Summer Heat/Humidity and Product Longevity?

[To be named later]

I am concerned if the heat and humidity here in San Antonio might be bad for the dozen or more Meguiars product that I keep stored on the garage shelf?

The garage is not ventilated, and summer thru fall there is high humidity and temperatures ranging from 85° to 100°.

Any thoughts on whether this could shorten the life or effectiveness of cleaners, polish, waxes, etc?

[Nappers]

Re: Summer Heat/Humidity and Product Longevity?

I know that freezing the products has adverse effects on products. I imagine high heat would not be great for them, but the combination of high heat and high humidity, I'm not sure about. My back room where I keep my stuff, I put a little heater back there and is the farthest room from the monitor heater. I use it just in case. When the heat is bad, I crack a window and put a fan back there.

MOL brass is off and I'm sure others will chime in for you , so hang tight

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Summer Heat/Humidity and Product Longevity?

There shouldn't be a problem with ambient temperatures approaching 100°F or even exceeding by a bit. We have the same temperature issue here in SoCal and it just hasn't been a problem. Where you can run into problems is if you store product inside a vehicle that is then parked outside on such a hot day. Temperatures inside a closed vehicle can reach temperatures as high as 150° making it a terrible environment for not only kids and pets but certain surface care products as well.

From personal experience with a small portable emergency detail kit, it seems the thicker products such as waxes, heavier bodied conditioners, anything of a creamy consistency, etc are most susceptible to damage at those temps. Very fluid products like glass cleaners, mist & wipe products, etc seem to withstand extremely high temps better. But this prolonged, repeated exposure to pretty extreme heat. Something is either horribly wrong, or you're living on another planet, if your garage at home is getting THAT hot.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Summer Heat/Humidity and Product Longevity?

I have been storing my products in the garage in Florida for years. Have not seen a breakdown of performance or durability.

[To be named later]

Re: Summer Heat/Humidity and Product Longevity?

Where you can run into problems is if you store product inside a vehicle that is then parked outside on such a hot day. Temperatures inside a closed vehicle can reach temperatures as high as 150° making it a terrible environment for not only kids and pets but certain surface care products as well.

From personal experience with a small portable emergency detail kit, it seems the thicker products such as waxes, heavier bodied conditioners, anything of a creamy consistency, etc are most susceptible to damage at those temps. Very fluid products like glass cleaners, mist & wipe products, etc seem to withstand extremely high temps better. But this prolonged, repeated exposure to pretty extreme heat. Something is either horribly wrong, or you're living on another planet, if your garage at home is getting THAT hot.

Good point.

My wifes RXG has Meguiars Detailer spray (and microfiber towels in a ziploc baggie) stored in the trunk, in case she parks under a wrong tree or whatever, but the spray always seems okay, probably because it gets used up fairly fast.

[Megafast13]

Re: Summer Heat/Humidity and Product Longevity?

Freezing seems to be worse than the Heat.

I wouldn't keep them in the sun ever but in the garage should be fine...It won't get that hot inside the garage.