Eliot Ness said:
I would too Mike, but here is an interesting
thread where Mike Phillips states:
"Point being, this is an older product that works great for creating a barrier film between the mold and the plug, but it's not the best product for automotive paints."
Did Mike have all the facts on the mold release products back then (11-04), or was it an attempt to steer users to their automotive products? I could imagine that Meg's would not be too happy if customers complained that their mold release wax didn't perform as well on their auto finishes as "Mike told us they would".
When I wrote this,
"Point being, this is an older product that works great for creating a barrier film between the mold and the plug, but it's not the best product for automotive paints."
It was part of an answer about a member asking about using our M08 Maximum Mold Release Wax on his car's paint. Will it work? Sure it's a barrier wax, but in the context of what I wrote in my answer,
" but it's not the best product for automotive paints."
My answer is accurate because I think we can all agree that most people want their paint to look as good or great as it possibly can; that is clear and glossy, rich in color, with a deep, wet shine. A mold release wax is formulated with the top priority of creating a barrier-film, not to make the surface it's applied to look good. Automotive waxes are formulated to make automotive paints to both look good and protect the paint, (create a barrier film), and in the context of my answer, a Mold Release Wax like M08 will not create the same kind of
beauty characteristics as will one of our newer automotive formulations like Gold Class, NXT, DC3 or M26, which will do a much better job of creating a deep, wet shine on both single stage paints and basecoat/clear coat paints.
A picture paints a thousand words, after spending around 14 hours on this modern single stage black paint, I wanted to use a wax that would create the deepest, richest in color, most reflective results possible for the owner, I could have used a Mold Release Wax like M08 but that would not achieve the goal, instead I used a newer formulation created for both beauty and protection.
So again, in the context of what I wrote and that I was quoted in this thread commenting on the use of a Mold Release Wax as compared to an Automotive Wax,
" but it's not the best product for automotive paints."
I think that the majority of us would agree that when we work on our car or a customer's car, we want both
great visual results as well as
protection to reach these goals, modern paint protection formulations will perform better and thus, be the best product for automotive paints.
That said, I hope this will help Ed to better understand the context of the statement in relationship to what he wrote here,
EdLancer said:
All I can say is that Mike Phillips is wrong, anything that can stand the harsh inside environment of a mold and the velocity that the material is traveling into it is pretty tough and durable ![/URL]
Sure a quality Mold Release Wax will provide durable protection as it has to withstand chemical attack and in some cases heat not to mention wear and tear as most manufactures want to get as many
pulls as they can out of the waxed mold before having to go back in and strip the mold, prep the mold and then re-wax the mold, but the context of what I was typing was about the relationship to both protection and beauty when you and I work on our cars, not simply creating a durable barrier-film on a surface.
Hope that helps... now back to work...
