Re: The Secret Slot - How to open a can of M16
Keep in mind as a manufacture besides making a product you also have to factor in if there's a viable market for the product, that is are there enough customers to support making the product.
M16 was discontinued because although it's a great product, sales numbers for this product compared to our more modern products were low.
Back sometime around 2002 or 2003 our R&D department started reformulating our entire line to comply with the EPA Regulations enacted in 2005
The criteria was simple, after reformulating the product it had to perform as good or better than the pre-2005 VOC formula, if the product didn't meet this criteria as well as the benchmark for sales volume, (Skew Rationalization), then it was discontinued.
Besides all that, the majority of people that are what you would classify as a "Do it Yourselfers", by a huge majority, choose to use liquid waxes, not paste waxes.
M16 is a great product with a very long history of satisfied customers and it's still available in other countries that have lower restrictions on releasing V.O.C.s into the environment. So if you want some, you can get some, you just have to be creative and hope the "Wax Police" don't catch you.
Make sense?
To that end, some of us have already added a few cans of Pre-Ban M16 to our collection.
Originally posted by ColonelCash
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M16 was discontinued because although it's a great product, sales numbers for this product compared to our more modern products were low.
Back sometime around 2002 or 2003 our R&D department started reformulating our entire line to comply with the EPA Regulations enacted in 2005
The criteria was simple, after reformulating the product it had to perform as good or better than the pre-2005 VOC formula, if the product didn't meet this criteria as well as the benchmark for sales volume, (Skew Rationalization), then it was discontinued.
Besides all that, the majority of people that are what you would classify as a "Do it Yourselfers", by a huge majority, choose to use liquid waxes, not paste waxes.
M16 is a great product with a very long history of satisfied customers and it's still available in other countries that have lower restrictions on releasing V.O.C.s into the environment. So if you want some, you can get some, you just have to be creative and hope the "Wax Police" don't catch you.
Make sense?
To that end, some of us have already added a few cans of Pre-Ban M16 to our collection.
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