Do polishes have a shelf life?

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cptzippy

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The Polishes I have I've had for a quite a while. Do polishes have a shelf life? Does it matter if I've used/opened them?



Here's what I have and about when I bought them:



End of 2007---

Prima Amigo (I've used)

Prima Swirl (I've used)

Prima Finish (used sparsely)

Prima Cut (unused)



End of 2010 (iirc, soon after released)

Optimum Hyperpolish Spray (used)



Haven't used the Prima since probably 2008 and used the OPT last fall (not as worried about it).



So are all probably still good to use? Know I'm probably going to have to do a lot of shaking ;)
 
give them a good shake and if they are not seperated (storing them away from extreme hot/cold temps is ideal as well), you should be fine. i give my products a good shake about once a month...
 
Thanks, just wanted to be sure before I started up. Wouldn't want to get all set up and find my polishes were rancid, not useable, or some such other. When I searched, many manufactures listed 3 years as they expiration date.
 
There's a thread started by TOGWT on this subject that has the info (plus some comments by yours truly about what you might get away with if you're lucky).



Short answer on polishes- I often use polishes that are 5-10-more years old with zero problems, and I don't even bother shaking them up regularly.
 
Reading TOGWT's info it seems that 'semi-colapsed' is one of the signs. When I looked at the bottles today they were all 'sucked in'. How good an indicator is that? I'd hate to use my limited energy shaking for twenty minutes to no avail it is pretty definitely past it.
 
I know I had posted a response on another forum to your post, but if I remember correctly I had some of my Prima polishes go very thin after an extended period of limited use and after talking to Nick from Prima he advised me that, IF I remember correctly, that a bacteria can actually get into the bottle and breakdown the abrasives inside the polish. Now I don't know if that still holds true for all batches made, if it affects on Prima products, or what have you, but I remember e-mailing him about that in the past. I will say however, that I have had two unopened bottles of Prima Swirl and Finish sitting for about a year and a half now and they both appear to hold a very thick consistency when shaking them.



I would obviously hold more weight in TOGWT's articles than my one experience.
 
captzippy- I've never shaken a product for more than a few minutes, so I wouldn't spend 20 min. on it ;)



What kind of polish are you after...a mildish medium/finishing polish?
 
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