Originally Posted by
awd330
I see you`re not getting many responses to this thread. I`m not a product manufacturer, but I can certainly understand the need for proprietary information (trade secrets). The exact chemical composition is important when dealing with certain enviromental issues (like the VOC compliance regulations), but my feeling is that most end users of car care products don`t have a strong knowledge of chemistry. They just want to know how each product is expected to perform in the real world. What is the product`s inteded purpose, and how do I use it? For paint care products: is it a wash, compound, polish, glaze, protectant, etc.? Within each of these categories, a few more specifics like strength or expected durability would be useful to know.
Generally speaking, products within the same category will have the same types of ingredients. The differences arise with the chemists` manufacturing techniques. How much of each ingredient is used? What is the quality level of each ingredient? How are the ingredients mixed together (time, temperature, blending speed, etc.)? To use a culinary analogy: Spaghetti Sauce is a tomato based product which is designed to be served with various pastas. Each chef`s sauce recipe will differ slightly, but they will most likely all contain tomatoes, water, and salt. The quality and types of the tomatoes, the proportions of accompanying herbs and spices, and the cooking times and temperatures combine to differentiate one sauce from another.
When speaking of sealants, most contain some types of polymers and carrier solvents which combine to produce a synthetic wax. In the case of EX and EX-P, the polymers are amino functional resins with some petroleum distilates as carriers. EX also contains Brazilian carnauba wax. Paint polishes usually contain a mix of polishing powders and carrier solvents. PP is a non-abrasive formula which contains no wax or silicone and is body shop safe. I got all this information from the bottle labels. Did your original question pertain to just the contents of the website? The bottle labels themselves seem to have an appropriate amount of information about the ingredients, intended purposes, and usage instructions for each product.
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