What do you use to clean your dash?
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What do you use to clean your dash?
I occasionally use (water) wet towel and sometimes quick detailer or gauze with alcohol to wipe off dirt on dash areas and surroundings on my other vehicles. This past week my wife left some sunscreen on the plastic area by the window. I don't know if it's the same material as the dash but looks and feels the same. I attempted with wet towel but couldn't get it off. So I went with some 2x2 soaked with alcohol. What a bad choice! The white gauze turned blue. It seems as I was rubbing, the material was coming off the plastic. It took me a few seconds to realize this and quickly got water soaked towel to get the alcohol off. But it was too late. 
Is it the poor quality material they use or it was me that used alcohol improperly? I've used alcohol on variety of areas on cars but never had incidence like this.
Is it the poor quality material they use or it was me that used alcohol improperly? I've used alcohol on variety of areas on cars but never had incidence like this.
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I know some people have love hate with chemical guys but I always keep a bottle of interior cleaner in the trunk.
https://www.chemicalguys.com/total-i...terior-cleaner
Alcohol may be drying out parts of the interior and causing it to degrade easier.
*edit* no greasy look, no residue to be seen, I literally spray down the whole interior and clean everything with it, dash, leather, screens etc.
https://www.chemicalguys.com/total-i...terior-cleaner
Alcohol may be drying out parts of the interior and causing it to degrade easier.
*edit* no greasy look, no residue to be seen, I literally spray down the whole interior and clean everything with it, dash, leather, screens etc.
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Sunscreen is a dangerous thing on painted/colored surfaces, always try to clean that off ASAP.
I've used 303 Multi-surface Cleaner followed with 303 Aerospace Protectant in the past for general interior cleaning, including cleaning of sunscreen.
I've used 303 Multi-surface Cleaner followed with 303 Aerospace Protectant in the past for general interior cleaning, including cleaning of sunscreen.
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Any known brand interior cleaner, that lists your surface as compatible, is a good choice.
I use Griot's Garage, but only used water on my leather surfaces until recently.
Had a spill (yogurt) that the first treatment with water didn't address, so I used the Griot's. It worked immediately and left no trace on the leather.
Now I consider interior cleaners safe on leather.
I use Griot's Garage, but only used water on my leather surfaces until recently.
Had a spill (yogurt) that the first treatment with water didn't address, so I used the Griot's. It worked immediately and left no trace on the leather.
Now I consider interior cleaners safe on leather.
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I use a warm microfiber cloth soaked with a drop or two of mild dishwashing soap and wring it out and then wipe. Followed by another microfiber cloth with just warm water. Been doing that for may years and it works great. Keep it simple. No need to waste your money on the myriad of lotions and potions for an easy task and some may even be harmful.
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Let me tell you the best product that I’ve found, and I’ve tried lots over the years.
Pledge multisurface cleaner. Been using this for several years and I have not been able to find anything better. The beauty of this product is the ability to clean a screen with zero streaking/residue afterward (make sure you use a low-pile glass-specific microfiber).
You can use it for all the interior surfaces, specially screens and shiny bits inside the vehicle, as well as a fantastic product for your phone/tablet/monitor screens.. Great for glass lenses also.
Cheers,
Pledge multisurface cleaner. Been using this for several years and I have not been able to find anything better. The beauty of this product is the ability to clean a screen with zero streaking/residue afterward (make sure you use a low-pile glass-specific microfiber).
You can use it for all the interior surfaces, specially screens and shiny bits inside the vehicle, as well as a fantastic product for your phone/tablet/monitor screens.. Great for glass lenses also.
Cheers,
Last edited by Neurobit; Nov 2, 2022 at 06:14 PM.
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I use Griots Garage interior cleaner. Its on Amazon and works great. If I didn't use that I'd use P&S interior cleaner. Alcohol is not a great idea, it can and eventually as the OP discovered ruin something.
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I use turtlewax ICE interior detailer + a good costco microfiber cloth. I find just water not good in removing dirt and it leaves a stain on the gloss part of the interior. The turtle wax smells good and does not leave a glossy finish. Never ever use alcohol in the panels as that will eat away the finish over time.
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anybody know whether this works on sunscreen stains? i've been getting a lot in the backseats lately and it's getting to the point where i need to clean them
