Why do detailers need MSDS?

[Ron Ketcham]

Same in the USA, same for WHIMIS in Canada.

However, most start up detailers are not business oriented and are more concerned about what polish brand their peers are using.

[imported_PiPUK]

Same in the USA, same for WHIMIS in Canada.

However, most start up detailers are not business oriented and are more concerned about what polish brand their peers are using.

One must ask then how several (at least one particularly well known) companies get away with being so stubborn and often outright refusing to supply MSDS!? Do the regulatory bodies simply not take notice or are the users simply failing to report failures in this area?

[Ron Ketcham]

We got some strange things that go on in US. Consumer products (large multi-nationals) have strong lobby groups. Those are "supposed" to provide MSDS for all their products on "request". They are required to list any correct health or such warning on the label, but "not why or what chemical in the product may bring the warning about.

Professional use products are more "regulated", but even that is suspect.

I recommend that any one who requests a MSDS and it is not provided in a timely manner, contact OSHA through their website to register a complaint regarding such companies.

I have also recommended that detailers, painters, anyone using chemical products, go to the goverment`s OSHA website where there is a list of dangerous to health, toxic and such chemical substances and book mark it so when they do obtain an MSDS, they know what a chemical listed is, and also learn to understand the "exposure" allowances for such.

It appears that, unfortunately, most are more concerned about some brand of product and how many of their peers use it rather than gain true and helpful knowledge of what is in the products before jumping off the end of the dock.