Thread: 51 MG restoration.

While I don't use the fancy dancy foaming Dawn, I've filled an old hand soap dispenser with regular Dawn as hand soap for years! Works great.

I will give you a tip on how to keep grease and crud from getting under your fingernails OR how to make it easier to remove.

That tip is to use some cheap bar bath or hand soap (I use Ivory), get it wet, let it soak just a bit then drag your nails across the bar soap then use the palm of your had to firmly pack the soap under the nails. It's worked very well for me for years.

I hate those commercial grease removal products as they are very harsh on the skin. My procedure works better and doesn't cost nearly as much.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

While I don't use the fancy dancy foaming Dawn,

You don’t use it, yet,,,
Hehe..
I’m a trail blazer I tell ya, a dang Pie O near!

Parcels shipped already from UK, so I could have it next week while off. That’s be awesome. Waiting for the scary update from the border if they hit me with import again, but whatever..
Also got a nice note from Hutson saying I would get a 10% discount and they were including, as requested the jig used at 2:30 approx in the previous video. Only see it a second or two but it’s an important tool. I simply asked for them to share the measurements so I could make one as my two door gaps are different by 1/2 an inch and there is no reference in the manuals.
Cheers gents.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

You don’t use it, yet,,,
Hehe..
I’m a trail blazer I tell ya, a dang Pie O near!

Pie O near!

My dad used LAVA Bar soap, he'd come in from the field and take a bath with it. He even used it to wash his face with! That LAVA is bar sandpaper. He was a tougher man than I ever will be.

My maternal grandmother's younger brother's wife made their 'Lava' at home. It was lye based and she mixed in actual sand in it. It was so much coarser than the LAVA. All I ever saw my uncle use it for was his hands, I doubt that even my dad could have used it to bath with

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Parcels shipped already from UK, so I could have it next week while off. That’s be awesome. Waiting for the scary update from the border if they hit me with import again, but whatever..
Also got a nice note from Hutson saying I would get a 10% discount and they were including, as requested the jig used at 2:30 approx in the previous video. Only see it a second or two but it’s an important tool. I simply asked for them to share the measurements so I could make one as my two door gaps are different by 1/2 an inch and there is no reference in the manuals.
Cheers gents.

Sounds like a great company to do business with

Lava! I remember that stuff. Was da bomb. So gritty, but that pumice was super effective coupled with the detergents in the bar. Haven’t seen it in years. Went the way of the cherry pop tart.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Lava! I remember that stuff. Was da bomb. So gritty, but that pumice was super effective coupled with the detergents in the bar. Haven’t seen it in years. Went the way of the cherry pop tart.

Some pharmacy's, and health food stores carry it, or its equivalent.
-Richard

What!
No cherry pop tarts any more.

My ol' man always had a bar of Lava in the sink in the washroom next to the garage. I remember it being not to my liking as a kid. Way to rough for my soft hands back then.

Similar to cudarunner my grandmas LAVA type soap was really gritty. one rub - dirt off, two rubs -skin off.

Just how badly do you guys miss it?

There's a vintage bar for sale on Etsy...

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Just how badly do you guys miss it?

There's a vintage bar for sale on Etsy...

I wonder what my 1/2 used bar would bring---