Modern cleaning products are a bit weird
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Has anyone else noticed in recent years that cleaning products ie the Mr Muscle super-dooper platinum bathroom cleaning spray New ! (it s always new) type products are a bit strange? I m guessing it s new eco s
te ingredients / cheaper ingredients
eg when spraying bathroom cleaner on shower tiles etc if I leave it for a couple of minutes and then go to wipe it around or use a bristle brush or whatever, it s kind of all evaporated / disappeared, and there s nothing there to agitate. (this is my main point)
It pisses me off. And what s also annoying is I can t really remember what products used to behave like, I just know it wasn t like this.
Just me, or anyone else find similar?
Has anyone else noticed in recent years that cleaning products ie the Mr Muscle super-dooper platinum bathroom cleaning spray New ! (it s always new) type products are a bit strange? I m guessing it s new eco s
te ingredients / cheaper ingredients eg when spraying bathroom cleaner on shower tiles etc if I leave it for a couple of minutes and then go to wipe it around or use a bristle brush or whatever, it s kind of all evaporated / disappeared, and there s nothing there to agitate. (this is my main point)
It pisses me off. And what s also annoying is I can t really remember what products used to behave like, I just know it wasn t like this.
Just me, or anyone else find similar?
Edited by CoolHands on Sunday 3rd May 10:02
I recal the wife complaining about bathroom general cleaner a few weeks ago being " rubbish "
I put on an air of concern for a moment and let her get on with what she does , while I sorted out a couple of missplaced albums on the shelf that he has clearly moved interfered with.
I put on an air of concern for a moment and let her get on with what she does , while I sorted out a couple of missplaced albums on the shelf that he has clearly moved interfered with.
Edited by PM3 on Sunday 3rd May 10:02
WH16 said:
Just part of the general ensttification (it's a word) of everyday products. See also paint which doesn't, power limited vacuum cleaners, etc. It's all for our own good though.
Spot on ^^ttification (it's a word) of everyday products. See also paint which doesn't, power limited vacuum cleaners, etc. It's all for our own good though.https://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?si=C-iBgClis64siVJ8
WH16 said:
Just part of the general ensttification (it's a word) of everyday products. See also paint which doesn't, power limited vacuum cleaners, etc. It's all for our own good though.
Ain’t that the truth. Who needed to be saved from vacuum cleaners that can actually suck, paint stripper that removes paint, hand dryers that (heaven forbid) dry your hands, cleaning products that remove dirt and stains without effort. Hell, even the fttification (it's a word) of everyday products. See also paint which doesn't, power limited vacuum cleaners, etc. It's all for our own good though.king tea towels these days don’t dry the pots any more.Where will it end?
Sideways Tim said:
Ain t that the truth. Who needed to be saved from vacuum cleaners that can actually suck, paint stripper that removes paint, hand dryers that (heaven forbid) dry your hands, cleaning products that remove dirt and stains without effort. Hell, even the fking tea towels these days don t dry the pots any more.
Where will it end?
You say this, but... king tea towels these days don t dry the pots any more.Where will it end?
A modern dyson without the bag is 10 times better than something from the early 90's, or you can buy a Henry Hoover which hasn't change since it was introduced.
The blade type hand-dryers also work much faster than the old school heater fans.
Swarfega is the same as it was when it was created in the 1940's.
Some things are getting s
tter, but a lot of this thread is old men looking back through rose tinted specs. Lead paint gave great colour, asbestos was a fantastic insulator, and many of the pesticides of the 1960's killed bugs with amazing efficiency.... Not sure we want to bring any of them back to regular use though. Condi said:
You say this, but...
A modern dyson without the bag is 10 times better than something from the early 90's, or you can buy a Henry Hoover which hasn't change since it was introduced.
The blade type hand-dryers also work much faster than the old school heater fans.
Swarfega is the same as it was when it was created in the 1940's.
