As I remember the BonAmi was in a can with lid drilled for shaking the
stuff onto your stuff. It also came in a cake form. We used cake form for
glass cleaning and scouring things but was too gritty for lapping. I would
think that something like Comet or Ajax should be okay. If it were me, I'd
do a test with an old ring set and see how the pattern looked after say 4
strokes. If you could see vertical lines on the ring face or if more than
1/3 of the ring face is gray then it's way way to course but if you have a
nice matte grey finish about 1/4 of the ring face, use that puppy. If the
matte finish is not solid then give it a couple more strokes when lapping.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: Total Seal rings
> At the risk of being obvious (and starting another 'discussion' with Joe
> <g>), perhaps I should point out there is a distinct difference between
> BonAmi and Comet or Ajax !
>
> Roughly the difference between rubbing compound and gravel ...
>
> BTW, there are also two different varieties of Bon Ami, the one that you
> can commonly find in any grocery store, which states "Do not use on
> glass"; and the other kind, which I've not been able to find anywhere
> ...
>
> Kas, any comments on which variety you used ?
>
> Randall
>
> Joe Curry wrote:
> >
> > Since Bon Ami is getting more and more difficult to find, you may have
to start using some of the modern space-age products. (Like Comet or Ajax)!
:)
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