Here's what happens when you let your products freeze

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White95Max

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My S&G froze today (high of 6*F, not a surprise) while it was sitting in my car. I had thought about taking it out a while ago, but I was curious as to whether it would change the product at all by allowing it to freeze.

Well...it's different to say the least.



BTW it was completely thawed at the time of this picture.



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So my opinion is that YES, you should avoid letting your products freeze. It obviously changes something.
 
And for anyone that thinks the color/transparency of the bottles are causing the difference in liquid color, here's another comparison...





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truzoom said:
Hopefully that package won't freeze by the time it gets there!
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I doubt it. The temperatures are supposed to be warming until Sunday. This weekend is forecasted to be in the low/mid-30s! Time to wash the car and add a coat of Collinite IW! :D
 
Only in Wisconsin do the glasses have fish on them...don't drink that stuff! And turn that light off! You'll run up your electric bill! :p



But seriously, I wonder what the mechanism of change was due to the freezing.



PS You sure you don't want to change your major to engineering? You're always doing experiments...
 
wytstang - we had a field trip for my NAT251 class. We went hiking through the woods to take measurements of the water table elevation and dissolved oxygen content. And that was at lunchtime, when it was still 4*F. :(





Setec - that fish glass was a Christmas present from my grandparents a few years ago. And I promptly poured it back in the jug. :)

LOL I had TWO lights on when I took those pictures! :eek: I'll be sorry when that bill comes! :lol
 
Setec Astronomy said:
PS You sure you don't want to change your major to engineering? You're always doing experiments...
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I'm a scientific kinda guy. Anyone on the internet can give you an opinion, and add as much bias as they please. I prefer to prove things to myself whenever possible. That's the only way to get the facts.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
But seriously, I wonder what the mechanism of change was due to the freezing.
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The components of the product freeze at different temperatures. Therefore, as the different components freeze the solution seperates into its componenets.
 
I'm in the atlanta area and I took all my stuff from the garage into the house. :scared:



Down to about 25° here tonight.
 
That's what I was asking (what is the mechanism of change). We have all seen products (car related or not) that say "do not allow to freeze" so something obviously happens. Somebody should ask Poorboy. Ok, Ok, I'll do it. :rolleyes:
 
FWIW: I've had a bottle of Meg's FI freeze a few times. I've used it and haven't noticed any difference in it's effectiveness.

.....also had a can of Stoner's IG leak a few weeks ago. It was sitting in the trunk, didn't think it was cold enough to cause problems. Can is still intact from what I can see....still trying to figure out what happened. :think:

I have to go pick up my gallon jug of QEW from an unheated garage this week....scared to see what happened to it.
 
I had (before my Autopia knowledge) all my products, that is "el cheapo" Turtle wax, some onknown brand shampoo and a horrible chemical smelling wheel cleaner, all stored in the garage.



After some freezing cold-days, I noticed that the shampoo looked like milk-with-lemon instead of a gel-type substance and that my Turtle wax polish was so liquid I had to use a sprayer to apply it !



For now, all products that I have are stored into my house, and the only treatment my car gets is a quickwash at the coin-up and some OCW..
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Can you tell any difference in terms of product effectiveness?
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I haven't tried it on the car yet, due to one simple problem. It hasn't been above 10*F for the last 36 hrs.
 
Dacali said:
I'm looking forward to seeing how the IW845 holds up during the winter for you. :dance
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Me too. :) I've realized that is just isn't feasible to wash the car more than once a week. It's just too cold to find the motivation. And I'd prefer if my LSP could last until March, so hopefully the IW845 will come through for me.
 
White95Max said:
Me too. :) I've realized that is just isn't feasible to wash the car more than once a week. It's just too cold to find the motivation. And I'd prefer if my LSP could last until March, so hopefully the IW845 will come through for me.
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Same here... I put my coat on late Oct, hoping it survives until March, I'm betting it will :grinno:
 
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