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I understand Meguair's is reformulating many products to meet the new VOC regs going into effect January 1. What about products like VM and UPP? Any other Autopia products being reformulated for January 1?
 
The way that it was explained to me this past Saturday by a Meguiar's rep. is that they can manufacture the products until the end of this year and then sell them through 2007. The products must be reformulated to be produced after 12/31/04 or sold after 12/31/07. It's thought that many manufacturers will stockpile their products and sell them while they can.
 
What the Hell is VOC and what's the problem with the products that they have to be reformulated?

Very interested in this subject.

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audipower said:
What the Hell is VOC and what's the problem with the products that they have to be reformulated?

Very interested in this subject.

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VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compound. Essentially, this is the stuff that evaporates. VOC's are regulated because as a class they contribute to ozone and the resulting smog.



Regulations in a number of states went into effect recently restricting the VOC content of a number of consumer products. Regulations and restrictions on the VOC content of many other products, like paints, have been in existance for a number of years alread.
 
foxtrapper said:
VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compound. Essentially, this is the stuff that evaporates. VOC's are regulated because as a class they contribute to ozone and the resulting smog.
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You are correct on what VOC(volitile organic compounds) or VOA(volitile organic analyte) these are nothing more than a group of chemicals mainly solvents MEK, Benzene, 1,2 DCE and TCE + about 400 more, that have been on US EPA hit list for years, many have been shown to cause cancer and easily contaminate groundwater and the air. To the best of my understanding NOx and SOx are the leading causes of smog however, I can be wrong. The VOC/VOC help in the formation. This is similar to the Freon removal by US EPA in the late 80's and early 90's and the great Doixin movement today. "Its all a buch or tree hugging hippie crap" to quote southpark. In low concentration these chemicals are all but harmless unless you are exposed to the 24/7/365 for 50 years. I have worked around these chemicals for the last 10 years and have seen the price to clean up what is said to be contaminated, 1 site alone over 5mil. But for the most part they are HARMLESS
 
Guess it's just easier politicallly to come down on the guy who likes waxing his car or painting his boat, than to tighten up on the coal-fired power plant that dumps tons of sulfur dioxide into the air each year.
 
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We can make ozone but not in the quality needed to replete, position (in atmosphere) and protect this planet's living organisms against neoplasms (cancer).
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I have some nice lots around the Sea of Tranquility, you interested?
 
Clutch Cargo said:
Guess it's just easier politicallly to come down on the guy who likes waxing his car or painting his boat, than to tighten up on the coal-fired power plant that dumps tons of sulfur dioxide into the air each year.
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To bad they don't use filters for that stuff, huh. And all the other countries in the world are so clean.
 
Politics picking on the little guy. I guess the Detailing Industry needs to get some Lobbyist. You know Chemicals Giving Cancer Industry of America does.

Next thing you know where not going to be able to drive gasoline cars in this country. Oh wait, Auto makers are slowing that process down for us.
 
Does anybody know what it's going to effect, quality or "shine" wise? Just basically how is it going to effect "us"; our we going to loose any of the products results?
 
My best guess is that the final results will be the same because these regulations only effect the "volatile" components. Unfortunately, these are the components that make many products user friendly. Potability of protective agents, drying time and spreadability are three areas that will probably suffer.



Sidenote: The new Z2-PRO is VOC compliant under the new regs. Amazing with the before mentioned potential drawbacks that maybe difficult hurdles to jump with many other initially revised formulations. Z2-PRO actually dries faster, spread like before and has improved appearance quality (wetter and richer (deeper)).

Naturally, these hurdles will be eliminated by most manufacturers eventually where it is cost effective. :xyxthumbs
 
List of States/VOC regulations

Author: Ron Ketcham

Date: 02-10-05 09:38



Here is the latest list of States that are adapting the California VOC regulations.

While there will be some modifications of the California regulations, it appears the New Jersey has gone even further than California on some of the rules.



States adapting tough VOC regulations are

New Jersey

New York

Maryland

Virginia

Massachusetts

Conneticut

Delaware

Pennsylvania



States in process of writting regulations

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

Rhode Island



Just a heads up to all.



Ketch

Do it right or don't do it at all!
 
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