cilit bang - blew up our oven door

Wickedkitten

Browntoa wrote:

funny thing is they use a penny to show how well it works, but on the bottle it says do not use on copper

see here for an experiment and more details

http://bang.adamwelch.co.uk/

Didn't they stop putting copper into pennies in 92?

suki21

I used to date the CFO's son (honest) and there was NO WAY they'd use Cillit Bang on anything in their v beautiful, expensive house paid for out of the profits from selling...Cillit Bang. Somehow that told me I was better off never going near the stuff. :rotfl:

gibby

well I looked on the label at a promotional stand and saw all the crap in it

its extremly toxic and as my mother went crazy on this sort of stuff when I was a child & I now have asthma

there is an expression

Sleep with the devil....
the devil will take you away


you can clean most things with vinegar, water and lemon juice
its not toxic, not tested on cats, dogs and rabbits and does a great job
much cheaper too

G

ollyk

Lets be honest here it will not help that your oven door had been dismantled and placed flat on a floor will it?
I cannot for the life of me see how somthing like this could ever shatter glass, especially oven glass! Glass is used to hold acid! Are you sure there wasn't a piece of grit under the glass when lay down?
I think i would accept the £300 if it is still up for offer!

rawk

Just final update on this one :-

ollyk - there were two separate pieces of glass flat on the floor & they blew up at the same time, so grit isn't really an option. No pressure was placed on the glass at any time, they were just sprayed.

Interestingly, about two weeks after their 'final' letter, which said they had their solicitors ready and waiting to defend them (which we ignored), we got a call from a different bloke from the makers of cilit bang.

I suspect by this time they had been contacted by trading standards. The guy said he was surprised customer services hadn't asked for a sample of our cilit bang, or at least the batch number from the bottle, as batches earlier in the year had damaged several peoples ovens.

To cut a long story short, they increased their offer to £500 immediately, or more if we didn't mind waiting whilst he pushed the paperwork through (but that could take some time).

We though that was a much fairer offer and took the £500 and that is that.

Thanks to all for the advice - much appreciated.

Becles

Glad to hear you got something sorted and are happy with the result