1949 Arthur Godfrey Gold Seal Glass Wax Trade Print Ad

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

"Glass Wax" was the best-known glass cleaner back in the 40s the same way "Flit" was the best-known bug killer.

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[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Do you have to audition for that show or what?

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Pro golfer Ed Granston says, "I wouldn't use any other."

[erik]

I still use Glass Wax. It really is awesome.

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

Glass wax is AWESOME.

[danthered.livejournal.com]

Yep, Glass Wax is awesome. It's become hard to find since Reckitt-Benckiser discontinued it (they also make Glass Plus, which is the other brand of overpriced ammonia-water-detergent-blue-dye mixtures). Other companies have stepped in to fill the gap; here's one called Window Wax (http://www.shophometrends.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_411006), and here's another called Window Wax (http://www.the5and10.com/index.cfm/product/730/glass-wax-sub-window-wax.cfm) for $4 less. Both use the same pink label and similar lettering to the final version of the actual Glass Wax product.

[whoseline_wlsc]

I've never heard of Glass Wax before. Interesting.

[adrienneee.livejournal.com]

Is this the stuff that the kid in "I Accuse My Parents" is smearing on the shoe store window?

[katyamena.livejournal.com]

Back in the 70's, come Christmas, my mom would pull out her ancient can of Glass wax, the glass wax stencils, and go to work on all our windows (we had the exact same set of stencils as in this commercial)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ZmmzwTzt8

You could add food coloring too..
In my mother's way of thinking..a Christmas tree HAD to be green. XP
Plus, after Christmas was over, you just had to wipe them off, and the windows would be cleaned in the process.
Now she just puts gaudy flashing things up everywhere..
and I am left feeling nostalgic for Glass Wax fumes~ XD

THIS!

[annamaryse.livejournal.com]

I was going to bring up the Christmas factor if no one else did! YAY!

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

window wonderland. that's awesome.

[bradygirl_12]

Yes! The ol' Christmas stencils! :)

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

omg we still have an ancient can of this stuff in the broom closet! Lord knows where my mother got it, we did this in the early 90s

[chazzbanner.livejournal.com]

Glass Wax - the cans were bubblegum pink. I can almost remember the smell of it.