Duraglit, Brasso, and Companion Sets

[Cliff Ton 10,479]

4 hours ago, benjamin1945 said:

,,Ham Hock,,Ounce of Yeast,,Camp Coffee,,Sunlight Soap,,Beetop Sauce,,Duraglit,,1/4 of Gorgonzola,,and half a pound of Pork Dripping.......

 

All sounds familiar....apart from Duraglit. I don't remember that and had to look it up.

[benjamin1945 16,181]

Two types Cliff..........one for silver one for Brass.........very popular in its day..........

[Jill Sparrow 10,316]

Remember all those brass and copper ornaments everyone had years ago?  My mum used Brasso to clean them all once a month! They always shone. Think we had Goddards Silver Dip for cleaning silver. I still use it.

[benjamin1945 16,181]

Along with Brasso they also manufactured Silvo......did'nt have as much Silver as Brass,so sales were much less.........

[Cliff Ton 10,479]

I remember Brasso. My grandparents on Grimston Road had one of those fireplace sets of poker, tongs, brush and pan, which were all shiny brass. I was fascinated by them.

[benjamin1945 16,181]

5 minutes ago, Cliff Ton said:

I remember Brasso. My grandparents on Grimston Road had one of those fireplace sets of poker, tongs, brush and pan, which were all shiny brass. I was fascinated by them.

 

They were called ''Companion sets'' think we all had them.......................Edit.....sorry Red,,didnt realise it was one above,,

[Jill Sparrow 10,316]

I still have one!

[Stuart.C 493]

Still available today, for a bargain £12;

 

 

 

 

Or if Your Stately home needs one a slightly more expensive one;

 

 

 

 

 

[Cliff Ton 10,479]

£398 for that !!

 

That's probably close to the price of the house on Grimston Road when it was first built.

[Brew 5,423]

3 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:

 

All sounds familiar....apart from Duraglit. I don't remember that and had to look it up.

 

Pah ! young 'uns today... don't know they're born...

[Beekay 5,182]

I've still got a tin of Duraglit. Had it years and it can still shine up brass, copper and my wedding ring !

[Rob.L 1,090]

Me too.
 

My tin of Duraglit is on the garage shelf, next to the tin of Brasso and tube of Solvol Autosol chrome cleaner.

[katyjay 5,091]

Still have our companion set. My dad bought it for our wedding present. I have not had a real fire in 20 years but will never part with it.

[Oztalgian 3,327]

On 9/6/2020 at 7:14 AM, katyjay said:

companion set

A companion set was one of the first things we made in metalwork at school, did scroll work on the stand and learned how to twist the square section steel for the poker, broom and shovel shafts, turned the handles on a lathe, brazed the shafts into the handles and rivetted the shaft to the shovel. The only bit that was not hand made was the broom head. Mum and dad had it for years, don't know what happened to it when they got gas.

[benjamin1945 16,181]

Even i Made a set OZ.................Must have been late 50s,,,,,,Mam still used the Poker for Ornamental purposes right up to the 90s,,,think my brothers still got it......managed to make 3 things in Metalwork......the said Companion set,,a Rod rest and nicest of all a Brass ''Caddy spoon'''........I recall Mr Spears showing and telling us ''How to Titivate it'' causing youthful Giggles.....still got it somewhere,,,always makes me smile when i see it.....remembering my 1st ''Tittivation'' session................

[David sheridan 159]

On 9/5/2020 at 9:40 PM, Stuart.C said:

Still available today, for a bargain £12;

 

 

 

 

Or if Your Stately home needs one a slightly more expensive one;

 

 

 

 

 

Remember the black set , we had one  as I recall 

[Oztalgian 3,327]

On 9/7/2020 at 4:54 PM, benjamin1945 said:

managed to make 3 things in Metalwork

I also made a brass ashtray with engine turning on the flat base and a wrought iron fire screen in metalwork.

Woodwork was a "box" with a foot shaped rest on top to keep your shoe polish, brushes and rags in and finally a round coffee table made of veneer faced chipboard with plastic trim glued on to hide the edge and screw in round legs. I remember spending ages getting a good finish on the top of the table.