The Shaklee Scour-Off Paste my good friend (and distributor:D) recently gave me to try really does get the rust off my bathtub and the lime off my faucet. I have no complaints about how it works, the price doesn’t seem too bad, and it doesn’t burn my lungs the way Comet does (or my skin, as Lime-Away).
As long as I can avoid those 2-hr sales presentation “parties”, I’m fine.
Seriously, there is no way they could serve enough alcohol to get me to sit through THAT again.
But I have a concern - Scour-Off Paste smells just like a product called “One Drop” that I used to sell back in 1990 during my telemarketing days. “One Drop” was then highly toxic - my husband was a grad student in molecular biology and took one look at the label and refused to touch it. I can’t remember if it was toluene or what, but it was nasty. Product did work though.
It took me a couple of weeks to realize why the Shaklee Scour-Off smelled so familiar, and I finally linked it to One Drop. It’s this funny sweet smell.
Shaklee claims to be super-super safe, but the label has NO ingredients. And I can’t find an MSDS on it, either.
One Drop must’ve reformulated in the past 20 years, I did find an MSDS for it and they claim there’s nothing toxic link here. Seems strange, but then again the company’s probably been sold twice since I last saw it.
I just think it’s very sneaky of Shaklee to refuse to disclose their ingredients. I ain’t buyin nuthin until they come out with it.
I checked Environmental Working Group’s website and didn’t find a lot of cleansers, which surprised me. They seem to be more focused on makeup and personal care items.
I do not know where the cherry pit information came from, but the rumor has spread far. No, Scour Off is made from corn, coconut, silica, and raspberry oil and color.
As it is very easy to call the number on the web site (if your distributor doesn’t know) and ask for the ingredients, I’m not sure why everyone is complaining that they can’t find them.
I also want to say that IF Shaklee had a single black mark on their record in the last 60 years, you would have reason to doubt their guarantee that everything is safe, effective, and green. They would go out of business with that kind of guarantee if fault was found. And I hardly think NASA, MIT, and all the other corporations would bother with them if they couldn’t prove it. All the ingredients are non toxic and biodegradable. And they are so very pure that even friends I know who are allergic to corn and coconut have no issues at all. Saying that they are sneaky to hide proprietary information is disrespectful and ignorant of what it takes to run a company. Would you like that said of you?
However, I will say that I am sorry you had to labor through a 2 hour presentation. Presentations should be no longer than an hour and be as fun and engaging as they are informative. Have some grace for the person who held the meeting. They are learning, and it takes great courage to put something together like that only to be criticized. No one wants to hear how their party sucked. Give helpful tips to that person if you really care about them instead of bashing them publicly.
If you google “Scour-Off Paste msds” the second hit leads to the MSDS in a pdf format. The MSDS lists the hazardous component as a surfactant with the CAS# 68131-39-5. A search of Haz-Map lists CAS# 68131-39-5 as “Alcohols, C12-15, ethoxylated”. http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/category-details?id=11411&table=copytblagents