BOM AMI in French means GOOD FRIEND

The original slogan for Bon Ami "Hasn't Scratched Yet!" is still in use. It is an all-natural multipurpose cleaner . A powerful blend of feldspar and soap, which is safe for use on painted surfaces, stainless steel, porcelain, chrome, nonstick surfaces, tile, or aluminum. Use for the original Bon Ami was everything from dirty pots and pans to tubs and windows.

The first Bon Ami soap was an abrasive laden tallow soap manufactured by the J.T. Robertson Soap Company of Manchester, CT in 1886. The powdered cleanser was developed a few years later. Marketed in America and unchanged for over 100 years, is widely advertised as a cleaner for persons with chemical sensitivities because it did not contain bleach or strong chemicals. In 2006 the cleaner was changed to be "easier rinsing" and is not felt to be the same product as in the past by some with chemical sensitivities.

Grandma used Old Dutch cleanser. Do you remember it? People of European decent were big on being clean. The Christmas Card even shows the little Dutch girl, the advertisement for the cleaner, coming on Christmas. Oh good grief.

I don't remember any can of AJAX--remember the slogan? Ajax, the foaming cleanser--bum ba bum bum--watch the dirt go down the drain. Can you sing it? I only remember my grandfather called it A-YAX.

Old Trunks isn't big on abrasive cleaners. I did get down on my knees and look in the back of the cabinet in the kitchen. I found cleaner, which has been here for some time. One is AYAX, (don't you love it), and Comet. Both are eye irritants, both have bleach for 'tough stains'. It reminds you in mini print not to mix it with ammonia.

This is how one is supposed to clean a toilet with Comet, directions on the back of a 21 ounce can.

To clean toilet bowl:

Flush toilet, (morons--of course we don't want a dump in there)

Sprinkle 4 ounces of Comet in bowl.

4 divided into 21=5 cleanings per can

Scour

Let stain 10 minutes

Flush

Now Ajax slogan was "Stronger than Dirt" and The first commercial jingle heard on TV in the United States was for Ajax Cleanser in 1948. The jingle was "You'll stop paying the elbow tax, when you start cleaning with Ajax".

Comet? In the 1960s and 1970s, Comet was known for a series of popular television ads featuring the character of "Josephine the Plumber" (played by actress Jane Withers). Comet states 98% of the ingredients are 'other'.

So, BOM AMI!, I wish you a fine day.

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