Megs rubber protectants

[nicknick]

i have looked at other brands like Wolfgang rubber treatments and they claim to be superior because they do not contain petroleum distillates that they claim dry and crack rubber. Do Megs rubber treatment products contain these "nasties"

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Megs rubber protectants

Ah, petroleum distillates. Perhaps the only thing that can rival silicone for "worst ingredient ever put in a car care product" - according to info scattered all over the internet.

Both terms, petroleum distillates and silicone, describe incredibly wide reaching materials. Petroleum distillates are just that - distilled petroleum (ie, crude oil). But to what level that crude oil is distilled is hugely important, as is how the final distilled product is used in the end user product. Petroleum distillates include such common things as gasoline, diesel fuel, paraffin wax and tar, among others. Sounds scary, but when you consider that baby oil is primarily very highly distilled crude oil, you start to relax a bit. Petroleum distillates can be as harmless as baby oil, or they can be extremely powerful solvents.

So can only imagine that if a product intended for treating rubber were to contain a petroleum distillate in the form of, say, gasoline it might not be the best product on the market. But if it contains a small amount of a highly refined distillate, then that ingredient may be there in such small quantity and only to make application or wipe off easier, or to solubilize another ingredient.

A favorite analogy is the word "plant". That's a pretty broad term too, isn't it? Think of all the plants you would normally put into a salad - lettuce, tomatoes, onions, carrots, etc, and then think of the ones you wouldn't - poison ivy, rhododendron, oleander or other highly toxic varieties. They're all plants, but you can't condemn them all just because some will make you violently ill, break out in a horrible rash, or worse.

[mattya802]

Re: Megs rubber protectants

Is that a yes? lol