Some things are getting stter, but a lot of this thread is old men looking back through rose tinted specs. Lead paint gave great colour, asbestos was a fantastic insulator, and many of the pesticides of the 1960's killed bugs with amazing efficiency.... Not sure we want to bring any of them back to regular use though.
Recent henrys have half the power they used to, and you can tell when using them.A modern dyson without the bag is 10 times better than something from the early 90's, or you can buy a Henry Hoover which hasn't change since it was introduced.
The blade type hand-dryers also work much faster than the old school heater fans.
Swarfega is the same as it was when it was created in the 1940's.
Some things are getting s
tter, but a lot of this thread is old men looking back through rose tinted specs. Lead paint gave great colour, asbestos was a fantastic insulator, and many of the pesticides of the 1960's killed bugs with amazing efficiency.... Not sure we want to bring any of them back to regular use though. Condi said:
You say this, but...
A modern dyson without the bag is 10 times better than something from the early 90's, or you can buy a Henry Hoover which hasn't change since it was introduced.
The blade type hand-dryers also work much faster than the old school heater fans.
Swarfega is the same as it was when it was created in the 1940's.
Some things are getting stter, but a lot of this thread is old men looking back through rose tinted specs. Lead paint gave great colour, asbestos was a fantastic insulator, and many of the pesticides of the 1960's killed bugs with amazing efficiency.... Not sure we want to bring any of them back to regular use though.
My wife has a thing about Dyson. I accept that they are actually quite nice to strip and rebuild, but the fact that I seem to have to unblock them after every use, whereas a nice simple Henry just gets on with the job (at least the old 1200W did) and doesn’t need pulling apart twice a day has me firmly in the older was better camp.A modern dyson without the bag is 10 times better than something from the early 90's, or you can buy a Henry Hoover which hasn't change since it was introduced.
The blade type hand-dryers also work much faster than the old school heater fans.
Swarfega is the same as it was when it was created in the 1940's.
Some things are getting s
tter, but a lot of this thread is old men looking back through rose tinted specs. Lead paint gave great colour, asbestos was a fantastic insulator, and many of the pesticides of the 1960's killed bugs with amazing efficiency.... Not sure we want to bring any of them back to regular use though. I find blade hand dryers are pretty poor too. If you actually wash dirty hands many times a day as I do, then a towel is way quicker and much better at drying forearms. Wash it once a week and it’s probably more efficient too.
WH16 said:
Just part of the general ensttification (it's a word) of everyday products. See also paint which doesn't, power limited vacuum cleaners, etc. It's all for our own good though.
A few morettification (it's a word) of everyday products. See also paint which doesn't, power limited vacuum cleaners, etc. It's all for our own good though.- paper straws. I mean, wtf would you choose a soluable material to carry liquid?
- Clean spirit. Bought in error thinking it was white spirit. Useless.
- Waspeze - magic spray of pain relief that is now "unsafe".
CoolHands said:
Has anyone else noticed in recent years that cleaning products ie the Mr Muscle super-dooper platinum bathroom cleaning spray New ! (it s always new) type products are a bit strange? I m guessing it s new eco ste ingredients / cheaper ingredients
To give credit where it’s due, Dettol Mould and Mildew Remover actually does what it says on the tin. Great at cleaning bathrooms and showers that haven’t been done for a while (we use it in our rentals as well as our own home). A genuine spray/wait/rinse product.te ingredients / cheaper ingredients Edited by CoolHands on Sunday 3rd May 10:02
Sideways Tim said:
To give credit where it s due, Dettol Mould and Mildew Remover actually does what it says on the tin. Great at cleaning bathrooms and showers that haven t been done for a while (we use it in our rentals as well as our own home). A genuine spray/wait/rinse product.
Son uses this on the caravans and chalets that he gets tasked with cleaning on the local site. Seems to work for him but when I've tried it all that happens is the black mould turns grey.The white spirit replacements are just water as far as I can tell.
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