Product Shelf Life in Cold Temperatures

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Danspeed1

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I just thought of something today when I was freezing my *SS off in my garage. I have a set shelves in my garage devoted to storing my products. Its winter here in NY and I was just wondering if I should be concerned about any of my products making it through the winter. My garage typically finds itself at around 35-40*F, but still gets opened from time to time, so it could find itself at under 20*F for short periods of time.



I have alot of Zaino, P21s, Collinite, Menzerna, Meguiars, 4Star, 3M, Danase, and various off the shelf products.



I just don't want anything losing its correction or protection properties.



Dan
 
Not all but some products could have adverse consequences if allowed to freeze. Better safe than sorry and bring your products into a more temperate, controlled environment. Especially during these recent cold snaps.
 
bring the more important products (unless you can bring them all in) indoors and put them in a closet or something. i also give them a good shake every few weeks to help keep them from seperating, it certainly won't hurt...
 
Luckily I used the expensive ones about 3 weeks ago so they should be ok. I will move them to the basement tomorrow... thats a consistent 45-50*F and its about the best I will be able to do. Temps in the garage now are hovering around 36-37.... hopefully I didn't mess up my $500+ in products.... their is not words in the english language to discribe my hatred for winter!



DG
 
I'd avoid freezing temps, but I've never had any problems from letting the shop get down to the mid-thirties, did it for years at my previous place, and when I had the door(s) open I'm sure it got colder than that for short periods. I now have the thermostats set at ~45 and that's more than warm enough to keep everything OK.



But warm up polishes, paint cleaners, waxes, clays before using, and warm up the vehicle you're working on too.
 
Well, Unfortunately it had already been under 30*F in the garage.... I know this because a bottle of this old meguiars rubber shine was frozen, and my RMG was funkly lookin; however, all my other stuff was not frozen or separated, it was just cold. I shook everything up really good before moving it to my basement which is 45-50*F at all times. Hopefully I will still have good results next year.



Dan
 
The only thing I have found is seperation. Other than that, I have not had any problems with leaving it in my garage...similar conditions that you experience.
 
I asked a similar question earlier in the winter. I brought it all in and piled it up in my basement. Its much easier to bring it all in and be on the safe side, than take a chance of having your expensive products go south due to avoidable circumstances.
 
craigdt said:
What about really hot weather? Like keeping products in a garage during the summer that gets 100+ degrees?
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I've heard (from Bavid B or Lynn P, forget which) that clay can get too-soft from high temps but I've never experienced that. The only product I've had go bad was some Meguiar's #34, which turned thin/clear/useless.



This was in my previous shop, where it got so hot that the overhead door motor would go inop.
 
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