ANOTHER HAPPY READER: David Ringelman emails:
Just wanted to shoot a quick email and say thanks for the recommendation on the Bar Keepers’ Friend. That stuff really works. I have some 10 year old white plates from Pottery Barn with knife and fork scratches all over them and it took them right off. Nice work!
It’s good stuff.
UPDATE: Reader John McGuire writes: “Thanks for the tip on Barkeeper’s Friend. I thought I was going to have to dump my stoneware dishes because of all the black marks. Now they look like new. Is there no area of life that reading Instapundit can’t improve?” Probably not your golf swing.
And reader John Steele emails: “Just got home from a trip and saw the item about Bar Keepers Friend. I used to use it to clean the stainless steel fittings on my sailboat — its magic.” Yep.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Robert Marshall writes: “On the other end of the spectrum (from china), after your post I used it on the exhaust tips on my car, which had carbon buildup I couldn’t remove, and I had tried everything. That stuff took the black off with just a few swipes of the sponge. Terrific!”
Yep, it’s good stuff. Of course, all this swapping of cleaning tips is going to undermine my reputation for rampant hypermasculinity. . . .
MORE: Reader Lawrence Faria writes:
In a response to your Barkeeper’s Friend post, one reader asked, “Is there no area of life that reading Instapundit can’t improve?” You answered, “Probably not your golf swing.”
Well, years ago, when I had a VCR (remember those?) I recorded a round of the Masters Tournament, and began counting frames in several golfers’ swings. I noted Raymond Floyd needed 21 frames from takaway to the top, seven frames on the downswing to impact, and seven more frames from impact to the finish of his swing. Floyd did it EVERY TIME – and won the tournament.
I checked Tom Watson, who finished in the top three, and his swing was a bit faster, 18 frames back, six down and six through to the finish, and he did it every time too. The ratio seems to be 3:1:1 by every pro out there, so I started paying attention to that tempo and I lowered my handicap from 18 to 12!
If your golfing readers try it, I think in no time you’ll agree, instapundit can even improve your golf swing!
Give it a try.
MORE STILL: Further hypermasculine cleaning.