Nextgen is double refined

[ClutchDisc]

I got my Nextgen rebate in the mail today, and took a look at the thank-you note inside. I was really excited to see Valvoline refer to Nextgen as double refined! I had always wanted to call it double refined but had never heard Valvoline refer to it that way. Below is the thank-you letter from Valvoline.

Anyway it made my day!

 

[lemonade]

It's all about technicality...absolutely meaningless to consumer, I do like the idea of recycle though.

 

[antiqueshell]

Aw the power of marketing.

Valvoline is BIG on marketing, and I think weak on substance.

Makes no difference in how it performs vs regular VWB.

 

[TallPaul]

Yahooooo! Now we know!

It will soon be that some of that NextGen is three times refined (NextGen being recycled) and 4 times and 10 times and even a 1000 times--how long would it take for the first drop of 1000 times re-refined NextGen to hit the market?

Refining, refining, refining if fine
I hope my oil is twice and more refine.

Oooh, if we could only get the rope refining trick to work, we could refine our own oil and be sure it is always NextGen in the mix:

((((((((NextGen)^NextGen)^Nextgen)^Nextgen)^NextGen)^NextGen)^Nextgen)^Nextgen)^NextGen

1 + NextGen to the Pi power of i = SuperNextGen infinitely refined in my basement.

 

[JHZR2]

What exactly does "refined" mean anyway???

 

[SuperDave456]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
What exactly does "refined" mean anyway???


Good question.
You stick oil in a large enough container and leave it Gravity will begin to separate it.

Light hydrocarbons on the top that are very thin.
Sludge/Vaseline/Crisco on the bottom.

Layers of intermediate stuff between.

Although, I sure that their process is much more vigorous than what I explain above and that several steps of the process are monitored to guarantee the quality of the final product.

There is a lot of this answered in the NextGen series of Q&A at the top of the forum.

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
What exactly does "refined" mean anyway???


The question for me is, where does re-refining come in to this process, or more likely it is it a different process? Also, this stops short of processing to make finished motor oil or even Group II and Group III, not to mention synthetics. I think it is a whole different process for re-refining.

from wikipedia's page on refining

 

[badtlc]

You can run used oil through the same refinement process. There is just less of the junk/byproducts. Those pumps are slowed down accordingly.

 

[Zaedock]

If it's used oil, wasn't it already refined once?

Hence double refined.

 

[ottotheclown]

Hope so and I hear they wash their hands too.

 

[cp3]

Originally Posted By: Zaedock
If it's used oil, wasn't it already refined once?

Hence double refined.

No joke, that is probably where it comes from.

 

[PandaBear]

I wonder how many times was regular crude base oil "refined" as a reference.

Oh, I bet it was at least double if not triple refined too.

 

[Zako2]

A pure marketing term..


Valvoline NextGen was always marketed as "rerefined". I suppose, someone at Valvoline decided to change the term to "double refined". This doesn't mean that they refine it twice. They just refine it. Since most of the inputs were also motor oil, it follows that the used motor oil they start with was already refined at least once. Notheless I am convinced it's a good oil. As good as VWB or regular Maxlife.