Really Good Stuff or Swarfega Orange?

I usually use the green Swarfega as a hand cleaner.

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Sometimes I need a stronger handcleaner with grit particles in it and I used to use Swarfega Orange
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However none of the car parts or DIY shops seem to stock Swarfega Orange any more. Instead I often come across something called "The Really Good Stuff".
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Do people here find that "The Really Good Stuff" is as good as Swarfega Orange? It looks a bit garish and perhaps too highly promoted.

Reply to
Lars
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I use Flash general purpose cleaner in an old soap dispenser bottle - cheap as chips and works a treat.

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Bob Mannix

Bob Mannix wrote: ... snipped

"cheap as chips" is an interesting expression Bob. In the 50's I used to get a shilling fish and a penn'orth o' chips from the chippie - and a free bag of scrumps (the best bit). I haven't bought any for a while but was a bit taken aback by the price the last time I did, and when I'd eventually managed to explain what "scrumps" were I was told they'd been banned because of some health concern. ... or did you mean the silicon type, which ARE cheap.

Dave S

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Dave

Where did you grow up? We called them "scrags" when I was a kid in Manchester.

Steve

Reply to
shazzbat

Good god, I hope I never get old...

Reply to
Albert T Cone

just a figure of speech but I take your point!

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Bob Mannix

Arround Leigh it is fish bits, or fry bits.

I believe in some parts of yorkshire it is scraps.

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Sleeker GT Phwoar

Lincoln

Dave

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Dave

Yep - scraps here in North Yorkshire, and they certainly aren't banned !

Reply to
Nom

yep, i've always called 'em scraps.

Reply to
JohnR

I use some cheap stuff from the autojumbles that looks (pale yellow) and smells (of oranges) like Comma's Manista. It's excellent, basically the same idea as Swarfega Orange; contains beads and orange oil. I haven't used green Swafega for years now, it stinks and isn't nearly as effective.

Although I have to say I don't use either as much since I took to wearing surgeon's gloves! (note: genuine surgeons gloves are thicker than most of the disposables you can buy, so don't split as easily).

Reply to
Chris Bolus

It's marketed as Tufanega now. Tufanega Green is the ordinary Swarfega; this was discussed a few weeks ago.

Reply to
Bob Eager

Strange how off topic this group gets isnt it!

Reply to
Burgerman

call em scraps up near blackpool too. Assuming you're talking about the bits of crap left over from frying fish.

Reply to
barry

This bit of West Yorks its bits, but 12 miles away in Bradford they call them scraps. Still available afaik but I dont eat fish n chips these days.

Reply to
Angus McCoatup©

Round my part of west yorkshire (wakefield) they are called bits. Some people call them scraps though, never heard of the others!

Reply to
Ray Bentos

Just add some sand or sugar to regular green Swarfega. Wash your hands with it as you would Swarfega Orange, and then have a quick final wash with soap if anything is under your nails.

My dad has been doing that for years and years. Works well...

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¤¤¤ Abo ¤¤¤

They still do scraps in the chippies here up north...

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¤¤¤ Abo ¤¤¤

I believe Loctite do one in an orange hand pump thingy, stuffs white and feels like powdered pumice very good but drys your hands up a bit

Tufanega is orange (blue tub) and is also good

Regards Jeff

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Jeff

And Bob's message was a text-only message. Your mistake was to believe what "Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180" told you.

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Mike Barnes

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