Do carnauba wax gets acidic overtime?

**ifadey** · 04-24-2020, 04:48 AM

I found an old blog post from Dr. Beasly's website about Carnauba becoming acidic overtime.

What is important, however, is that the acid levels in carnauba aren’t so great for your car’s paint. The majority of your car wax is filled with emulsifiers and stabilizers to control the carnauba’s pH to be as close to 7 (neutral) as possible. What this means is that while the wax is in the jar, all is well. Take the wax out of the jar, apply it to your paint, remove excess, and watch it shine… then there’s a slight problem. The longer the wax stays on your car, the more acidic it gets – the stabilizers diminish from being exposed to the environment (sun, water, etc.) and you’re left with a somewhat acidic substance “protecting” your paint.

Carnauba Car Wax: The Acidic truth

I want to know whether this applies to hybrid waxes as well?

Mike Phillips · 04-24-2020, 06:41 AM

I really like Jim Lafeber and I know he's really smart.

If if this is true - BILLIONS of cars have been regularly maintained with car wax since car wax was invented and I think in the BIG PICTURE - we don't see a history of paint dissolving off cars for the last 100+ years.

Here's what you do, keep it simple. Pick an established brand that you trust and go with it.

**acuRAS82** · 04-24-2020, 08:30 AM

This sounds like a marketing stretch to convince an audience to switch to a new, improved product due to a negligible tidbit of information. Just my thoughts.