Barry Scott will clean your alloys
Barry Scott will clean your alloys
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r6blacky

Original Poster:

257 posts

268 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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I have just witnessed some very strange activity in the tesco carpark my office overlooks.

Chap comes back to his car with a bag and produces a sqirty bottle of Cillit Bang.

Nothing too strange about that I guess, he the proceeds to start squirting the cillit bang at his alloys, but only the fronts. Next it's a trip round to the boot to retrieve some sort of sponge/scourer which he then rubs around the wheels, but only the rims and his wheels are lattice style as seen on old escorts.

And thats it, no rinsing just hops in a screams off through the car park.

Is Cillit Bang any good at cleaning alloys?

rich 36

13,739 posts

297 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Its supposed to be a bit harsh, or so I read the last time we spoke of it here

does'nt it clean filthy coins abit quickly or something

tallbloke

10,376 posts

314 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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BANG, and Barry Scott is gone.

Wacky Racer

41,407 posts

278 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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DieselJohn

2,114 posts

287 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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I doubt it's any good, it's useless for cleaning the bathroom so I can't see it working on brake dust and road dirt.

DieselJohn

2,114 posts

287 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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rich 36 said:
Its supposed to be a bit harsh, or so I read the last time we spoke of it here

does'nt it clean filthy coins abit quickly or something


Yeah, but so will orange juice if you leave it in long enough.

staceyb

7,107 posts

255 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Wouldn't use it on your alloys if you want to keep them. Its far to harsh. A pressure washer is your best bet along with some good old soap and water.

r6blacky

Original Poster:

257 posts

268 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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I was half expecting him to take a leak over the wheels to rinse them off

DieselJohn

2,114 posts

287 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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I'm interested to know if all the people saying how harsh it is have actually used it or are just going by the stupid advert. I found it to be the complete opposite of harsh.

rich 36

13,739 posts

297 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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I bought some, to use around home,
but because people here said it might be a bit like
using wire wool, or the equivalent,

I stopped short of applying
to wheels on my car.

would it not do any paint/laquer any good do you think then

SpaceCowboy

563 posts

267 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Since we're on the subject of domestic cleaning products...

One of my neighbours has a Jeep Cherokee. He washed it a couple of weeks ago but had trouble in removing some tar/flies from the front grille area.

To my horror, he rubbed some ceramic hob cleaner over the offending area with a rag - it worked a treat! So impressed was he that he then proceeded to polish the whole Jeep with the stuff. It was gleaming by the time he'd finished.

I wouldn't dream of doing it myself, as I've got the sort of luck that would end up in my car being stripped of paint to bare metal. Has anyone here tried it?

Wacky Racer

41,407 posts

278 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Simple.

Spray gunk all over the wheels, (The original stuff, not that white foam rubbish), leave 60 seconds then get in the nooks and crannies with a small paintbrush, then powerwash off straight away......

Then stand back and admire......

maxc

239 posts

260 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Dont do what a former colleague did - whilst I was "resting my licence for speeding" he borrowed by company Audi S2 and parked it under a lime tree. The sap dropped and whenit needed to be tidied up and returned to me he miraculously discovered that a scouring pad got rid of it!!!! Result was a total respray - or at least that is what the comany was billed but at least it came back shiny.

r5gttgaz

7,897 posts

251 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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For some fun get a cotton bud and use Cillit Bang to write rude words on dirty 2p pieces then release them back into circulation.

(Yes its very childish)

tallbloke

10,376 posts

314 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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r5gttgaz said:
For some fun get a cotton bud and use Cillit Bang to write rude words on dirty 2p pieces then release them back into circulation.

(Yes its very childish)


What a great idea

prolly use some old battery acid instead of cilly bang though

>> Edited by tallbloke on Thursday 23 February 20:45

killer2005

20,640 posts

259 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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r5gttgaz said:
For some fun get a cotton bud and use Cillit Bang to write rude words on dirty 2p pieces then release them back into circulation.

(Yes its very childish)


Runs off to find a bottle of cilit bang

towman

14,938 posts

270 months

Friday 24th February 2006
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roy c

4,217 posts

315 months

Friday 24th February 2006
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Neil Burgess plays Barry Scott.

However the real identity of Cillit Bang (or Easy-Off Bam) is unknown:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cillit_B

xxplod

2,269 posts

275 months

Friday 24th February 2006
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I dread to think what is actually in Cillit Bang but it is superb at cleaning showers and stuff. Cuts through just about anything in no time. For that reason though I wouldn't use it on alloy wheels.

Coins! PMSL

nubbin

6,809 posts

309 months

Friday 24th February 2006
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HI! BARRY SCOTT HERE! CILLIT BANG DOESN'T MAKE YOU GO DEAF!!!




(Wilkinsons general stores have their own copy of Cillit Bang called Sonic Boom - well I thought it was funny, anyway...)

>> Edited by nubbin on Friday 24th February 09:15