Bon-ami cleanser

[moribundman]

Bon Ami is essentially powdered calcium carbonate. I used to clean my kitchen with it. Then I found out that I could get a 10 pound sack of powdered calcium carbonate as "whiting" at my local chemical supply store -- at a tiny fraction of the cost. Works well for cleaning and polishing metal. Stainless steel gets nice and shiny with it. I'd say it's about as abrasive as 1200 grit emery cloth.

 

[dkcase]

For using Bon-Ami on glass, look at this thread from this site. It's about the 10th post down, posted by LUGOSI.

It recommends not using Bon-Ami cleanser on glass.

I haven't tried it myself yet. My wife picked up some cleanser for me, by mistake. I left it in the kitchen.

On the cleanser bottle it says do not use on glass, however if you follow the links below, Bon-Ami techs say they use it on their own glass.

Cleaning Powder, Not Cleanser

 

[TallPaul]

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Originally posted by JohnBrowning:
TallPall, You can take a chunk of steel wool and touch it to a fresh 9 volt creating a short to start it on fire!

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Oooh, Oooh, more fun! But have to do it in the dark this time for greater effect.

No I am not a pyro!

 

[Gary Allan]

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No I am not a pyro!

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All men are pyros. Just not all are "active" pyros How many women do you see making a roaring blaze in the fireplace? A man can't just watch the small fire. He's got to tinker with it and make it great ...screwing with it this way and that. Trash buring, when common, wasn't just a "throw it in and light it" thing. Proper placement of the trash and different lighting techniques had to be explored.

"This trash burned 100% ....30% faster than the last trash I burned to 100% gone"

 

[TallPaul]

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Originally posted by TallPaul:

Originally posted by JohnBrowning:
[qb] TallPall, You can take a chunk of steel wool and touch it to a fresh 9 volt creating a short to start it on fire!

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and going farther

That reminds me, once my Dad put a 9 volt radio battery in his pocket. Unfortunately he also had a few coins in his pocked and ended up with a hot pocket!

and even farther

Speaking of 9 volt batteries (again the little radio type) how many of us as kids did not put their tongue on the terminals to feel the tingle?

 

[moribundman]

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Speaking of 9 volt batteries (again the little radio type) how many of us as kids did not put their tongue on the terminals to feel the tingle? [freaknout]

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Was that before or after eating lead paint?

 

[Gary Allan]

Semi-getting back on topic...

I had glazed (probably pseudo glass beaded - road grit) headlight fixtures. A parts guy said "use rubbing compound on them" ...I said "what have I got to lose

?" ..it works. I guess some abarasivies are good for polishing. So I guess it would work well (bonami) with glass as well.


btw- my racer/engine builder/wrench used to use that cleanser technique decades ago. It was an accepted "quik seating" method for his home built stockcar engines of his youth.

 

[brianl703]

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Originally posted by JohnBrowning:
TallPall, You can take a chunk of steel wool and touch it to a fresh 9 volt creating a short to start it on fire!

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I once heard a story about someone who was using steel wool to clean a wall and wiped it over an outlet. Yes, it shorted out and burned them badly.

 

[Vstrom]

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Originally posted by JohnnyO:

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Originally posted by Scali62:
I wonder , who was the first one to think of this & try it ?

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I thought the same thing when I read about "toad licking" to get high.

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What was that old saying- "It was a brave man who first ate an oyster"

Seriously I've heard the Bon Ami thing for many years...never tried it though, knock on wood haven't needed to.

 

[BlazerLT]

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Originally posted by MolaKule:
OK, they've removed the chlorine since I last used it, but it still contains sand and soap.

Potassium ALuminum silicate or Feldspar is a slightly softer version of beach sand.

Never tried it on windshields, but wouldn't it leave minute scratches?

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It is a lot softer than silicon dioxide or quartz or sand which is one of the hardest substances in the world.

http://www.24carat.co.uk/hardnessmohsscaleframe.html

K-spar cannot scratch metal or hardened cylinder wall according to the Moh's Scale of hardness.

Trust me, I am a geologist.

 

[mechtech]

Did the highly leaded fuels of that era help glaze the cyls easier, and by the same token, allow Bon Ami to scratch a new surface?
- Good Friend

 

[HerkyJim]

There are two kinds of BonAmi "cleanser" and "cleaning powder". I suppose there is a difference. Anybody know if one is more aggresive abrasive than the other?