Best dashboard protectant?

I am going to try Turtle 2001. I have used Armor All in the past but it
irritated my eyes for some reason.

Black Magic also seems to get good reviews.

Personally, I find that Armor All is heroin for plastic. Once you start
using it, you must continue using it, and using progressively more, or the
plastic will crack and turn white.

I've found that the best medicine is to keep the dash board clean.




"grinder" > wrote in message
k.net...
>I am going to try Turtle 2001. I have used Armor All in the past but it
>irritated my eyes for some reason.
>
> Black Magic also seems to get good reviews.
>

"Jeff Strickland" > wrote:...
> Personally, I find that Armor All is heroin for plastic.
> Once you start using it, you must continue using it,
> and using progressively more, or the
> plastic will crack and turn white.
>
> I've found that the best medicine is to
> keep the dash board clean.
>
> "grinder" > wrote:.
> > I am going to try Turtle 2001. I have used
> > Armor All in the past but it
> > irritated my eyes for some reason.
> >
> > Black Magic also seems to get good reviews.
> >

JoshIII comments:
Armor All seals whatever it is applied to. This prevents
the dash from expelling clorine (contained in foam plastisizers)
gas. When chlorine gas comes in contact with water vapor
it forms HCL (hydro chloric acid). Armor All
is only ok if you live in a dry climate like the Sahara Desert.

Using Armor All is like closing the window in the bathroom.

I like to use "Lemon Pledge" made by Johnson & Sons
(used for protecting furniture, leather, and vinyl)
www.pledge.com

joshiii
josh3i at hotmail . com
upstate south carolina

"Jeff Strickland" wrote
> Personally, I find that Armor All is heroin for plastic. Once you
> start using it, you must continue using it, and using progressively
> more, or the plastic will crack and turn white.

My thoughts exactly.

I've had good luck with 303 Aerospace Protectant and Harly PolyGuard.

Pete

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:09:34 GMT, "grinder" >
wrote:

> I have used Armor All in the past but it
>irritated my eyes for some reason.

Must not make smart-assed remark -- must not make smart-assed remark
-- aaarrrggghhh!!!

-- Larry

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:30:35 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:09:34 GMT, "grinder" >
>wrote:
>
>> I have used Armor All in the past but it
>>irritated my eyes for some reason.
>
>Must not make smart-assed remark -- must not make smart-assed remark
>-- aaarrrggghhh!!!
>
>-- Larry

ahahahahahahaha!

"BBO" > wrote in message
...
> grinder wrote:
>> I am going to try Turtle 2001. I have used Armor All in the past but it
>> irritated my eyes for some reason.
>
> Then don't apply Armor All to your eyes. ;-)
>
> However - why do you want to make the surface of the dashboard shiny and
> gleaming when car manufacturers go to great lenght to try to remove as
> much as sheen from the dashboard as possible to avoid reflexes etc.?
>
> --
> Lighthouses are more helpful than churches. -- Benjamin Franklin

I polish the car with UV protection products to protect the paint. I figure
the same should be done for the dash. Not to mention we have all seen
dashboards which have cracked.

To all the comics out there responding to getting into my eyes, I notice
after a while Armor All will also pr

To all the comics out there responding to getting into my eyes, I notice
after a while Armor All will also produce a grey cloud on the windshield so
something is air borne.

There was a month long discussion about this a few years ago and an organic chemist
chimes in and explained it all.

Armor all and the like all work the same way, they contain oils that prevent UV
from hitting the plastic; UV is what makes plastic harden and crack. So you
glop on this stuff and for a while the plastic won't age. Now, in Texas in
summer this mat last a day. In New York in winter maybe a couple of weeks.

They're all the same. Doesn't matter what brand you use it's just an oil barrier
to block UV.

Suntan lotion works too.

In article <X_qBh.228$CG5.137@trnddc03>,
Jeff Strickland > wrote:
>Personally, I find that Armor All is heroin for plastic. Once you start
>using it, you must continue using it, and using progressively more, or the
>plastic will crack and turn white.
>
>I've found that the best medicine is to keep the dash board clean.
>
>
>
>
>"grinder" > wrote in message
nk.net...
>>I am going to try Turtle 2001. I have used Armor All in the past but it
>>irritated my eyes for some reason.
>>
>> Black Magic also seems to get good reviews.
>>
>


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grinder wrote:
> I polish the car with UV protection products to protect the paint. I figure
> the same should be done for the dash. Not to mention we have all seen
> dashboards which have cracked.

Not a problem with any newer BMW - it's a solid composite dash, made of
recycled rubber products. It will never crack.. It also is somewhat
porous, and slopping some silicone goo on it probably is not a good idea
- just 'cause that crap is going to outgas for the rest of the car's
life on the inside of the windshield. The old dashes with vinyl over a
base material (usually a dense foam rubber) did dry up and crack,
unfortunately - it didn't matter much what you slopped on them, they all
did it anyway. I think the last of these was in the E28/E30 series cars.
I know by the E34 - the problem had been resolved.

A clean damp cloth is all it needs.