How to tell if a product is water based?

[Waxmax]

How can you tell if a product is water based? I used to think if the product separated upon standing for say 24 hours, it was not water based, but I'm not so sure. Is OCW waterbased? Is Aquawax water based?

[Surfer]

Usually will have a milky white appearance like waterbased tire dressings. I have OCW and AW, AW is acrylic based I believe, and not sure of OCW since it's a combo sealant/carnauba.

[Waxmax]

Some QDs are water based and not milky?

[Waxmax]

Maybe I should have asked it differently...how can you to tell if is something is water based or solvent based?....not what type of polymer or wax is in it.

[Jimmie]

Would like to know myself. I know that it is not shown on many labels. Why is one product with solvent OK, and another VOC non-compliant? Thought most are switching to water base.

[ScottB]

look for water based or poly based on labels. In most cases you would need the MSDS sheet to see makeup.

VOC compliance is the most complicated set of rules ever, every product has a specific and very different solvent content. It must stay below the max to be compliant.

[Waxmax]

Is OCW and/or Aquawax waterbased?

[supercharged]

Is OCW and/or Aquawax waterbased?

Consider it water based (if planning to use it with Polycharger) as it is a QD+.

[Waxmax]

Superchrged, Thanks...that's what I was guessing. I emailed Duragloss to see what they will tell me.

[Waxmax]

David G. at Optimum tells me OCW is H20 based.