Powdered detergent or scouring powder, were favorites in households in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Today decorate their kitchens with this colorful collector's vintage items from yesterday.
Technically, powdered cleaners pumicites called, and they were used as detergent for sinks, stoves, bathtubs and floors, as well as cooking utensils, china or enamelware especially products that were popular in the Woolworth's time.
Their cleaning and polishing actionis provided by fine particles of minerals such as calcite, feldspar, quartz and silica. Soap or surfactants are also included to remove oil and grease films from dishwashing detergent. Some of these products are added to food bleach to remove mold and mildew. Some powder may also be added rust remover as well.
One of the most famous Bon Ami polishing soaps or detergents, the JT Robertson Soap Company of Manchester, Connecticut, prepared by 1886th One of the mainIngredients, feldspar was initially rejected, until it was realized that this soft mineral that when they cleaned with soap combined surfaces without scratching.
Bon Ami famous logo, the "not yet scratched, is now an advertising slogan textbook. How have the chickens come relationship with Bon Ami? According to the company statement," A newly hatched chicks will not scratch the ground for food for two or three days after it from the shell, because it still lives onNutrients from the yolk. Since neither chick nor scratch Bon Ami, is the chick an icon with the trademarked scratched yet. " Sales of Bon Ami fell in the 1960s, and the product from the shelves almost disappeared, but she brought in the new acquisition in 1971. To increase sales, in 1980 the company launched a major advertising campaign, entitled "You never underestimate the cleaning power of a 94-Year-Old Chick with a French name."
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