Can I do the double boiler method on M19?

[Brandon1]

I got 3 cans of M19, and while the cans all look great, the wax is a little funny. It isnt goopy, or pudding like, just deformed in the can. M19 looks like a bit of a softer wax than M16, so the contents look as if they have been on a roller coaster.

Do I just need to re-level with a applicator pad or can I double boil the cans and re-melt?

[Murr1525]

Re: Can I do the double boiler method on M19?

I wouldnt want to heat it up, could mess up the chemicals in it.

Doesnt have to be level or anything, just have to be able to get some on your applicator.

[Piku]

Re: Can I do the double boiler method on M19?

M19 has a different consistency then the M16. Here is what my can looks like. I have heard people compare it to shortening.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Can I do the double boiler method on M19?

I got 3 cans of M19, and while the cans all look great, the wax is a little funny. It isnt goopy, or pudding like, just deformed in the can. M19 looks like a bit of a softer wax than M16, so the contents look as if they have been on a roller coaster.

Do I just need to re-level with a applicator pad or can I double boil the cans and re-melt?

Honestly, if it's just a bit deformed in the can, don't sweat it - just use the stuff. No sense in "detailing" your wax, so to speak.

As mentioned in the M16 thread where the topic of melting to reshape the product came up, we don't recommend the process so if you choose to do so, you do so at your own risk.

[Nappers]

Re: Can I do the double boiler method on M19?

M19 is a different animal than M16.....

I wouldn't do it.

Both my tins looks like that and I just "break" them in with an applicator like the M16 break in.....

[Kevin Brown]

Re: Can I do the double boiler method on M19?

I did it to some M19 that had separated to the point that it had watery puddles and clumps of goop.

I did the heat-up gig, and it turned out wonderfully.
I have a pic somewhere- I will see if I can find it and post 'er up.

I ended up giving that tin to Mike Phillips (or Chris Dasher?) over a year ago.
Good enough to give to one of those guys.

You may want to remove the wax from the can, place half the wax into a Pyrex container, do your double boiler process.
Pour the liquified half into the can and let it harden. Then, repeat the process and pour it on top of the already "set" wax.

You will likely see a better consistency throughout this way.
Two companies I know of that made carnauba wax in the past would do two or three pours per tin (not Meguiar's- I don't know how they poured theirs). Just sayin'.

[Mister B]

Re: Can I do the double boiler method on M19?

You may want to remove the wax from the can, place half the wax into a Pyrex container, do your double boiler process.
Pour the liquified half into the can and let it harden. Then, repeat the process and pour it on top of the already "set" wax.

That is interesting. Maybe I will try that method with 1 of my other 2 tins of M16 that I would like to re-heat. My first can of M16 that I did seemed to turn out good by heating the wax in the can itself.