My Dashboard has gone white - Will a WaxWizard type product repair it.
12 August 2002, 04:23 PM
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PeteT -
Interesting theory, in fact I am in the habit of opening Coke cans in the car, need to feed my caffeine habit somehow !
Now, where did I leave that bleach....
p1 tud -
Got any details on where the flocking was done ?
[Edited by BoxerFlat4 - 12/8/2002 4:40:03 PM]
Interesting theory, in fact I am in the habit of opening Coke cans in the car, need to feed my caffeine habit somehow !
Now, where did I leave that bleach....
p1 tud -
Got any details on where the flocking was done ?
[Edited by BoxerFlat4 - 12/8/2002 4:40:03 PM]
07 December 2002, 04:15 PM
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Over the summer the top of my dashboard developed white patches which don't seem to clean off no matter what I try. There seems to be alot stuff stuck in the grain of the texture.
The only way to hide it is to use a high gloss dash cleaner, which I don't like.
I think it may be Autoglym dash cleaner that baked on it the sun, but then again it may not.
Has anyone else had this if so what can I use to get it looking fresh again.
The only way to hide it is to use a high gloss dash cleaner, which I don't like.
I think it may be Autoglym dash cleaner that baked on it the sun, but then again it may not.
Has anyone else had this if so what can I use to get it looking fresh again.
07 December 2002, 08:46 PM
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Scott.T You need some help. Yes I can do you something to shift the old stuff but you'll need a nail brush. The stuff that I make will leave a nice matt finish....ask Peter Tasker
08 December 2002, 12:22 AM
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Mark -
Can you e-mail me with details of this : I've had one dashboard go completly barmy with this white "infection", in the end I had to buy a new dashboard and fit it. Now, the new dashboard is starting to do the same thing.
Nothing's been used on the new dashboar, although I am wondering if the cause is any of the odour devices I've been using. I used a nail brush with some tar remover on the old dasboard, and it went horribly scratched.
Can you e-mail me with details of this : I've had one dashboard go completly barmy with this white "infection", in the end I had to buy a new dashboard and fit it. Now, the new dashboard is starting to do the same thing.
Nothing's been used on the new dashboar, although I am wondering if the cause is any of the odour devices I've been using. I used a nail brush with some tar remover on the old dasboard, and it went horribly scratched.
08 December 2002, 01:06 PM
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Yes, I can vouch for Mark U's dash & vinyl cleaner ("Swift"). I don't have the same scale of problem as you but I did have some white marks around the interior door handles and general grubbyness. Marks magic fluid(!) got rid of the marks and left the whole dash with a nice even matt finish. Got to be worth a try and definately cheaper than a new dashboard 
Just a thought but you chaps with the white dashboards aren't in the habit of opening cans of coke etc whilst in the car are you? I once saw a Cavalier that had been left shut up for a few months and the whole dash area was a complete mould-fest, caused by the fine mist of sugary pop.
Just a thought but you chaps with the white dashboards aren't in the habit of opening cans of coke etc whilst in the car are you? I once saw a Cavalier that had been left shut up for a few months and the whole dash area was a complete mould-fest, caused by the fine mist of sugary pop.
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08 December 2002, 09:45 PM
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Glad to hear I'm not the only one with this infestation. I think it must be a build up of grime. Some of the cleaning agents I have tried certianly start to shift it, but it's hard work and goes very tacky.
I too was thinking of getting a new/2nd hand dash from a breaker OR getting a trim repair specialist down to give it a fresh coat fo plastic grey paint.
I too was thinking of getting a new/2nd hand dash from a breaker OR getting a trim repair specialist down to give it a fresh coat fo plastic grey paint.
10 December 2002, 10:10 PM
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I had this!! I spoke to Gossy who told me it was the alcohol in the cleaner I was using that had dried the plastic out
The soloution is to use a rubber/vinyl cleaner that doesn't use alcohol and that feeds the plastic
I'm sure Mark's products will do this but you can get stuff from ***fords. OK it may not be as good as Mark's but it will do the trick
Iain.
The soloution is to use a rubber/vinyl cleaner that doesn't use alcohol and that feeds the plastic
I'm sure Mark's products will do this but you can get stuff from ***fords. OK it may not be as good as Mark's but it will do the trick
Iain.
11 December 2002, 12:25 AM
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BoxerFlat4,
I was answering the general question!!
I've had a simalar problem and seem to have solved it!
What do Air fresheners contain? Could be alcohol to get the odour into the air as it evaporates
I was answering the general question!!
I've had a simalar problem and seem to have solved it!
What do Air fresheners contain? Could be alcohol to get the odour into the air as it evaporates
11 December 2002, 12:27 AM
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Thats why I suspected the air freshner - I suspect there are several reasons why this effect might happen, in my own case the chief suspect is the sugar stain.
Might just get the damn thing flocked....
Might just get the damn thing flocked....
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