The oils are filling. The trouble is that it is now tough to identify how sensitive a sealant is to the surface. Many products which are insensitive to a bit of contamination insist on total...
It actually is great to see that this all stuck with you guys! One of the reasons I stopped posting so much was that these attempts to educate, on the UK forum...
The thioglycolate ions in the products bind on to the iron, which is otherwise insoluble in water, and form a complex which is water soluble (and happens to be purple). So this does the dissolving...
We have a, genuine, silica/water based product. Cost price probably $10 per litre (that’s our manufactured cost, no brand prifit, no retailer profit- so probably only 10-20% of...
A glaze really should have non-volatile oils in it and it should very intentionally leave something behind. If it has abrasives, it would certainly also be a polish. It could have wax or polymers, in...
Evening all. Nice topic. To anyone who thinks that their simple wash solution will strip thick wax films and cured and crosslinked polymers... what about your hands? These things you are stripping...
There are a bunch of factors which mean that this may or may not be the case. For example, a very large number of sealant type products are excellent at repelling water but are in fact oleophillic....
My company is a manufacturer of automotive products, based in the UK. The information I gave is very well known to anyone who would formulate products in this sector.
Swanic mostly has it. Quite simply, the DUB product has significantly less of the active ingredient and it has it in a form which is significantly less suited for the application (aka it dries out...
As a spanner for your collective works.... the majority of wash and 'wax' products contain no wax at all. The majority simply use surface modifying surfactants which temporarily adhere to the surface...
Of course the counter argument is that applying to a dry surface means that the product cannot (as you say) run off. If the liquid does not run off, the dirt does not go with it and (particularly in...
Cleaning is predominantly driven by how effectively you 'wet' the soil you are attempting to remove. If you wet it adequately, you are most of the way to...
As a chemist/manufacturer, I would never recommend all this mixing. Very quickly - you are compromising IXSS with the high pH you are producing. You are wasting money because your ISXX and...
I have argued on this topic before. A lot comes down to the specifics of the product. In many instances, products simply do not layer. You could apply them all year and the thickness of the layer...
Until I see a genuine exception otherwise - yes. Lets say that anyone who can succeed otherwise is wasting their time posting on here as there are billions to be made in other markets, with such IP.
A tip is to apply whatever wash solution and see what happens. If it beads up or instantly runs off, it is far from ideal. We encounter this all the time where we have low energy finishes and...
You should NOT use hydrophobic products on interior glass. I hear of lots of people doing it but the simple fact is that hydrophobic means water droplet formation. Water droplet formation means...
I would favour the laundry powder as these will be used to targeting this kind of stain. Proteins mean that you need proteases and I would not be confident that an auto specific product would have a...