I checked out the web site because I was becoming very confused. I
have cut and paste key information from the web site and then clarified
what I learned at the bottom. --Justin
Bon Ami Cleanser
Bon Ami contains the effective yet gentle abrasives feldspar and
calcite. Use on porcelain, stainless steel, ceramic tile, chrome, tile,
even fiberglass and imitation marble. Keep sinks, tubs, shower stalls
and cookware looking like new. Recommended by Kohler,. Corning Ware,.
Rival,. Farberware,. Amana,. Anchor Hocking, Congoleum,. Cuisinart. and
many other leading brands and companies. Preferred by many
environmentalists. No chlorine, phosphate, perfume or dye.
Bon Ami Cleaning Cake and Bon Ami Cleaning Powder
THE ORIGINAL BON AMI
Many allergists recommend original Bon Ami because the natural
ingredients contain no detergent, bleach, perfume or dye. Bon Ami still
makes its 1886 formula Cleaning Cake the old-fashioned way - cutting the
bars with piano wires and working them by hand. Bon Ami Cleaning Powder
is the same 1886 formula but in powder form... and in a easy to shake
round can. Both contain gentle feldspar abrasive for polishing and soap
for cleaning all hard surfaces. Use to defog windows and mirrors. NASA
even used Cleaning Powder to clean the windows on Skylab. Stock up and save!
Now here's where it get's interesting:
"The Faultless Starch Company's major acquisition came in 1971 with the
purchase of the Bon Ami Company. The Bon Ami products included the
familiar original formula Cleaning Cake, the original formula Bon Ami
Cleaning Powder and Bon Ami Deluxe Polishing Cleanser, which was an
updated formula of the original, but contained detergent and bleach."
So the later product is the cleanser, which doesn't contain "soap", but
does contain "detergent and bleach". I purchached a can of this today,
and it warns that it contains "calcium carbonate" which I believe is a
detergent. So here's the question folks, the older formula had soap,
the later formula had detergent and bleach.... It would seem to me
that "soap" would be okay in a motor, but "detergent and bleach" would
not. Would you all agree?
--Justin
P.S. Have we come full circle here? The "men" are discussing
cleansers, sitting on their ass, while the women are out racing?
Randall Young wrote:
>art de armond wrote :
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>>I bounced the technique off the head of an old engine guru
>>of mine and he offered that the current BonAmi is not like
>>the stuff from a quarter century ago.
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>This may be a clue to the answer to Jim's question ... the "cleaning powder"
>without the calcite is the original "old time" stuff. The cleanser with the
>calcite is the newer formula.
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>Randall
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