UV absorbance testing on waxes and sealants

[jbgrant]

in my opinion----that UV crud is what makes it flake and peel......

Are you saying that you think certain protectants damage the clearcoat? I think I'm confused.

[CEE DOG]

I think she must mean she thinks the UV inhibitors in the clear coat.

[jbgrant]

Did some googling for books/articles:

Pages 643-646 discuss ultraviolet radiation as it relates to paint weathering
Paint and coating testing manual ... - Google Books


I found this post on the detailing world forum which I am not currently a member of:

Accelerated weathering testing for waxes
Hello,

I would like to make a proposal to you out there who are interested in the durabilty of wax.

Currently I work in a polyester reseach and development lab in the polyester chemisry industry.

I have a massive interest in detailing and love to keep my car looking good.
So enough of the boring bit...

To my full use a QUV acclerated weathering testing machine which replicates weathering to which specifcations the customer wants. Ours that we have at work are set to weather in florida as this is classed as a one of the best or worst for degredation of fiberglass in weathering terms and gloss.
This machine works in terms of uv bulbs/humidity and also temperature.

Proposal of testing some wax/sealents to see their durability. I would like to test this on fiberglass as its what i work with and have an abudance of. I can test panels in colour with photospectrometer to see how they/if protect against UV degredation. We also have a gloss meter.

I would like some thoughts so i can write up a test plan and get started.

Also i would like to ask for some help if i am to get this started if some of you can help with very very small amounts of wax enough to cover 20cm square no more than a figernail in some clingfilm say???

Many Thanks
Last edited by burger; 14-01-2010 at 06:13 PM.

I could not turn up any news of any actual tests being carried out. I will contact the poster (burger) and try to find out.

[detailbyfemale]

thank you CEE DOG.....my point exactly....