Several years ago, somebody on the list made the suggestion of using water
with a little bit of baby shampoo.

If I remember correctly, they said they'd used it on an older 911 show car
to give the interior a natural, flat look as opposed to slick and shiny.

I took the advice and use a squirt bottle with a couple of drops of my
daughter's Aveeno Baby shampoo.

It works great as a cleaner, gives the vinyl a natural, flat look, and
smells good, too.  But only use a couple of drops!  Too much and your dash
will lather.  I know this from experience.

It hasn't destroyed anything in my last two Vanagons, vinyl-wise, so I think
it works well.

Joe T.

>From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Speaking of dashes...is "Armor All" destructive to vinyl?
>Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:16:20 -0600
>
>My son has run a window tint shop for many years. He is often asked what
>cleaners to use on the tint after install. Most people ask first aobut
>using a standard window cleaner, and of course he warns them off
>especially if they have ammonia. The ammonia strips the the oils, as do
>some other agents in cleaners. His recommendation has always been to use
>just plain water with a little bit of Johnsons baby shampoo in the
>water. He has never had a failure of the tint when that instruction has
>been adhered to. It may well be that this is the best approach for
>cleaning any vinyl surface. Better even than soaps, as soaps tend to
>have at least a little bit of lye in them, which cuts oils
>significantly. The baby shampoo  may be the best solution for the problem.
>
>Regards,
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
>
>JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
>>In a message dated 2/9/06 11:40:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>>dshowers@CPDS.NET writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Also, has anyone removed the padding bar from the sheet metal of the dash
>>>and replaced it with something else?  My "friend" did me a "favor" and
>>>put
>>>armor all on it and it is now crap.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>yes, there is just dead space under there, so if you carefully drilled 2
>>holes with a big  hole cutting bit on a drill, then you could maybe slide
>>some PVC
>>pipe inserts down in there to house cups.
>>
>>ps, what did the Armor All do to the dash??
>>
>>i had my dash in my Audi crack after years of armor all use.   my mom, who
>>never cleaned her dash, never had a problem, and her Audi sat ungaraged
>>for
>>years in the elements.
>>
>>is armor all destructive to vinyl??
>>
>>ps, i have  nice brown or black dashpads if anyone needs them..no cracks..
>>chris
>>
>>
>>
>>

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