Help: Glossy spots on dash
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Help: Glossy spots on dash
Hi all,
My newly acquired C230 has 4 significant glossy spots on the dash above the glovebox/airbag compartment.
Here's a picture;
http://www.chrisftp2.us/images/mb_dash.jpg
Any ideas as to what these might be and how to get rid of them? I've tried a simple interior cleaner (Meguiars Quick Interior Detailer) but they seem to be pretty stubborn. In certain light they're not so visible but in bright sunlight they stick out like a sore thumb.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
My newly acquired C230 has 4 significant glossy spots on the dash above the glovebox/airbag compartment.
Here's a picture;
http://www.chrisftp2.us/images/mb_dash.jpg
Any ideas as to what these might be and how to get rid of them? I've tried a simple interior cleaner (Meguiars Quick Interior Detailer) but they seem to be pretty stubborn. In certain light they're not so visible but in bright sunlight they stick out like a sore thumb.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
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My guess is that was where the radar detector and/or nav was stuck to the dash.
I'd do what Glyn suggested, but also try something like goo be gone to see if that will remove the residue, if there is a residue that's tactile.
Good luck.
I'd do what Glyn suggested, but also try something like goo be gone to see if that will remove the residue, if there is a residue that's tactile.
Good luck.
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Thanks for all the responses. There's no goo/residue, it's just glossy. If you run your finger over the spots there's no discernible difference in feel. I'm thinking perhaps that the rest of the dash has faded while the part which was under suction cups may have retained it's original finish.
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I agree with you now. Either the rest of the dash needs to be cleaned to try to get it to the better condition of the dots, or the dots need to be weathered.
That's going to be a tough fix. Maybe get a nav and radar detector, and put them in the same exact spots.
That's going to be a tough fix. Maybe get a nav and radar detector, and put them in the same exact spots.
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Or get one of those weird fluffy monkeys and attach the hand vacuum cup to one of the spots and the leg vacuum cup to the other.
Itll be a gymnast monkey...
Itll be a gymnast monkey...
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I went with Glyn's rubbing alcohol (primarily because I already had some). It worked a treat.
It was a bit worrying at first because although my "inconspicuous test area" worked fine, as soon as I started on the spots it went all gooey and almost felt as though the alcohol was attacking the plastic. I guess what I was feeling was the offending blemishes starting to soften and liquefy under the rag. Pretty gross to think that if these marks were from suction cups then their composition was most likely baked-on saliva!
Anyway, grateful thanks to one and all for another mission accomplished.
Chris
It was a bit worrying at first because although my "inconspicuous test area" worked fine, as soon as I started on the spots it went all gooey and almost felt as though the alcohol was attacking the plastic. I guess what I was feeling was the offending blemishes starting to soften and liquefy under the rag. Pretty gross to think that if these marks were from suction cups then their composition was most likely baked-on saliva!
Anyway, grateful thanks to one and all for another mission accomplished.
Chris
Last edited by ChrisMTS; Sep 24, 2010 at 04:58 PM.
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By the way, whoever stuck stuff there is a blithering idiot. That is perilously close to sitting directly on top of the passenger airbag deployment zone and most definitely in a spot where it would be hit by the airbag once inflated. You don't want something like that flying around at 200mph in the car.
