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Cardinal Red Polish

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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 11 Sep 2014 06:03

Bobtanian, your post reminded me of my late neighbour, when she was in her 70's she would still sit on the windowsill with her legs inside and her body outside to clean her upstairs sash windows. I nearly had heart failure the first time I saw her doing it!

Lizx

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 10 Sep 2014 20:42

Gosh, Chris, I didn't know D&G had expanded - good on them :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 10 Sep 2014 19:33

Thank you for your response.

I will take a look locally, but as it is for mother-in-law in Hampshire, I will make a note of shops mentioned by Maggie and Chris too.

Many thanks.

Gwyn

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 10 Sep 2014 16:37

We found it so hard to get some years ago, we ended up painting ours in a similar red.

Obviously since then the manufacturers have reaslised that people still want this product, about time.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 10 Sep 2014 13:17

I buy it in liquid form rather than the tin. D & G Hardware sited at Arcade, Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hants.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 10 Sep 2014 12:02

takes I back! a long way,

don't see housewives wearing pinnies and turbans, polishing the doorstep or sitting on the windowsill cleaning the outside windows any more......

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 10 Sep 2014 07:11

I remember my Mum putting that on the concrete flooring in our first council house, well our only council house, we were allocated a brand new one when I was just 2 and a bit and my brother was newborn. It was a really big room and she couldn't afford carpets for a long time, just had rugs, including rag rugs Dad made.

It must have been very hard work, and maybe it rubbed off on our clothes if we played on the floor altho it would have been rather cold I think. So many years ago now, I can't recall.


Lizx

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend Report 10 Sep 2014 00:05

Hello Gwyn I tried to buy Cardinal red polish a while ago but couldn't find it anywhere I ended up buying Tableau red polish from Robert Dyas...it seems to be the same.

Lesley x

Researching:
The Family

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 10 Sep 2014 00:03

There is this product on Ebay which sounds like it's similar:-

TABLEAU RED TILE POLISH 250ml TIN . Ideal CARDINAL RED REPLACEMENT

Kath. x

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 10 Sep 2014 00:03

Hi Gwyn,
Still available :

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/tableau-red-tile-polish-250ml

'resistant to rain in 24hrs'.

If it wasn't available there, I would have suggested the wonderful D & G Hardware in St Georges St Winchester.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 9 Sep 2014 23:51

I remember cardinal red polish
gosh that's going back in time :-D :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 9 Sep 2014 23:45

I have been asked to get some polish to put on red quarry tiles and wonder if the old fashioned polish is..
a) still available....or
b) whether a new better product is preferable.

Area is an outside, semi-sheltered open porch at the front door.
Although not catching full force of any rain, it is likely to become wet at least in part, so must have a safe surface for postmen etc.

Anyone with similar tiles, who can advise please?

Gwyn