Our chimney had a very hard rainy storm and soot came down inside on this white painted chimney indoor. I tried all the good stuff from lampexperience, soapwater, soap and then water and acetone (took away some paint and a little soot). I just wouldnt start up caustic soda. Then my wife took this cheap Cillit Bang for ment for the bathroom and sprayed it on and Bang the soot came of in just one stroke of the brush. This is the bottle-type of CillitBang I used: https://flipsu.dk/produkt/cillit-bang-trigger-antikalk-750-ml-6811.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjw0f-9BRCF9-D60_n4rKcBEiQAnXW4-zFihsu1ZOa1EJ2_ywCAlr6W1_DWATeji9VUyNLcIxUaAmn-8P8HAQ This was to be tried on a lamp, a ordinary one first so I tried it on 3 Petromax 826 from the 30's. They all had tough old ingrained soot at their innerhood and top. When I used it I was aware that all the nickel would disappear as fast as a cake. But no - the CillitBang worked so fast on the soot, disolved it right away, so no nickel was harmed. Just took 15-20 secunds and then I flushed with water. It might be harmfull to the nickel, but no fluid can harm nickel that fast, as the CilletBang works on the soot. I have tried acetone, paint-thinner, caustic soda, and long mild citric-acid baths not to mention vinegar and nothing works faster than the Cillit Bang and still leaves the material unharmed. Lastly I tried it on a carbide-lamp shade. The white underside had a nasty brown line of soot. I did try acetone and paint-thinner here too with poorish result. CillitBang wiped it clean in just 1 stroke and the enamel still shined like a Zvaigzne Riga lamp afterwards. I can only recommend all doubters to do you own experiences using "cheap lamps" before the valuable ones. I disclaim of course any responsibility, as I only have app 30 secunds experiences with this stuff at a time and a advice would be to be carefull with it. By the way - I dont get any fees from CillitBang Claus C
By all the names Last lamp I used this stuff on, was my 1082S with enameld hood. It wasnt that dirty but it took just 15 sec and then it was brushed in soapwater, and then flushed in water. The enamel still shines like a turd in moonlight: Above here is before cleaning. Below after cleaning - and the innerhood too, just Cillit Bang. Claus C
Who would have thought it? All these hours of toil and heartache and flipping cillet bang was there all along I think you need to take your wife out for dinner Claus, it's the least you can do mate Thanks for sharing and making me smile cheers, pb
Lidl's were selling this stuff really cheaply recently and I bought a couple for the usual reasons - cleaning around kitchen and bathrooms. Never thought to try on lamps but will give it a go tomorrow.
Which one is it? presumably the limescale and shine version as it looks almost the same as what Claus has posted?
Hi Bill, Anti-Kalk translates as Anti-Lime I'm sure someone will along to help us out with the active ingredients and how they work? pb
Someone needs to tell the stove blokes about this. Thank you Claus. My kettle got the "big roarer flare up" several times. Made it very black. Absolutely nothing has shifted it until now. In about 2 1/2 minutes a bargain can of CB (Sainsbury's have a pound off just now) did this. It was the aerosol "Active Foam Soapscum and Shine" there was a also a black mould remover - didn't think that was the right one. Even given that soot is black.
Oh Jon, my deepest condolences on the inadvertent loss of the wonderful patina on your kettle. But your loss is my, indeed our, gain - I'll make sure that ghastly Cillit Bang stuff never gets anywhere near my kettle and it's hard-won finish... Many thanks for the timely warning...
hehe David - I didn't say I was going to finish it did I. To be truthful I have yet to decide. It was worth testing.
Claus, I have to agree. I have been using Cillit Bang for a few years now. The orange one works the best. You still have to be careful about labels and such as it will take them off just as easily if you're not careful. Of course it only works with dirt etc. it doesn't help much with corrosion.
So all you collectors that have just found out and used Cillit Bang from this post, should be sending Claus a few $ so he can take his wife out, and as a thank you for this information.
No need to send money - I sold a lamp and invited her after showing her this thread. She salutes you with respect: Claus C
'Cillit Bang' may work wonders on the inside of lantern hoods, but is useless on aluminium kettles and bowls.
If your wont is to clean, Cillit Bang is good, as is Dettol bathroom active oxygen stuff, it is really good at both decarbonising and also bringing full lustre to diecast/alloy parts. Alec.
No reference to any person dead, alive or yet to be born is implied or intended. No offence or disrespect to any person dead, alive or yet to be born is implied or intended. Any person, wheresoever in the world, who thinks differently is entirely mistaken. I hope that's clear enough...
"The tide of terror that swept America is here"...? Shouldn't it say "that swept Britain..." since it's Cillit Bang you're refering to?
Well it can be bought in most of the continental countries as well. In Australia and probably a few other countries its know as Easy Off Bam.
No, I don't think so, Christer - it swept America and now it's here in Britain / UK / NE England / Great Lumley. I've absolutely no idea whether it's got to Scandinavia or Continental Europe as yet but that seems to be its general trajectory if coming from the USA. I'm quite happy to accept Nils information that it's ubiquitous and currently terrorising camp cooking equipment all over the globe. But it's a joke of course - or, at least, what passes for humour around here - and not meant to be taken seriously at all...
The joke is no problems. I think (hope) most people got it. I was just thinking that since it's a UK brand, perhaps sweeping Britain first would be the logical thing. It has been present here in Sweden for ages.
It might be British - I'm not sure. It's advertised on the telly here by a shouty man who says his name is Barry Scott. He slams it down on a kitchen worktop and yells, "BANG - and the dirt is gone!" There are now several varieties of CB all doing different cleaning jobs around the house. A bit like Mr. Muscle, I suppose. What's your shouty Swedish CB man called...
I couldn't tell. Actually I haven't seen any commercial about it here. Either there aren't any, or more likely; I have just simply missed it. A funny side note regarding Cillit Bang! The plant I work at make a wide range of different chemicals, and one of the major areas is surface chemistry where they make the bases for many different detergents and stuff like that. In order to develop the best products, we have a large laboratory for research and development. In the constant hunt for better mixtures, the scientists buy large batches of different manufacturers products and set them up in parallel comparisions to have something to go by when developing the bases we later are expected to produce in a full scale down at the plant. The thing is that they told me that the product that they constantly find to be the most effective during their laboratory tests actually happens to be Cillit Bang! I guess I have to try this product out myself one of these days.
If you happen to have an old nuclear reactor at the bottom of the garden, Cillit Bang can come in handy: Link Terry
Not that I'm aware of, Terry, but it's getting a bit dark out there now so I'll pop down in the morning and have a look. If there is one down there, hopefully it'll not have too many plutonium stains I'll have to contend with...
I wouldn't like to be working on any plutonium site with so little personal protection. I would have thought 3 metres of reinforced concrete would be needed.
Depends on the coverage/extent of the contamination. In this case it was used for cleaning tiny remnants from glass columns. A job for which it was perfectly suited. Alec.
