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IKW Recommendation for the Quality Assessment of Paint Care Products for Motor Vehicles: Paint cleaners (2018), Paint conditioners (2022), Paint polishes (2023)
Paint care products for motor vehicles are applied on larger, painted body components and can be classified in respect of their cleaning, paint conditioning and polishing properties. Paint cleaners for motor vehicles are used for older already matt or scratched, pre-cleaned paint surfaces. Paint conditioners for motor vehicles are usually abrasive-free and contain gloss, water-repelling components such as waxes and silicones, for the conditioning and sealing of paint surfaces. Paint polishes for motor vehicles are combination products of paint cleaners and paint conditioners and include abrasives as well as paint protecting components. They serve for the optical improvement of already affected paint surfaces.
This Recommendation replaces the „IKW Recommendations on the Quality Assessment for Car Care and Cleaning Products“ of 1992. The updated recommendation represents a collection of methods which are to permit in their non-binding form a qualified testing of the relevant products for the application at private end consumers by the companies themselves, by the consumers and by the test institutes. The recommendation makes available three separate test methods for the following three products groups:
Paint cleaners for motor vehicles (Part 1 of the Recommendation for the quality assessment of paint care products for motor vehicles, 2018)
Paint conditioners for motor vehicles (Part 2 of the Recommendation for the quality assessment of paint care products for motor vehicles, 2022)
Paint polishes for motor vehicles (Part 3 of the Recommendation for the quality assessment of paint care products for motor vehicles, 2023)
The original German versions of all parts of the recommendation are here available.