Product question

[Grifffx4]

How bad is it to store products in your vehicle?

Ive heard storing chemicals in extreme cold hurts them but how about hot summer day temps?

I'm talking all types of chem's, APC, Sealants, Polishes, Glazes, Shampoos, Waterless/Rinseless washes, QD's, QW's, etc.

[jamesboyy]

Storing chemical in the summer inside a car is alright but if its too hot it will boil or weaken certain products

[FUNX650]

If the recommended temperature-range to apply many
products is 50F-90F...Then, IMHO:
It's best to avoid going to the extremes of this temperature-range.

Storing chemical in the summer inside a car is alright
but if its too hot it will boil or weaken certain products

Now that's getting pretty hot in a car...
Even if it's a "water-based" product!


Bob

[Grifffx4]

Now that's getting pretty hot in a car...
Even if it's a "water-based" product!


Bob

That, or the air pressure is high!

[Grifffx4]

Well, I want to carry some products like QD with me in the truck for touch ups...bummer.

[brondondolon]

If you keep them in the center console you should be fine. My truck is black and I have left chocolate bars in my center console while its been over 100F and it was fine.

[aztec1987]

I keep mine on top of the closet, I use to have them under my bed until my glazes began to turn into liquid instead of a goo.

[dirtdestroyer]

Eveything has a high and low temp that will impact quality and create chemical breakdown. This applies to anything really. Think of it like you would perscription drugs, heat, cold, oxygen, light and water can impact potency and each element can cause a chemical change of the drug (the impact of each element depends on composition of the drug). The same applies to detailing products. The products are made of various chemical compounds, each being susceptible to varying degrees of damage from environmental factors. The upside is most are stable and only really vulnerable to extremes in high or low temps when kept in the original containers.

Generally speaking it is advised to keep them in a cool, dry, well ventilated area. M105 for example is aluminium oxide, paraffin oil (a petroleum distillate), solvent naphtha (patrollium based solvent) and glycrol. Something like this is fairly stable under normal conditions as even stuff like solvent naphtha don't boil until 212 F but that don't mean chemical changes don't happen before that.

Your best bet is to take some temp mesurements of where you want to store the product, if they go above recommended usage temps don't put them there.

[FUNX650]

That, or the air pressure is high!

Too high...Then BOOM! there goes a window or two.
Easy access for product removal by: "Some Unknowns"!

Bob

[inDetail]

I store all my detailing supplies in my shed in the summer. Granted it's shaded by a huge maple but I never had a problem with chemicals going bad with temp changes. I remove them as soon as it starts getting near 40 at night in the fall.