Carnauba wax is a naturally occurring wax extracted from the leaves of the carnauba palm copernicia prunifera. The plant secretes the wax through its leaves offering protection from the weather and the strong solar rays of its natural environment in Brazil. Carnauba wax also has the benefit of being a gloss enhancer when applied in a thin micro-layer. Carnauba wax when applied properly to paintwork provides what is probably the best gloss of any single known material in the world of car care. This makes it the perfect ingredient for car care products, providing bodywork with shine and protection from the elements. The wax is sorted in to different grades depending on the wax's purity and colour, with T1 being the most pure and being generally lighter in colour. This is generally preferred for high end car care products as the lower level of impurities offers the highest gloss levels.
Carnauba wax use within automotive polishes dates back almost as far as the polishes themselves, however it's inherent hardness has always presented itself as a challenge both for product developers and end users. Many readers will remember the old fashioned tins of car wax which required tremendous effort to apply and buff due to their high carnauba content.
With time, product developers began to realise that the secret to improving the usability of the wax was blending with other synthetic or natural waxes which are softer and lend themselves to easier application and buffing. However, softer waxes actually slightly reduce gloss on paintwork and make the wax less durable when exposed to the weather. There are endless possibilities when it comes to blending waxes and the automotive wax market is now saturated with countless different products, some are undoubtedly better than others but they are all fighting the balance between product performance and usability.
When our development team here at Black Diamond were tasked with creating a new 'ceramic' wax, they took the opportunity to think outside the box and see if there was a better way to make an easy to use carnauba car wax. Our chemists managed to create a formula with the total absence of other waxes, instead using volatile materials which allow the product to be applied evenly and easily buffed to a shine, leaving only pure T1 carnauba wax and 'SiO2 ceramic' silicone technologies which physically anchor the product to the surface and cross-link together, forming an extremely hard wearing and hydrophobic coating and are also excellent gloss enhancers in their own right. The complete absence of softer waxes in our formula maintains the natural gloss of the carnauba wax and the siloxanes to their fullest and results in a beautiful deep shine.
At Black Diamond we are extremely proud to put our name on this product and offer it for sale to our customers. Some automotive waxes are sold with eye watering (and in our view totally unjustifiable) price tags, but at just £12.17 from our online shop, this product represents excellent value, offering a truly top of the range and industry leading wax at a price hardly believable for anyone unfamiliar with the true production costs of high end T1 automotive waxes.
Available to buy online here: https://www.blackdiamondproducts.co.uk/product-page/premium-ceramic-wax
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