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Old 10-22-2008, 02:05 PM
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What to use to clean the dashboard?

What are you all using to clean the dashboard and the rubber mat above the radio?

Also, is anyone else having problems with lint (at least I think its lint) collecting on the radio trim and a/c controls? I have cloth seats so I think thats where the lint is coming from. Any ideas on how to keep the lint off because I hate the way the lint looks on the black trim.
 
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i use Stoner trim cleaner works great.. you can get it at any advanced auto or equal store..
 
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Old 10-22-2008, 03:33 PM
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Armour All

and yes, my interior is a lint/dust magnet. I have leather seats btw
 
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Old 10-22-2008, 04:09 PM
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Auto Majic interior cleaner followed up by Aerospace 303!
 
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If it's really dirty, I clean it with ArmorAll cleaner wipes and in between cleanings I use Meguiar's Interior Quick Detail wipes. If anyone can figure out the lint problem, they'll make a pile of money.
 
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Old 10-22-2008, 05:25 PM
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i use the new turle wax ice interior cleaner works great and will last till it gets dusty inside
 
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A good car dealer Glass cleaner willl work as well.. I used to work for a dealer (parts dept) and i used to go out to the prep dept and get it and use it.

Mark
 
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I use my damp Absorber Chamois, followed up with Armour All Wipes!
 
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I use the nice Indian man who works at the garage.
 
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Special cleaners are nice but I prefer to clean the dash with a damp towel. Preferably the same towel used to dry the windows and chrome. The little rubber mat is lifted out and flung onto the ground along with my rubber floor mats and washed when I wash my truck. Sun/air dried and flung back into their rightful place. I take the approach of it being a truck and not a trailer queen. This has worked for me for all the years of owning a truck. Wipe it down and call it good.
 
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I use glass cleaner on everything. Works good.
 
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I use a product from Maxima Racing called SC1 it's a silicone based detailer made for recreational vehicles (atv dirt bikes etc) it does a great job and dosent leave a super shiney dash so no sun glare or greasey oiliey feeling once dried.

Ps. long time fan of armorall untill i seen my friends lightnings' dash.

Maxima Racing Usa - SC1

 
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Just curious but what happened to your friends lightnings dash?
 
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Do NOT use Armor All on anything. It is crap! Its the Fram of auto detailing. I have seen it ruin dash boards.

I use Meguiars quick detail wipes or spray with a cloth. Sometimes I use the Meguiars in the red bottle that is called natural shine on my dash.
 
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damp towel on the dash, and keep a small square of dusting cloth in the ashtray for use on the radio and heater fronts. These cloths often come with a PC or laptop for wiping the screens...same material--dust magnets.
 


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