Interesting info.

Would you say waxes that have a rubber o-ring seal would still need sealing?

Ive also heard a simple ziplock bag helps too.

I store my sealants at room temp and my nubas in a fridge at 50 degrees.

 

I would imagine LSPs with o-rings would be nearly as good as a vacuum sealer.

 

I have a designated wine cooler just for my waxes. I use almost all of them on a weekly basis though so no point sealing them. Why do you keep your waxes so long that they start to mold. Shelf life is only approx two years and if you haven't used a
Container of in two years you should probably just toss it.

 

A fridge is still exposed to air / oxidation. The fridge is just keeping the humidity down which helps a lot.

If you're going through that much than you must be doing a lot of cars or wasting product. I don't do other people's cars so obviously my supply is going to last for a long time.



LOL. Interesting that you can just toss out a number like that without even stating what wax you're referring to... This is just flat out wrong. Sorry to be blunt about it but it's the truth.

 

I store in the fridge, I burn through it. Good idea though

 

I do fridge and plastic containers...Although for shipping I really need to pick up a sealer

 

Wrong about what? Waxes contain natural ingredients, which degrade over time. I'm not just "throwing out a random number" Ask any wax manufacturer and they'll tell you the same thing. I have my own line of products, including two waxes and my recommended shelf life is approx two years. I'm also detail for a living so I go through a lot of product. I was just stating that a wax fridge is perfectly fine. I don't see a reason to vacuum seal it after every use. Maybe if I wasn't going to be using the wax for several months. Why might I ask do you have cans an cans of Megs #16?

 

Megs 16 is not available any more, due to the gov't's damn regulations. 16 was a veeeery popular wax, apparently,


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I've never used it but know people that have a can or two. But compared to today's waxes I wouldn't think it'd be anything special to collect lots of cans and vacuum seal them.

Come to think of it I have had my jar of SV Mystery for almost two years. It stays in the wax fridge and is perfectly fine. I think I'd only vacuum seal them I I was like moving or something and they had to be out of the fridge for a while and I wasn't using them.

 

Nasty, you so NASTY, lol.

I do have to agree, i think waxes CAN last longer than 2 years, i think it all depends on the wax TBH. Something special like Ezyme that has a ton of wax in it probably wont last as long as something that is largely synthetic.

PS. Your polaris looks sweet, that thang gotta v8? lol

 

http://www.streetdreamsdetail.com/

David is the owner, he has been around for several years and is know by most in the detailing community as Street Dreams Detailing.


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Yeah Dave also runs by the same name.

I brought up the fact that I do this for a living because you said I must be doing something wrong if I use up wax that fast. I do multiple cars every day, so I use a lot of product.

Waxes don't only degrade because of expose to air and humidity. There are solvents in wax, which can, and will, break down te other ingredients used in wax over time. Even without expose to sit and humidity it will go bad. Air and humidity make the oils and solvents in the wax dry out.

I never said vacuum sealing wouldn't help longevity. I mearly said most waxes not have a shelf life of a approx two years. If you don't want to believe that then that's fine. Some may last longer, some may last less. Shoot an email to a few of the big name companies. They'll all tell you the same thing. No reason to get so defensive.

 

Well, based on the fact that the waxes have solvents in them that are volatile, you should probably store them under pressure, in a N2 environment. That would keep the solvents from flashing off.


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I'm not defensive. I'm just telling you that you're wrong. I don't need to call a customer service line at a wax company who stays in business by selling more wax. Especially when I know a chemist who does designs waxes. I'll trust his expertise. :lmao

 

Your talking to a chemist who makes his own waxes and detailing products FYI lol, but I obviously know nothing lol :dunno

 

Are they volatile solvents? I'm obviously not fishing for recepies :/


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Ding Ding

Round 2....

FIGHT!

 

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Why does it seem like every thread in this subforum is off topic? Take it to PMs.

 

Haha, it really is that way in here.

Exactly why I don't post much anymore.

FWIW, I store my LSP in my basement with humidity control. I have seen some products breakdown a bit....especially Lava. Other products seem fine. I can usually tell on first application if the product is no longer prime.

I can see vacuum sealing products that will not be used for a long time. For me I don't keep more than a couple LSPs around at a time so it's not something I would need/want to do.

Lava....i dont imagine the shelf life is awesome since its so goopy lol

 

Exactly why I don't post much anymore.

FWIW, I store my LSP in my basement with humidity control. I have seen some products breakdown a bit....especially Lava. Other products seem fine. I can usually tell on first application if the product is no longer prime.

I can see vacuum sealing products that will not be used for a long time. For me I don't keep more than a couple LSPs around at a time so it's not something I would need/want to do.

 

Well said Mrs Frizzle.

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God damn, i have a nickname

 

We talked about this already, weeks ago. yes you do.

 

Didn't realize it had become a nickname, damnit!