Demise Of Carnauba Wax

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Just because the CARNAUBA in our paste waxes is getting PHASED out, doesn't mean actual paste waxes are going to be as well. I suspect that chemists will develop newer, better, more durable pastes in the future, sans carnauba.



Applying paste waxes by hand is my prefered method, and I don't see that changing anytime soon...



As far as 'hoarding' products, I would vote against it at this point. Better waxes are on the way...

Carnauba is the hardest natural wax and has lustrous composition making it the leading choice for food coatings, pharmaceutical coatings and polishes. This 'Carnauba Palm' grows in the northern and north-eastern parts of Brazil along the riverbanks, valleys, and lagoons where the soil is dark and fertile. The tree needs very little water to grow, is very prolific and attains a height 40-50 feet after fifty years.



In its dry, pure state it has a concrete like hardness and to make it pliable for use as a car care protection it must be softened with either minerals or solvents. To comply with the new volatile organic chemicals (VOC) regulations the amount of VOCâ€â„¢s must be reduced, not the Carnauba content.



Chemical Engineers and Chemists have been try to mimic the â€Ëœlookâ€â„¢ of Carnauba wax with a synthetic, sometimes combining it with a polymer, thus far they have not accomplished anything close.

JonM