Several years ago I mentioned to a co-worker that I was thinking about Armor
All-ing something or another; he almost became unhinged telling me about
some experiment or study he had read that said that if you stopped using
Armor All, as it dried out it would effectively wick the juices out of
whatever material to which it had been applied , thereby accelerating the
destructive process that it was designed to forestall.
He said that many other products of that kind that were on the market were
tested and didn't have the same effect, and that STP tested best out of the
bunch.
I never went ahead with whatever I was going to do and I don't recall ever
using the stuff before or since, so I can't offer any useless personal
anecdotes (but lemme tell ya about these awesome retreads..... nevermind). I
think most folks in this part of the world just use dashmats.

T. Goff's story reminds me of a fellow I saw once while delivering pizzas...
I was at a customer's house and he was in the next driveway, intently Armor
All-ing various parts of his motorcycle- including the seat.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: Discolored Dash Board (ashtray)

> In a message dated 10/8/05 9:35:12 PM, rrecardo@WEBTV.NET writes:
>
> << Wipe the whole dash down witn Armour All when your al done, you'll
> never
> see it. >>
>
> And don't forget the steering wheel or floor mats.  Who was the idiot who
> posted that he put Armor All on the all the rubber matting in his Syncro?
> After
> he fell on his ass, he warned every one about it.  He must have been
> dropped
> on his head during his developmental years.
>
> George