My first job where I 'served my time' and worked for 10yrs (off and on) was next door to a factory called Industrial Chemicals,owned and run by Mr Brown - coming back to NZ after serving in WWII,be brought back the rights to a new hand cleaner and started up his own business making Swarfega.We serviced all their cars,but old Mr Brown couldn't be shifted out of his VE Regal even when the reps had flash new cars....I enjoyed taking the bronze 318 on test drives,doing full throttle U turns on the Xply tyres.
Of course we had as much Swarfega as we wanted,it was smelly shit and made a mess of my hands.These days I only keep small containers and constantly change brands - I find if you use one brand for too long you get some kind of inbalance in the natural oils,keep them rotating and my hands stay in better condition.
Anyway,good on him - Swarfega was the only handcleaner out there for decades.
In and out of jobs, running free
Waging war with society
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