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Someone just told me about Bon Ami re-releasing its cake version for a limited time. It ain't cheap but you do get a fancy tin, from the looks of things. Love.....Jill
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When, where? I might just buy three or four cases!!!
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3812 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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Yikes, that is pricey,butI really love the product. I'm gonna have to do some math to figure how many bars I will need for about 20 years.
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3812 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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I have two bars here. In five years I will be down to one. It doesn't take much to do a window.
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The cake Bon Ami has been used for years as the best cleaner for glass. It contains no silicone or other additives like the powder variety. Every gold leaf man (or woman) made sure that they had a good supply. I have two cakes left that I bought about forty years ago. Those will probably last me until they put me in a box, since I don't do a lot of glass work any more.
Don't ask me why it's better...it just is.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Why is bon ami so perfect? Is it that the abrasiveness is just right or is there more to it?
-------------------- Frank Smith Frank Smith Signs Albany, NY www.franksmithsigns.com Posts: 807 | From: Albany, NY USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I still have a couple cans of the regular stuff and I use a long thin pad on a screw-on-a-stick cleaning pad. I dip it into the busket of water and sprinkle on some BonAmi. Wipe down the glass and flip the pad over with the squeegie on the other side and wipe it. Much easier trick than just using a sponge or rag with the cake. It goes fast for big windows, if I need them really clean. Great for removing any leftover silicone grease used to install newer glass around the edges. Any left over Bonami dust dusts right off.
My objection to the cake is the outrageous price. I sent the person here in KC at Faultless a serious request a year ago about remaking the cake and she said no way, then voila. Guess they thought if we wanted it this bad, we would pay through the nose for it.
When alot of this discussion first appeared years ago, I found a can of BonAmi that had been left on the shelf in the garage. Thinking Faultless Starch, I peeled off the top of the can and added some Faultless Laundry Starch to the can and stirred it up with the drill. After a couple of weeks I looked in there and had my own cake. Duh...they make BonAmi and Starch. I figured maybe just combine the two. Still, it was not that big a deal having it in cake form, compared to pouring out some from the can onto a sponge or pad for window cleaning. The product is great for glass and easy to remove the dust afterwards. Faultless says to not use BonAmi for glass cleaning, but it works with its light abrassive that "hasn't scratched yet".
Now, I also found that "Bar Keepers Friend" is also very aggressive for windows. It has some chemical (Oxalic Acid) in it that really cuts through more than BonAmi. It definitely will scratch glass if you rub hard and the Oxalic acid is what they use to bleach out old wood stains. Lightly, it works like BonAmi, but has a stronger effect. Never noticed any etching from the acid onto the glass, but it does oxidize the aluminum mullions at the bottom of commercial windows, if left on there long enough. My preference is for BonAmi in a can...cheap and reliable. One cans lasts ten years or so for me.
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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Honest truth...I've been painting signs for over 50 years and nobody has ever ask me to do a gold leaf job.This is unusual.I know a few of the basics but not enough to produce a "GOLD LEAF JOB".IF BON AMI is a key factor in a clean window,You guys that do this kind of thing has gotta be jumpin' up and down now that it's available.
-------------------- Bill Wood Bill Wood, Sign Artist 3628 Ogburn Ave., NE Winston-Salem, NC 27105-3752 336-682-5820 Posts: 397 | From: Winston-Salem, NC | Registered: May 2006
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