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domsz4

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What's the best thing to clean the interior plastics with?
Should the top of the dash be black? Is there something to restore it with?

My car has a sort of creamy/brown interior and it's showing the grime like an old beige CRT monitor so have been wanting to give it a good deep clean. The hood I plan to use the autoglym stuff
 
Can tell you this much, the black plastic panel (A panel, console, etc.) are painted with a rubbarized black paint. The parts are black UNDER the paint, but it is painted. So be careful because I made the mistake of thinking they were just straight black ABS, wiped them with lacquer thinner (to clean some stuff off) and ended up with a real mess on my hands. Ended up having to take the "paint" entirely off the panels and re-spray them.
 
I've always used the meguires #40 vinyl and rubber treatment as it's not shiny, sticky like the original armor all. Always best to wipe down with a clean towel after any dash treatment to remove any remaining liquid. Especially with the rough texture of the zed's dash cover. As it will then be a dust magnet. With the smooth plastic. Sometimes all that is needed is a wipe with a damp cloth.
 
i struggled for weeks & tried many products (including the meglars ) but the autoglym plastic/rubber cleaner does what we all want it to . :thumbsup:
no stains/smears or tacky feel . brings the dash & door tops back to new . http://www.amazon.co.uk/Auto-Glym-500ml-Vinyl-Rubber/dp/B001151E5I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351018297&sr=8-1
 
mr wilks said:
i struggled for weeks & tried many products (including the meglars ) but the autoglym plastic/rubber cleaner does what we all want it to . :thumbsup:
no stains/smears or tacky feel . brings the dash & door tops back to new . http://www.amazon.co.uk/Auto-Glym-500ml-Vinyl-Rubber/dp/B001151E5I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351018297&sr=8-1
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+1 Also use it to treat all the rubber seals on the doors, hood etc :thumbsup:
 
I cleaned the seats/leather bits with the leather cleaner and then treated them with the leather balm and then I did the drivers door and some of the plastic bits on that side around the seat back/down in the footwell etc using the auto glum stuff and tbh I'm a bit disappointed as you can't really tell. I asked her indoors if she could see any difference and she couldn't.

I think it's a bit cleaner looking but that could just be placebo effect. the smoother plastics were quite grimy and they are better for sure but not as much as I expected. The more rough stuff just seems the same. Even the cloths wernt that dirty.

Not sure what to do next really. Prob just a bucket of soapy water and a cloth/brush first and some poor boys dressing to finish.

It was a but if a damp squib effort that day as I couldn't get my wheels off to do them with the cleaner/sealer either as the jack wouldn't fit either
 
Meguires interior detail works a treat my interior looks brand new with it.

You can use it on the leather too, made my steering wheel look like new.
 
domsz4 said:
I cleaned the seats/leather bits with the leather cleaner and then treated them with the leather balm and then I did the drivers door and some of the plastic bits on that side around the seat back/down in the footwell etc using the auto glum stuff and tbh I'm a bit disappointed as you can't really tell. I asked her indoors if she could see any difference and she couldn't.

I think it's a bit cleaner looking but that could just be placebo effect. the smoother plastics were quite grimy and they are better for sure but not as much as I expected. The more rough stuff just seems the same. Even the cloths wernt that dirty.

Not sure what to do next really. Prob just a bucket of soapy water and a cloth/brush first and some poor boys dressing to finish.

It was a but if a damp squib effort that day as I couldn't get my wheels off to do them with the cleaner/sealer either as the jack wouldn't fit either
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keep at it mate . ive got my fave products now that do the trick .
gummi pflege on all window seals & rubber gaskets
autoglym plastic/rubber for the interior dash & door tops
astonish leather cleaner/moisturiser for seats & door cards ( great product & only a £1 ! )
3 phases on exterior paint
!) AGlym resin polish
2) poorboys BHG
3) meglars crystal 3 carnuba wax
i also do the aluminium interior trims with the crystal 3 :thumbsup:
 
Now I'm proper pissed off! Some dumb twat has put their fire on in my street without getting the chimney swept and the car is covers in ash! What a chuffing mong >: it's covered in white s**t including the hood. Looks like a bird got the Bombay squits at 20k feet and decided to carpet bomb the street!
 
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