Endust is an American brand of dusting aid produced by Nakoma Products. A dusting aid is sprayed on a dustcloth or dustmop, rather than directly on the furniture.
5-483: Behold is an American brand of furniture polish produced by Nakoma Products, LLC. Behold furniture polish and Endust dusting aid were previously produced by Sara Lee. When Drackett was sold to S. C. Johnson & Son in 1992, these two products, Endust and Behold, were sold to Sara Lee. In 2010 the product lines Endust and Behold were sold to Nakoma Products LLC. Located in Coal City, Illinois. The company introduced
10-561: A new glass cleaner and oven/grill cleaner under the Behold brand name in 2012. S. C. Johnson produces Pledge , a similar product to Behold. William R. Johnson , now president of H.J. Heinz , was assistant brand manager for Behold at Drackett, 1974-1977. The National Institutes of Health household products database lists Behold as containing propane , butane , and naphtha . Propane and isobutane blends are used as propellants for household cleaners . Aerosol furniture polishes apply
15-461: A propellant blend of propane and isobutane . The Montreal Protocol targeted 1,1,1-trichloroethane as one of those compounds responsible for ozone depletion and banned its use beginning in 1996. Since then, the manufacture and use of 1,1,1-trichloroethane has been phased out throughout most of the world. Endust now contains mineral oil, petroleum distillates, aliphatic hydrocarbons, orange oil terpenes, and propellant. Roger Blackwell Ph. D., of
20-554: A thin layer of silicone oils , rather than the thicker, more durable layer of solid waxes. Fine furniture craftsmen warn that the silicone oils can penetrate through tiny cracks in the finish and make eventual refinishing very difficult. Endust The brand was developed by O-Cedar , a division of Martin Marietta , in the 1950s; Drackett acquired O-Cedar from Martin Marietta in the 1960s. Originally, Endust consisted of odorless mineral spirits and 1,1,1-trichloroethane with
25-722: The Fisher College of Business says that Harry Drackett invented Endust. In the 1970s, however, the Drackett company offered a one-page company history indicating that they purchased the Endust product from a small company in Chicago . The Federal Trade Commission allowed S. C. Johnson & Son to purchase Drackett in 1992, provided that they divested themselves of certain Drackett product lines within one year. Sara Lee bought Endust and Behold at that time while O-Cedar itself
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