Wax ingredients, anything to be concerned with ?

[Oz_TCH]

So I' just used a wax my brother in law brought for me from another country on my new car with excellent paint condition.

This wax is not sold in the US.

It looked good, feel good, but the smell is somewhat nauseating. So I started to look at the ingredients, it is listed below.

Also it seems this may be a cleaner wax and not a finishing wax ?

Anything else from the ingredients that I need to be concerned with ? Please advise.

Product description says;
"This product has an exclusive formula and can be applied to any type of paint, including new cars under 5 years, without damaging them.

This wax will give your car its sparkle in an unbeatable way. It can be used under the sun or shade and protects against the harmful actions of heat, sunlight, rain and sea air, leaving an intense and lasting glow. In addition to also remove stains and foreign particles from the paint."

Ingredients;

- Alkanes as cleaning agent.
- a film former
- Silica (UV Absorbent)
- Carnauba Wax
- Paraffin
- C12-14 pareth-7 (Cleaning Agent)
- Ethoxylated Alcohol
- Morpholine (Anti Oxidant)
- Ammonium hydroxide (Caustic Soda)
- Fragrance (2,6-dimethyl-7-octen-2-ol; acetic acid, esters with turpentine-oil myrcene fraction terpene alcohols; benzyl salicylate *; camphor *; dipropylene glycol; eucalyptol *; eucalyptus globulus leaf oil *; linalool *; pinene *; terpineol acetate)
- Proxel GXL (Preservative)
- Flexonal Orange AG-BR (Colorant)

[Mantilgh]

Mike P says most OTC waxes are “cleaner waxes”.

This one seems to clean by just chemical action vs also being abrasive, unless they are just not listing the abrasives.

No idea on the chemicals.

Sad thing is you probably have more information on the ingredients in this wax than you’ll find out about one of PBMG’s products.

[Setec Astronomy]

Well, I wouldn't drink it. As someone who was never afraid to put his hands in anything (chemical), at this point I try to live by the Renny Doyle motto "if it's on you, it's in you" and try to wear nitrile gloves when I'm getting my hands on anything that's grease, solvent, or chemical.

[TTQ B4U]

I make it a 100% practice to wear Nitrile Gloves. I wear a dust mask when compounding or working with products that dust. If I only did it 1-2 times per year I may not but I tend to do 1-2 cars per week as a side gig and I'm not about to develop COPD or worse in 15-20 years because I was lazy or uncomfortable. Better safe than sorry.

[FUNX650]

So I' just used a wax my brother in law brought for me from another country on my new car with excellent paint condition.

This wax is not sold in the US.

It looked good, feel good, but the smell is somewhat nauseating. So I started to look at the ingredients, it is listed below.

Also it seems this may be a cleaner wax and not a finishing wax ?

Anything else from the ingredients that I need to be concerned with ? Please advise.

Product description says;
"[FONT="]This product has an exclusive formula and can be applied to any type of paint, including new cars under 5 years, without damaging them. [/FONT]

[FONT="]This wax will give your car its sparkle in an unbeatable way. It can be used under the sun or shade and protects against the harmful actions of heat, sunlight, rain and sea air, leaving an intense and lasting glow. In addition to also remove stains and foreign particles from the paint."[/FONT]

Ingredients;

- Alkanes as cleaning agent.
- [FONT="]a film former
- Silica (UV Absorbent)
- [/FONT][FONT="]Carnauba Wax
- Paraffin
- [/FONT][FONT="]C12-14 pareth-7 (Cleaning Agent)
- [/FONT][FONT="]Ethoxylated Alcohol
- [/FONT][FONT="]Morpholine (Anti Oxidant)
- [/FONT][FONT="]Ammonium hydroxide (Caustic Soda)
- Fragrance ([/FONT][FONT="]2,6-dimethyl-7-octen-2-ol; [/FONT][FONT="]acetic acid, esters with turpentine-oil myrcene fraction terpene alcohols; [/FONT][FONT="]benzyl salicylate *; [/FONT][FONT="]camphor *; [/FONT][FONT="]dipropylene glycol; [/FONT][FONT="]eucalyptol *; [/FONT][FONT="]eucalyptus globulus leaf oil *; [/FONT][FONT="]linalool *; [/FONT][FONT="]pinene *; [/FONT][FONT="]terpineol acetate)
- [/FONT][FONT="]Proxel GXL (Preservative)
- [/FONT]Flexonal Orange AG-BR (Colorant)

^^This is definitely a Cleaner Wax—look at
all the different “cleaning agents” that’s in it.

The nauseous smell may be due, in part,
to the product’s “ammonia” content...along
with the “fragrance” that’s being used in an
attempt to cover it up.

Personally...
I would try my best to have a well ventilated
area in which to apply this product.

And don’t forget to use the recommended
personal protection equipment (PPE):
Better Safe...Than Sorry!


Bob

[Oz_TCH]

^^This is definitely a Cleaner Wax—look at
all the different “cleaning agents” that’s in it.

The nauseous smell may be due, in part,
to the product’s “ammonia” content...along
with the “fragrance” that’s being used in an
attempt to cover it up.

Personally...
I would try my best to have a well ventilated
area in which to apply this product.

And don’t forget to use the recommended
personal protection equipment (PPE):
Better Safe...Than Sorry!


Bob

The wax I used was this one...

Made by SC Johnson. Ingredients here >>> : SC Johnson