Using old car wax?

I Googled the intraw3b and couldn't find any answers.

I have some 2 year old Meguiars Gold Class paste wax that has been through 2 WI winters in my garage. Is their a shelf life on wax? Any harm in using it?

I was going to replace it but good wax is pricey $$$$ and this one is almost full still.

I have used paste wax that was so old it had shrunk by about 10% and was rattling around in the tin. Worked fine. I wouldn't do that with a rubbing compound though but regular paste wax should be fine.

As long as the wax is free of debris I would use it. I have scraped off the top layer with a new bondo spreader, taken clean wax and scooped it into a ziplock bag and then kneaded the clean goop for consistency.

Paste wax lasts longer than Twinkies on the shelf. Go for it!

Worse case, you heat it and re-melt it. Which works quite well. I've used waxes that were decades old.

foxtrapper wrote: Worse case, you heat it and re-melt it. Which works quite well. I've used waxes that were decades old.

+1

Thanks peeps. I will re-melt it tomorrow, Just have to wait 'til the wifey goes to work so I can use the oven.

Double boiler will work better than the oven. Use a sauce pan with water in it. Put the wax container in the water. water goes on the cook top/ stove top.

Old wax can't be worse than no wax.

I consider two years to be new. I bet I have some wax older than some of the board members.

What's car wax? Does it make you go faster?

pinchvalve wrote: What's car wax? Does it make you go faster?

Yes.

Lowers parasitic drag on all outside surfaces and makes your girlfriend slide more easily.

Dan

I had some stuff get really runny after being in the garage through the winter, but other than that I've neve had a problem.

Joey

I've got some from the early 80's that was my father's. Even though I don't ever wax our cars, I keep as if I might get a sudden whim to do so. I'm a big fan of 'patina'.

Look at it this way: you didn't lose a wax, you gained a clay bar.

I found most of the wax more than 10yrs old is a good medium for mold. I think the petroleum evaporates and its yummy food for microbes. Or maybe basements are not for waxes. Years ago I added water to dried up turtle wax from the 70's, worked fine.

If its not moldy, mix it up and use it

In reply to daytonaer:

other that the free samples, all my waxes are 2+ years old. Even have stuff that I remember being in the garage when I was a kid (20+ years old).

The only stuff I don't use is liquid polish that's been frozen. It separates and goes verrrry nasty, like clotted milk.