Adam's products Storage?

[SpicyGTO]

Hey guys/gals...quick question: Where do you guys store your products. I usually store everything in my garage, which doesn't usually get to the freezing point (I don't think). Its not heated but is attached to my house which keeps it a lil warmer. The reason I ask is because a few years ago I left some Zaino products in my trunk and they froze/semi froze and it ruined all of them. I contacted Sal and he said his products are no good after they have been frozen. Will Adam's stuff freeze on my? Thanks everyone!

[Bill-V8V]

I wouldn't take the chance !!!! I keep mine in the house until spring

[ozzy]

In my basement keeping warm.

[Chris@Adams]

:hi:You better heat that garage so the GTO & Adams products don't get cold !

[Nitelord]

I have mine in the utility room. It's heated the same as the house (central air).

 

I lose enough product during shipping. I don't need it happening at the house.

[Rich]

They will freeze (some of them) and / or seperate......some will crystalize. I keep mine in the basement during the cold winter months.

[SpicyGTO]

Thanks for the responses guys. Now how bout in the summer...is it bad if they get too hott?

[eleven357]

Thanks for the responses guys. Now how bout in the summer...is it bad if they get too hott?

Good question

[Bill-V8V]

Both heat and cold are bad. No freezing or boiling

 

But up here in the northeast we don't have too much to worry about as far as heat. It gets hot but not like down south.

 

But I wouldn't leave them sitting on a shelf in the garage in front of a window in the middle of summer so the sun can bake them, that could get them real hot

[jjwvette]

I move them to the indoors when it get's around 40 degree's:thumbsup:

[eleven357]

Well I don't have any windows in my garage but it does get over 100 F in the summer here.

[vegaslightz]

Well I don't have any windows in my garage but it does get over 100 F in the summer here.

 

 

Summers here in the desert can be murder on product. Usually I move all be a bottle of detail spray inside the house for safe keeping.

[Adam]

You guys are great! So, the official temperature range to keep products from separating, or changing color:

 

Minimum: 45 degrees

Maximum: 85 degrees

 

Chemicals hate temperature change, and the more often the temp changes, the faster the products will spoil.

 

We heat the products to get the color to remain consistent, as well as getting the surfactants to work, which keeps the products from separating. By heating the products to that temperature again, about 95+ degrees, they reverse, separate, or change color.

 

Keeping product in the trunk over summer is a great way for things to get ugly, unless stored in a bag or sealed bucket out of the sunlight.

 

If possible, it's best to put your car care products in the wash room in the winter and summer, if your garage reaches temperatures outside of the range above.

 

My advice: Buy car care products just like you buy bread!

 

Buy it fresh, and often. Chemicals age at 10X dog years! So, a bottle of polish or wax that is a year old, is really 70.

 

Don't buy more product than you will use in a year, as the possibility of extreme temperature change is always there. (Unless you live on the beach in San Diego.)

 

Another thing to consider: We improve 50% of our line every year, and 100% of it within 2 years. Do you want the old news?

 

Technology never stops, and today's, "BEST," is only the best for a few minutes, before something better is developed.

 

Plan on using everything up by the end of the year, and get fresh goods in February-March, as we almost always take the winter to develop new products.

 

So, that's my $.02 on keeping car care products!

Edited February 18, 2009 by Adam

[eleven357]

I wish there was room in the washroom. I guess I'll have to find a resting place inside my house before June.

[McDuff]

Great Info Adam. So since you brought up the bag, how's the development of the new one coming along? I would love to pick up my new bag in PA April 25!!!!

[Adam]

Great Info Adam. So since you brought up the bag, how's the development of the new one coming along? I would love to pick up my new bag in PA April 25!!!!

 

No bag yet, except the black version of our last bag. Finding it tough to make it for less than $50, and that about all we can sell these for!

 

Stay tuned, it's our most challenging product to make in the USA yet Tom!

[Cyclone]

You guys are great! So, the official temperature range to keep products from separating, or changing color:

 

Minimum: 45 degrees

Maximum: 85 degrees

 

Chemicals hate temperature change, and the more often the temp changes, the faster the products will spoil.

 

We heat the products to get the color to remain consistent, as well as getting the surfactants to work, which keeps the products from separating. By heating the products to that temperature again, about 95+ degrees, they reverse, separate, or change color.

 

Keeping product in the trunk over summer is a great way for things to get ugly, unless stored in a bag or sealed bucket out of the sunlight.

 

If possible, it's best to put your car care products in the wash room in the winter and summer, if your garage reaches temperatures outside of the range above.

 

My advice: Buy car care products just like you buy bread!

 

Buy it fresh, and often. Chemicals age at 10X dog years! So, a bottle of polish or wax that is a year old, is really 70.

 

Don't buy more product than you will use in a year, as the possibility of extreme temperature change is always there. (Unless you live on the beach in San Diego.)

 

Another thing to consider: We improve 50% of our line every year, and 100% of it within 2 years. Do you want the old news?

 

Technology never stops, and today's, "BEST," is only the best for a few minutes, before something better is developed.

 

Plan on using everything up by the end of the year, and get fresh goods in February-March, as we almost always take the winter to develop new products.

 

So, that's my $.02 on keeping car care products!

 

Search is my friend today!

 

 

Thank you Adam for that post!

 

Looks like I need to bring in a couple things from my outside shop and store them inside the house during the summer! Don't want my Pink Detail Spray to change color on me!!!

[Superdutytd]

I'm buying a fridge for my garage in the summer time, lol