:08 (2,405 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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I will always miss Salvo, that was my all time favorite detergent. I also miss Sweetheart bath soap, it had a very lime scent and always had a clean feel when finished. Loved the stuff. Also miss the original Ivory dish soap. | ||
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Post# 957920 , Reply# 91 9/17/2017 at 21:31 (2,405 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 957929 , Reply# 92 9/17/2017 at 23:13 (2,405 days old) by funktionalart (Rison, AR) | ||
Two standouts for me:
Tide Powdered Laundry detergent in the 60s. I sneezed every time I got near the box, but to this day, that smell is what I associate with REALLY clean clothes! We even used it to wash our hands after working on greasy car engines. Johnson Future Acrylic Floor Finish: That acrylic bottled linoleum cleaner that I think has been gone from shelves since at least 1980. Or is it still around?!? Seems no one has lino floors anymore...but I used it constantly and loved the TV commercials with the camera staring up at that cool bottle on a bright white gloss linoleum floor.
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