retromania
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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.
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firedome
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Glasswax!
Not so much to clean, but we used to dye it with food coloring and use stencils to make Christmas decorations on the windows - do any other Olde Fartes here remember doing that?
Not so much to clean, but we used to dye it with food coloring and use stencils to make Christmas decorations on the windows - do any other Olde Fartes here remember doing that?
ovrphil
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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
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
danemodsandy
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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.
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.
We did the Christmas stenciling with Glass Wax when we were kids. We never tried tinting it, though.
It worked pretty well, unless the weather got super-cold outside and the windows would build up condensation on the inside, in which case your Glass Wax designs would melt.
It worked pretty well, unless the weather got super-cold outside and the windows would build up condensation on the inside, in which case your Glass Wax designs would melt.
Glamorene Rug Cleaner
Growin up, we had room-size rugs made out of wool that could not get wet. Before holiday season, parents would have the rugs picked up and dry cleaned. I remember they used to spot clean the rugs with this suff called Glamorene. Came in a jar and looked like wet sawdust. You sprinked it down, massaged it into the nap and let it dry. In about 20 mins, you vacuumed it up and carpet was clean. I recall that it really did work well.
Growin up, we had room-size rugs made out of wool that could not get wet. Before holiday season, parents would have the rugs picked up and dry cleaned. I remember they used to spot clean the rugs with this suff called Glamorene. Came in a jar and looked like wet sawdust. You sprinked it down, massaged it into the nap and let it dry. In about 20 mins, you vacuumed it up and carpet was clean. I recall that it really did work well.
retromania
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Our Rugs
Our rugs in the front hall and living room were wool also. Persia Rug Company would come pick them up clean them and bring them back. My mother also had that wet saw dust stuff and the fumes-ugh! The jar of spot cleaner was one of three different kinds of rug cleaner. They came packaged in a cardboard keeper with a handle. Mom would sprinkled the stand with the wet saw dust looking stuff, lightly work it into the fiber with a stiff brush and after it dried vacuum it up. I seem to remember the key was to treat the stain as soon as it was discovered. The man that owned Persia Rug Company was a friend of our family. Since my father was in the building business they did a lot of work together. Even after he retired and closed Persia Rug, he would come to the house and pick up those rugs to clean them.
Our rugs in the front hall and living room were wool also. Persia Rug Company would come pick them up clean them and bring them back. My mother also had that wet saw dust stuff and the fumes-ugh! The jar of spot cleaner was one of three different kinds of rug cleaner. They came packaged in a cardboard keeper with a handle. Mom would sprinkled the stand with the wet saw dust looking stuff, lightly work it into the fiber with a stiff brush and after it dried vacuum it up. I seem to remember the key was to treat the stain as soon as it was discovered. The man that owned Persia Rug Company was a friend of our family. Since my father was in the building business they did a lot of work together. Even after he retired and closed Persia Rug, he would come to the house and pick up those rugs to clean them.
whirlcool
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Every year around the 15th of December out would come the Glass Wax stencils. Gold Seal had four or five different stencil sets. I think they were either $0.19 or $0.29 per set. And a set would last you several seasons before you would have to replace it. My mother was great at using the stencils to whip up some new designs.
Part of two or three and you'd have a new design. Look at Ebay and the stencils are still only a few bucks.
But the thing I remember most is the particular smell of the Glass Wax. With the reduction of VOC's nowadays I don't think they could have that today. But the entire house would smell from the Glass Was for a couple of hours after it was used. That smell reminds me of Christmas.
The way you applied the Glass Wax was to soak a sponge in water, then wring it almost dry. Then pour out some Glass Wax on a small plate and dab on the stencils to apply.
Part of two or three and you'd have a new design. Look at Ebay and the stencils are still only a few bucks.
But the thing I remember most is the particular smell of the Glass Wax. With the reduction of VOC's nowadays I don't think they could have that today. But the entire house would smell from the Glass Was for a couple of hours after it was used. That smell reminds me of Christmas.
The way you applied the Glass Wax was to soak a sponge in water, then wring it almost dry. Then pour out some Glass Wax on a small plate and dab on the stencils to apply.
whirlcool
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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?
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?
polkanut
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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.
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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.
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whirlcool
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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.
mixguy
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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.
I sure liked that product, anyone know why if was discontinued? I missed it if it was posted before.
mich
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Mixguy...
You can still find it, sold as "Dawn Grill Cleaner" at Home Depot & Lowes. Walmart here also still sells it, as well as Food Lion.
You can still find it, sold as "Dawn Grill Cleaner" at Home Depot & Lowes. Walmart here also still sells it, as well as Food Lion.
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.
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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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
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
washerboy
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I miss
Lux: dishwashing liquid...I loved the smell when I'd help my mother do the dishes..I also liked it because it was pink..idk why
Peach Thrill: dishwashing liquid...loved the smell and it always reminded me of my favoriate aunt..I miss her and Peach Thrill
AJax...the "White Torando"
Dash: laundry detergent
Purex Bleach:...it smelled like bleach but was different than clorox
Lux: dishwashing liquid...I loved the smell when I'd help my mother do the dishes..I also liked it because it was pink..idk why
Peach Thrill: dishwashing liquid...loved the smell and it always reminded me of my favoriate aunt..I miss her and Peach Thrill
AJax...the "White Torando"
Dash: laundry detergent
Purex Bleach:...it smelled like bleach but was different than clorox
oldskool
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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
Real Tide - the kind from the 60s that had a very unique fragrance
Blue Cheer
Oxydol with green crystals - original scent
polkanut
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re: Oxydol with green crystals - original scent
What I remember most as a kid is my Mom using the old formula Oxydol and then hanging everything outside on the clothesline. Getting into bed at night with that wonderful aroma made me feel so safe & loved.
What I remember most as a kid is my Mom using the old formula Oxydol and then hanging everything outside on the clothesline. Getting into bed at night with that wonderful aroma made me feel so safe & loved.
mathewhebailey0
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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.
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