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28 February 2007, 16:00
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Cillit Bang
I've just discovered quite how awesome Cillit Bang is on corroded electrical connectors. They don't look like new but not far off and all you have to do is spray/rinse.
That's got to be ideal for those horribly corroded electronics plugs we sometimes get.
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28 February 2007, 16:12
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a good find there, i'll remember that! 
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28 February 2007, 17:39
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I wouldn't buy it on principal - I mean who the hell came up with a name like that??? Same as CIF - sounds like some strange disease......
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28 February 2007, 17:48
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The reason they are named like that... is they don't have to change so much of the labelling/branding when marketing in non-English speaking countries.... it's pretty pronounceable no matter where you are from.
But, yeah... it sounds stupid... but it is good stuff.
WMM
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28 February 2007, 18:18
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Originally Posted by whiteminiman
The reason they are named like that... is they don't have to change so much of the labelling/branding when marketing in non-English speaking countries.... it's pretty pronounceable no matter where you are from.
But, yeah... it sounds stupid... but it is good stuff.
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I know that but with products like Cif - Olay - Snickers and Starburst they were already very well known names that had a fortune spent getting them recognized - then they changed the names. Then they have to spend a fortune adverttising them again and get all the packaging changed etc etc.
Even the mighty Coca Cola coked up big style and changed the formula to make it more modern - they only put it back after a public backlash - you just don't mess with a classic!!!
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/newcoke.asp
They actually used Swansea as a test marketing area - my mother ran a shop and loads of people complained so she took it up with Coca Cola themselves - we had a rep call saying that they thought nobody would notice the diffeence etc - ended up giving us about a years supply free!!!
Then there was the idiot who spent millions changing BP's logo - only for it to be changed back again. How do these people stay in jobs I wonder?
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28 February 2007, 18:40
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Cillit Bang is basically dilute phosphoric acid in a pretty bottle, like alloy wheel cleaner! 
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28 February 2007, 18:49
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Originally Posted by codprawn
Then there was the idiot who spent millions changing BP's logo - only for it to be changed back again. How do these people stay in jobs I wonder?
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Not to mention the muppet who thought "The Post Office" was too old fashioned
Interesting, I have a thingy of Cillit Bang somewhere so I must try it. Wonder if it works on furry battery terminals as well?
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28 February 2007, 18:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by whiteminiman
when marketing in non-English speaking countries....
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yus. yew tri gowin too wails an axin forr a cllit banng. yewl gett morr thann yew bargind forr i cann tel yew 
gArf
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28 February 2007, 20:41
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Originally Posted by The Garfish
yus. yew tri gowin too wails an axin forr a cllit banng. yewl gett morr thann yew bargind forr i cann tel yew
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Too right - works well on sheep apparently......
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28 February 2007, 20:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BogMonster
Wonder if it works on furry battery terminals as well?
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It did when I tried it on an old terminal I removed because it was U/S. Not sure how it'd do on the battery itself.
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28 February 2007, 21:45
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Astonish is good too, 79p for a tin but it is an abasive paste
Andy
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01 March 2007, 02:03
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Cillit Bang ??
I must be time to have my specs changed. When I first read this I thought it referred to... well you know what I thought it referred to... and I wondered what it was doing on a boating thingy!
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01 March 2007, 02:12
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My electronics are..... DIRTY!!!
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Originally Posted by Stoo
I must be time to have my specs changed. When I first read this I thought it referred to... well you know what I thought it referred to... and I wondered what it was doing on a boating thingy! |
We've all banged a few cillits in our day...
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02 March 2007, 01:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pathalla
We've all banged a few cillits in our day...
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LOL... Ah yes, but not enough. 
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02 March 2007, 01:34
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so true...
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02 March 2007, 01:38
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There are plenty of other products out there with stupid names - I mean imagine asking in a chemist for Anusolve or Arselone - or even worse Vagisolv. Can't do their sales any good!!!
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02 March 2007, 01:44
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What's in a name?
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Originally Posted by codprawn
There are plenty of other products out there with stupid names - I mean imagine asking in a chemist for Anusolve or Arselone - or even worse Vagisolv. Can't do their sales any good!!!
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Why Cod, we think SEAL IT BANG is a wonderful name! Is there any reason we shouldn't? I especially like the Bang part as I have banged many things in my life, with a hammer and other more specialized tools of course...
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02 March 2007, 23:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alexm
Cillit Bang is basically dilute phosphoric acid in a pretty bottle, like alloy wheel cleaner! |
It is also used to acidify foods and beverages such as various colas, but not without controversy as to its health effects. It provides a tangy taste, and being a mass-produced chemical, is available cheaply and in large quantities. The low cost and bulk availability is unlike more expensive natural seasonings that give comparable flavors, such as ginger for tangyness, or citric acid for sourness, obtainable from lemons and limes. (However most citric acid in the food industry is not extracted from citrus fruit, but fermented by Aspergillus niger mold from scrap molasses, waste starch hydrolysates and phosphoric acid.)
AKA Coca Cola
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03 March 2007, 08:32
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Hi, I'm Barry Scott.......
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03 March 2007, 22:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codprawn
IThen there was the idiot who spent millions changing BP's logo - only for it to be changed back again. How do these people stay in jobs I wonder?
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It's just a case of the "Emperor's new clothes" or male-cow-poo
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