I keep my tins of 16 in a cabinet in my utility room. I opened the cabinet today and it looked as if the tins had been sitting in the sun. The wax was seeping out of the tin and the lid was on tight. I opened it up and it looked clumpy and real liquidy. Is it suppose to look like this or is it supposed to be more of a solid?

 

It is supposed to be a light blue solid.

 

Are you serious? Thats definitely not what mine looks like.

 

is the room climate controlled?

 

Yep, its air conditioned.

 

There is a method to getting it back to how it is supposed to be.

Howevver, i have no idea what that method is

Someone chime in here. lol

 

So is my stuff jacked up?

 

No. I had a similar problem. You're fine, but you will now need to be a LOT more careful>> please keep reading

First off, you will want to double boil it (ask your wife how) then let it cool on the counter. This will take it from clumpy to liquid to solid and the correct shape.

Then, you will note that it is FAR softer than what it used to be. This is where caution comes in hand. Although I have been lurking around without posting, I went ahead and tested this myself today for you. I double boiled mine (I have 2 tins, one normal, one was jacked up, so I worked on the crap one). It went smoothly. Also, I have used #16 that was clumpy before, and it lasted the same as a new tin (side by side comparison on the hood). That said, you're good.

As a final sidenote, the color is still buggin me. I have 2 tins, both with white wax. It smells different than the blue, too. However, it look and performs the same (makes me feel alright about it). I called Meguiars, and they said that the color varied naturally from Windows blue to almost whiteish blue. But not the creamy white we see. He did say that perhaps with age, and especially possibly with heat, the color could dissipate. Here is what gets me going: It smells and looks different. So, surely its NOT the same, as Megs says it never got a reformulation. That said, is there another wax being produced and repackaged that performs equally? If so, who makes it? Maybe this is getting too far into this... I dunno, but it keeps my noggin occupied...

Anywho, moral to the story: you're fine.

 

So can I use it as it is being clumpy or is the fix that you are talking about required?

 

You can, but you run the risk of it globbing on the pad... Yours might not have, but mine did like crazy, hence why I double boiled it.

BTW-- your washer room gets hot when the dryer is on, even with A/C running... that's why my top shelf waxes are living with me in my room...

 

OK, thanks.

I snapped a pic of it.

 

yep... that's the glory of heat... Sucks, doesnt it?

I'd double boil them just so they dont look like *****... but that's my OCD kicking in-- lets not forget that I waxed the containers of #16....

 

I know I am color blind, but that doesn't look like #16 to me.

 

That's what I was touching on. Megs has no information on "#16" that is creamy white. Fortunately, it performs equally.

Personally, I think someone had a bunch of #16 and refilled the tins or is still refilling the tins with something else...

But his has a certain problem of heat damage-- that's part of the disgusting look... (I dont know why I just said that-- you're WAYYY more knowledgeable than me about all this... I'll shut up now...)

 

So did I get ripped of with this stuff??