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Re: Megs Gold Classs shampoo, distroyed the wax protection??
It's an old wives tale. I have used Gold Class off and on for 10 years and like it. Car wash shampoos are designed to be gentle on paint finishes, kind of like the way hair shampoos are designed to be gentle on your hair and scalp, a special preparation.
Sodium lauryl sulfate is the main ingredient in soaps, shampoos and many hygiene products. It is essentially the salts of fatty acids. It is used in lower concentrations in products like toothpaste, shaving cream and shampoos, while products like degreasers, floor cleaners, car wash soaps, ect., is used in higher concentrations. SLS is a surfactant and is highly effective.
Dishwashing soap is a surfactant, and has much more SLS than hand soaps and shampoos. Car wash soaps indeed have SLS, but are engineered to be gentle on automotive paint finishes. Soap has been around for thousands of years, and is not very complicated. The effectiveness, or the ability of soap to break down and remove oils and residues could be dictated by how much SLS is in the formula.
I would think that a reputable car car company like Meguiar's can handle coming up with a formula (car wash soap/shampoo) that won't strip the wax off of the paint. After all, the first recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in Ancient Babylon.
Why not write it and those on DW? maybe they should know and what you told me ...
Originally posted by Fly Bye
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It's an old wives tale. I have used Gold Class off and on for 10 years and like it. Car wash shampoos are designed to be gentle on paint finishes, kind of like the way hair shampoos are designed to be gentle on your hair and scalp, a special preparation.
Sodium lauryl sulfate is the main ingredient in soaps, shampoos and many hygiene products. It is essentially the salts of fatty acids. It is used in lower concentrations in products like toothpaste, shaving cream and shampoos, while products like degreasers, floor cleaners, car wash soaps, ect., is used in higher concentrations. SLS is a surfactant and is highly effective.
Dishwashing soap is a surfactant, and has much more SLS than hand soaps and shampoos. Car wash soaps indeed have SLS, but are engineered to be gentle on automotive paint finishes. Soap has been around for thousands of years, and is not very complicated. The effectiveness, or the ability of soap to break down and remove oils and residues could be dictated by how much SLS is in the formula.
I would think that a reputable car car company like Meguiar's can handle coming up with a formula (car wash soap/shampoo) that won't strip the wax off of the paint. After all, the first recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in Ancient Babylon.
Why not write it and those on DW? maybe they should know and what you told me ...
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