The Windex without ammonia (the one with vinegar instead) label says NOT to use it on wood surfaces. What are Plugger pianos made out of then? Or maybe just use it on the keys. I hope no one takes this “advice.”
When Windex was first introduced, it had neither vinegar NOR ammonia in it.
Back in the day, most old-time Pluggers were of the opinion that Windex was just another passing fancy which would soon fade away. Because who, in their right mind, would pay a whole bunch of money for a product in a squirt bottle when you could do the same job for a whole lot less with just plain old vinegar and newspaper? The first bottles of Windex which came to our town sat on the grocery shelves for YEARS before anyone actually bought any!
I can remember when “Bab-O” first came out. Everyone thought that was just a passing fad as well. Maybe they were right. I haven’t seen a can of “Bab-O” on the grocery shelves for years and years. To this day, when I want to remember to get cleanser, I write “Bab-O” on the list. If the kids are the ones who take the list to the store - they never can figure out what “Bab-O” is and I have to tell them that was the forerunner to Comet Cleanser!
A Plugger from my generation wouldn’t have been advising anyone to use Windex on anything because we all regarded Windex as something that people in far-off places like New York and California probably used.
For anything with wood in it, a Plugger from my generation would have recommended Old English and ONLY Old English furniture polish.
We used to actually make our own soap. We had “soap making days.” All my grandmother’s daughters and daughters-in-law would go over to my grandmother’s house and make all of the soap we would all need for the coming year in one afternoon. We chatted and, when you were old enough, you got to watch the babies while their mothers helped to make the soap.
We made pine tar soap which could be used for shampoo, face soap, body soap, laundry soap, dish soap. Pine tar soap cured just about everything!
We also made glycerin and rosewater hand lotion while we were at it.
We usually had our soap making day when all of the men got together to brand the calves. All of the brothers and brothers-in-law would get together and go around and round up the cattle on each farm and brand those which needed to be branded.
Soap making day was usually a pretty big day and everyone looked forward to soap making day coming every year.
Misha1995 over 14 years ago
The Windex without ammonia (the one with vinegar instead) label says NOT to use it on wood surfaces. What are Plugger pianos made out of then? Or maybe just use it on the keys. I hope no one takes this “advice.”
brawny80 over 14 years ago
THEY GONNA MESS THE PIANO UP XPPPPPPPPP
DebJ4 over 14 years ago
When Windex was first introduced, it had neither vinegar NOR ammonia in it.
Back in the day, most old-time Pluggers were of the opinion that Windex was just another passing fancy which would soon fade away. Because who, in their right mind, would pay a whole bunch of money for a product in a squirt bottle when you could do the same job for a whole lot less with just plain old vinegar and newspaper? The first bottles of Windex which came to our town sat on the grocery shelves for YEARS before anyone actually bought any!
I can remember when “Bab-O” first came out. Everyone thought that was just a passing fad as well. Maybe they were right. I haven’t seen a can of “Bab-O” on the grocery shelves for years and years. To this day, when I want to remember to get cleanser, I write “Bab-O” on the list. If the kids are the ones who take the list to the store - they never can figure out what “Bab-O” is and I have to tell them that was the forerunner to Comet Cleanser!
A Plugger from my generation wouldn’t have been advising anyone to use Windex on anything because we all regarded Windex as something that people in far-off places like New York and California probably used.
For anything with wood in it, a Plugger from my generation would have recommended Old English and ONLY Old English furniture polish.
fbmce over 14 years ago
Deborah Reyes
Thanks for the reminisce.
I grew-up in the 30s & 40s with “Ol’ Dutch”, ‘tho I do remember Bab-O.
I miss the days when a product had 4 or 5 brands from which to choose instead of the visual cacophony we see today.
TinyTim.odf.
mrprongs over 14 years ago
I bet Heloise is a Plugger.
EarlWash over 14 years ago
And let’s not forget grandma’s good old fashion lye soap for just about everything…laundry, floors, dishes, hair, hog cleanin’…….
DebJ4 over 14 years ago
We used to actually make our own soap. We had “soap making days.” All my grandmother’s daughters and daughters-in-law would go over to my grandmother’s house and make all of the soap we would all need for the coming year in one afternoon. We chatted and, when you were old enough, you got to watch the babies while their mothers helped to make the soap.
We made pine tar soap which could be used for shampoo, face soap, body soap, laundry soap, dish soap. Pine tar soap cured just about everything!
We also made glycerin and rosewater hand lotion while we were at it.
We usually had our soap making day when all of the men got together to brand the calves. All of the brothers and brothers-in-law would get together and go around and round up the cattle on each farm and brand those which needed to be branded.
Soap making day was usually a pretty big day and everyone looked forward to soap making day coming every year.
anserman38 over 14 years ago
I even remember the “Bab-O” T.V. Commercial