sullysdetailing
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I been thinking for the longest time, to come out with my own line of products. I might have to look into making wax now. Good Luck
Im Making a Homemade Wax
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C. Charles Hahn
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"With PAR 7 protecting your ride, you'll never have to worry about that birdie crap again!"
Im the MAN
PAR Detailing
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Ok here is the #7 wax tweeked a little. This one is alot nicer than the others. I have had friends do a blind test and some like this one better than the commercially available waxes.
Ill get pics of it on a car soon for you guys.
Ill get pics of it on a car soon for you guys.
A4 1.8tqm
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Nice! Can you do some comparative tests of Par 7 against wax's that are commonly used here? I'd like to see how well it sheets water specifically.
Regarding automotive UV protection and sun screen. It's quite a different beast I think. Sunscreen has stuff like zinc oxide that will literally reflect the UV light (partially) so it doesn't even reach the skin (maybe a thought for an ingredient for wax... new sunscreens have very small particles) along with other ingredients that absorb the light and release it as heat. I have no idea what is used in automotive paint protection to screen UV light, or what aspects of UV are specifically bad for paint.
I know this isn't the place to ramble about the physics of Electromagnetic radiation, but.. I'm gonna. I'm no sunscreen expert and barely use the stuff, but I study physics, everyday, just for fun. UV light has a very short wavelength, or high frequency and is broken into three groups, A, B & C starting at A with the longest wavelength which penetrates deep into skin but does not contribute to tan or burn (it's negative effects are strong though). UV-B gives a tan, but can directly damage DNA. UV-C, with a very short wavelength, is completely blocked by the earths atmosphere, making it irrelevant for this discussion.
The high frequency of UV light makes it difficult for it to pass through glass. Think of it like you (light) are trying to sprint through a very crowded room (glass), you'll bump into people and can't get through. (Unlike Infrared light, known to you as "heat", which has a (relatively) long wavelength. In the crowded room example, infrared would be a beautiful woman who gracefully walks through and everybody moves to let her pass, quite a literal example really) With such a high frequency, UV could be stopped by a very thin protective layer (back to the crowded room example again but now it would be a single row of people to "run through", Like the children's game "red rover"), surely it won't stop all of the UV, but it definitely helps. There is science behind it, and even if the effect/benefit is small, I would not disregard all claims of UV protection.
:rant:
Edit: I just Google-searched for this info-
The organic molecules in sunscreen absorb the ultraviolet radiation and release it as heat.
* PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid) absorbs UVB
* Cinnamates absorb UVB
* Benzophenones absorb UVA
* Anthranilates absorb UVA and UVB
* Ecamsules absorb UVA
If you are interested in physics, here is a link to an excellent course that is video webcast-
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Letters and Science C70V, 001, Physics C10, 001
Regarding automotive UV protection and sun screen. It's quite a different beast I think. Sunscreen has stuff like zinc oxide that will literally reflect the UV light (partially) so it doesn't even reach the skin (maybe a thought for an ingredient for wax... new sunscreens have very small particles) along with other ingredients that absorb the light and release it as heat. I have no idea what is used in automotive paint protection to screen UV light, or what aspects of UV are specifically bad for paint.
I know this isn't the place to ramble about the physics of Electromagnetic radiation, but.. I'm gonna. I'm no sunscreen expert and barely use the stuff, but I study physics, everyday, just for fun. UV light has a very short wavelength, or high frequency and is broken into three groups, A, B & C starting at A with the longest wavelength which penetrates deep into skin but does not contribute to tan or burn (it's negative effects are strong though). UV-B gives a tan, but can directly damage DNA. UV-C, with a very short wavelength, is completely blocked by the earths atmosphere, making it irrelevant for this discussion.
The high frequency of UV light makes it difficult for it to pass through glass. Think of it like you (light) are trying to sprint through a very crowded room (glass), you'll bump into people and can't get through. (Unlike Infrared light, known to you as "heat", which has a (relatively) long wavelength. In the crowded room example, infrared would be a beautiful woman who gracefully walks through and everybody moves to let her pass, quite a literal example really) With such a high frequency, UV could be stopped by a very thin protective layer (back to the crowded room example again but now it would be a single row of people to "run through", Like the children's game "red rover"), surely it won't stop all of the UV, but it definitely helps. There is science behind it, and even if the effect/benefit is small, I would not disregard all claims of UV protection.
:rant:
Edit: I just Google-searched for this info-
The organic molecules in sunscreen absorb the ultraviolet radiation and release it as heat.
* PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid) absorbs UVB
* Cinnamates absorb UVB
* Benzophenones absorb UVA
* Anthranilates absorb UVA and UVB
* Ecamsules absorb UVA
If you are interested in physics, here is a link to an excellent course that is video webcast-
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Letters and Science C70V, 001, Physics C10, 001
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AndrewBall
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very cool! Cant wait to see the results.