Spic-n-Span

[mrb627]

The PINESOL thread reminded me of Spin-n-Span powder that we used to use to clean the floors at my cousins restaurant. Thinking it was discontinued, I decided to google it to see when it met its demise. Shocked! You can still purchase it in specific areas of the country. Amazon has it, but it is expensive. Anyone else seen it at their local market?

Malcolm

 

[jeffg]

Yes. It's all we've used for floor cleaning in the last 30+ years. Harder and harder to find in national chains, but our local hardware stores have always carried it.

 

[frigilux]

Wow, Malcolm, another blast from the last! A box of Spic 'n' Span was always on the shelf at our house when I was growing up. My mom used it for cleaning floors, walls, etc. She'd even pour some in the Kenmore for loads of rugs or grimy coveralls.

 

[danemodsandy]

Does Anyone....

....Know where to get the original version, which P & G supposedly still produces and markets for commercial use? The home version sold by Prestige Brands has had a gosh-awful scent makeover that smells like someone puked in a cologne factory.

 

[gefilterflo]

I buy it at the local Ace Hardware store although I buy Cinch spray more than I do Spic and Span. The new Spic and Span does have a very strong scent.

 

[dustin92]

We still have it here, I haven't bought any recently, but my Mom always used it for washing walls when I was younger. My parents were heavy smokers and it took the nicotine film off the walls. I need to get some to wash down the walls in the kitchen with, although nobody smokes anymore, it cuts grease great. The liquid version used to be pretty good too, but it has changed and now it's terrible.

 

[frigilux]

Sandy-- The P&G industrial version is also available at Amazon.

 

[launderess]

Original formula of Spic "n" Span

Was loaded with phosphates, IIRC the newer version may not be. Remember seeing cases of the stuff at a local hardware store's going out of business sale. But after going home and "Googling" the stuff found it was the modern product with merely a passing glace towards the older formula.

Many old school cleaners are still around but have been weakened or altered to suit modern health, environment or other concerns.

Lysol in the brown bottle can still be found but it is no longer automatically the phenol containing disinfectant of old. Indeed those bottles sold today lack an EPA number which means they aren't registered as such.

 

[jeffg]

We've never had any complaints on S&S's scent. Used as directed the residual is great imo and disappears within a few hours. Sure beats smelling pine oil for weeks at a time. As with any cleaner, don't overuse it. We use it mainly because it works very well and its MSDS couldn't be much simpler: sodium carbonate and a little zeolite.

 

[tomturbomatic]

The awful thing about original s&s was the caustic in it. When it was not rinsed and at least partially neutralized, the caustic dried on the floor and pulled the oil out of linoleum floors, making them dry out and breakup.

 

[stan]

Old version

had some soap and T.S.P in it, it was a good cleaner when used before re painting.
New stuff is detergent with sodium carbonate. I'm told it Still cleans well.
Don't know about the industrial version

 

[mich]

Procter & Gamble...

Makes a professional line, Spic & Span spray (which is Phosphate Free) but, is a really great cleaner, as well, as a Phosphate & Phosphate Free Powder version.

 

In my Area however, I can find Spic & Span spray, at dollar stores & value stores. It's not made by P&G though, it's made by prestige brands. 

 

[rp2813]

Like others have stated, I found Spic and Span powder at ACE Hardware and bought a box. 

 

The liquid is available at the 99c Only store and I keep a supply of that on hand.  I'm all over the concept of no rinsing required.  I never bothered with checking the label but after reading the post directly above, I suspect it's not a P&G product.

 

[Ultramatic]

Spic and Span

 

 

Now that takes me back to my childhood. My mom only used that to mop the floors at home. It was used at my dads store as well.

 

[circlew]

I sometimes see the P&G Professional version at GFS. Bought some about 5 yrs. ago, think I still have some left, but don't know where I put it.

 

[2011hoovermatic]

I just bought some and love it. question though. how well would it work for cleaning a high efficiency washer? I saw in one of your posts that it got used for laundering rugs so I wondered.
Thanks for your input.

 

[cuffs054]

I always liked the smell.

 

[gmmcnair]

According to Wikipedia, the original formula was equal parts ground up glue (??!), sodium carbonate, and trisodium phosphate. I'm thinking a good strong nice smelling soap would work in place of the glue. I have some older bars I need to use up. I see an experiment in my near future.