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| Re: How To Spiff Up The Dashboard? [message #159537 is a reply to message #159533] |
Mon, 06 February 2012 21:20   |
GeorgeRud
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The carpeted dash covers hide a lot of sins. I think that all the dashes are old and brittle enough that short of painting or recovering with something like JimB's "pleather", you're limited in your options.
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] How To Spiff Up The Dashboard? [message #159548 is a reply to message #159541] |
Tue, 07 February 2012 03:09 |
Greg and April
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The best advice that I can give is to stay away from Armor All.
In 1988 after the death of my grandfather, I took ownership of a 1970
Mercury Montego ( an upscale twin to the Torino ), which up to that point
belonged to my grandmother ( original owner ).
Vowing to do my best to take care of that car, one of the first things I did
was use Armor All, on the seats, dash, and vinyl roof. And it looked
good.
Within a days I was cleaning an oily film off of the inside of the
windshield, and within 6 weeks the first cracks had appeared in both the
dash and vinyl top.
Later after I explained, what happened to a friend, he explained that while
Armor All is supposed to 'protect' vinyl from drying out, "by adding back
what is supposedly removed over time" ( or at least that was what company
literature of the time said ), but all it really does, is make it easier to
dry out ( unless you keep using the Armor All ), and that oily film I was
finding on my windshield, was the solvents in the Armor All that I applied,
and many of the chemicals that had kept the vinyl flexible up to that point.
All that the Armor All, did was give a false sense of protection and make
the chemicals in the vinyl more volatile, and easier to bake out of the dash
and vinyl top.
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Greg H.
I don't just march to the beat of my own drum - I have an entire brass band
to keep me company.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "A." <markbb1@netzero.com>
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 21:08
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] How To Spiff Up The Dashboard?
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> I guess I should have expanded on what I am trying to say. Its not
> cracked or scratched up, just dirty and dull. What cleaners are
> appropriate, and what can I apply to keep it looking clean and shiny once
> I get it clean?
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> '73 23' CanyonLands
> UA (Upper Alabama)
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| Re: [GMCnet] How To Spiff Up The Dashboard? [message #159550 is a reply to message #159548] |
Tue, 07 February 2012 03:49 |
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mike miller
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| Greg and April wrote on Tue, 07 February 2012 01:09 |
The best advice that I can give is to stay away from Armor All. ...
... but all it really does, is make it easier to dry out (unless
you keep using the Armor All ), and that oily film I was finding
on my windshield, was the solvents in the Armor All that I
applied, and many of the chemicals that had kept the vinyl
flexible up to that point.
All that the Armor All, did was give a false sense of protection
and make the chemicals in the vinyl more volatile, and easier to
bake out of the dash and vinyl top.
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I can you believe that people put that stuff on TIRES! 
While it doesn't help with vinyl, for real leather I use Leather Honey <http://www.leatherhoney.com/> It works best on the thicker and softer leathers, like in the wife's Audi. The harder stuff in the Malibu seems closer to vinyl and the honey doesn't work as well on it. The Honda seats in the GMC are kind of in the middle.
Saddle soap works well to clean most "leather like" surfaces... anyone tried it on the dash?
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
http://m000035.blogspot.com
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| Re: How To Spiff Up The Dashboard? [message #159552 is a reply to message #159533] |
Tue, 07 February 2012 07:26 |
Donovan-formerly Jase386
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Location: Greenville SC
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Im in full agreement, stay away from the Armor All, Stp, black magic all that stuff.
I did research and found a company called Lexol for leather. People use it on their horse saddles. And Leather seats. lexol also makes a product called
Vinylex its in a blue bottle now at most auto parts stores. i know that Advance Auto and Oreilly finally have it. It is formulated to put the natural moisture back into the vinyl or plastic instead of to draw i out and replace it with something else like the bad names do.
Donovan, Greenville SC
1975 Eleganza II
81,500 miles
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| Re: How To Spiff Up The Dashboard? [message #159554 is a reply to message #159552] |
Tue, 07 February 2012 08:23 |
stick miller
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Does that mean "nothing" on the tires? I sure do like the look of shiny, clean tires. Not that I always have them. It gives me a goal!
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold
'84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Past Tents"
Americus, GA
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| Re: [GMCnet] How To Spiff Up The Dashboard? [message #159555 is a reply to message #159554] |
Tue, 07 February 2012 08:58 |
Kingsley Coach
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Location: Nova Scotia Canada
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As a kid and before the Tire Products were available, we rubbed brake fluid
on tires to make them black and shiny!
Times may have changed! <VBG>
Mike in NS
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Stick Miller <stickmiller@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Does that mean "nothing" on the tires? I sure do like the look of shiny,
> clean tires. Not that I always have them. It gives me a goal!
> --
> Stick Miller
> '78 Royale - she left me for another man
> '76 X-Palm Beach
> Americus, Georgia
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1977 Eleganza II 26-3
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