Paint Cleaner Strength

[Murr1525]

I have been wondering this for a little while..

Something like #105 is stronger than #205 because of the stronger abrasives. Is the chemical cleaners in it also stronger, or does the 'basic' cleaning ability kind of stay the same, and just get adjusted with the abrasives?

Kind of crossed my mind because #105 applied gently to anything seems to work wonders on tar, bugs, stains, etc.

Thanks,
Mat

[Murr1525]

Re: Paint Cleaner Strength

bump.

[yalerd]

Re: Paint Cleaner Strength

That's a darn good question Matt

[the_invisible]

Re: Paint Cleaner Strength

Being a compound, M105 should not have any cleaners in it. By definition, a compound is a substance that relies solely on abrasives to serve its purpose. However, products like Ultimate Compound appear to defy the tradition of compounds.

A paint cleaner/polish usually contains some chemical to work.

[john m.]

Re: Paint Cleaner Strength

:scratchhead: hmmm I had never thought about this before but now I wanna know

[Mike Pennington]

Re: Paint Cleaner Strength

I have been wondering this for a little while.. Something like #105 is stronger than #205 because of the stronger abrasives. Is the chemical cleaners in it also stronger, or does the 'basic' cleaning ability kind of stay the same, and just get adjusted with the abrasives? Kind of crossed my mind because #105 applied gently to anything seems to work wonders on tar, bugs, stains, etc.
Thanks,
Mat

There are many factors that go into "compounds"

By definition, a compound is a substance that relies solely on abrasives to serve its purpose.

Not necessarily true... of course, "compounds" contain many raw materials to create the desired result of that particular product. Including but not limited to mechanical "abrasives" and chemical "abrasives".

Here are just a few things that make you go HMMMMMM when talking about mechanical or chemical "abrasives" and their overall impact on a compounds ability....

Size of abrasive(s)
Type of abrasive(s)
Shape of abrasive(s)
Amount of abrasive(s)
Mixture of abrasive(s)
Diminishing or Non diminishing
Type of "chemical" abrasive(s)
Amount of "chemical" abrasive(s)
Buffing cycle
Abrasive cycle

These are just a few things considered when creating a product...

Also, just because you can't "feel" a mechanical abrasive(s) in a product, doesn't mean it/they are not in there, and just because you can't "smell" a chemical abrasive(s) doesn't mean it/they are not in there

With that said, we can't go into any further detail on our product makeup because as you can guess, it is proprietary information...

Just wanted to clear up some potential misinformation regarding our products...

Bottom line is, It’s not what’s in the bottle, it’s what “what’s in the bottle” can do for the paint

[Calais]

Re: Paint Cleaner Strength

With that said, we can't go into any further detail on our product makeup because as you can guess, it is proprietary information...

Who could have seen that coming?

[Murr1525]

Re: Paint Cleaner Strength

Well, we know that #105 has different abrasives from #83, and that UC is stronger than SwirlX. So, we know something about the abrasives.

It may or may not have been proprietary to say the chemical cleaners are stronger or not.

Thanks Mike, at least it sounds like there are different chemical cleaners to mix and match in products.