Lowest temp. to safely use Menzerna polishes

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imported_shine

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I am itching to try out my new Menz polishes, but am a little worried about the air temperature. It is suppose to be about 43F and sunny today. I've read that some have polished in the upper 30s, but I don't think it was with a Menz polish. I've also read that 60F+ is recommended. I want to try out SIP, 106FF, and 87MC. Maybe the sun and halogens will heat up the garage a little...



What do you think?
 
if it's cold. I will keep my Menzerna Polishes in front of the halogens, or in warm water.



I will usually only bring out the ONE polish I am currently working with and keep the other in my car in warm water or in the house by the heater.



I don't think it's the temperature. I always THOUGHT it was the humidity that would make Menzerna act up... Probably wrong LoL
 
the bottle I have of SIP say 59 degrees is minimum temp to use product.



I was going to play around w/ new FLEX a bit today but its only in the 40s so I passed.
 
87MC bottle says to store in 55-80F to keep from freezing. SIP says "59-77F, 24 months." Is this the shelf life? I didn't find anything on my 106FF bottle...
 
They say it's designed for the OEM assembly line environment, but even in a factory the temps and humidity levels can range quite a bit. I wonder under which circumstances do they act up.? They're probably refering to air temp, not product or paint temp?
 
I went ahead and polished. I used the 87MC and 106FF without any issues. ~43F must be fine; the halogens probably helped a bit. They both seem to have broke down very nicely with my UDM. I wiped off the haze with a microfiber and the finish looks amazing. 87MC and CCS white pad removed some defects, but end the end I decided to go with a orange and the 106FF. This was my first time using the UDM, let alone any machine polisher....



Just as I am ready to move onto the rest of my car (got done testing polish/pad combos), my UDM dies. I turned it off once...bumped the speed up a couple levels, switched it back on and...it did not come back on at all. After trying different outlets and speeds, nothing happened at all. Totally dead. Now I am in the middle of a detail without a machine. Thankfully, Lynn is getting replacement processed for me.
 
Humidity is the main factor as to why products dont work the way they should!! Or if the car is sitting out in the blistering sun. When polishes break down, they break down due to heat created from the friction of the pad and the paint surface. So, the temp outside isnt the biggest factor, unless its like 100 out! Its better to polish in cool climates, thats why we all use garages! I might be wrong, but I was educated properly from some people.

Sometimes im lucky I live in Ohio, cause i never gets scortching hott here! Oh who am I kidding, I dislike Ohio!!
 
I would say tht SIP is the most finicky at lower temps. A couple of weeks back we had a decent Saturday; I polished all afternoon with the temps around 60F and had zero problems. Later the temps dropped down to ~35F; "prewarming" a panel and working directly in front of it gave me no issues. I was finishing up the trunk of a a vehicle and didn't move the light accordingly SIP started to gum up pretty bad. At first I thought I had caught the pad on something sharp. It was leaving what looked like eraser shavings everywhere. Moved the light directly in front of the panel, warmed up the bottle and finished up without another issue.
 
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