I’ll have to check out the barkeepers friend. I always use Bonami, and have never scratched anything. I’m sad to hear baking soda isn’t as fine. I thought it was touted to be, on all the survival websites. I’ll have to do a bit more searching.
CottonBall, I made a big mistake - the product I use IS ‘Bonami’, which company makes two formulas, and I use the ‘Powder Cleanser’; and it does appear to have baking soda in it. I haven’t used Barkeeper’s Friend, but it seems to be very similar.
I found this info on each:
http://www.bonami.com/index.php/products/powder_cleanser/
https://www.barkeepersfriend.com
(It was interesting to me that you can use the ‘1886’ Formula of Bonami, to keep mirror glass from fogging - I was thinking yesterday of buying shaving cream which is supposed to inhibit fogging; but I have no other use for that, being in possession of an inveterate Bearded Husband ;-)