I was told once that Armor All would accelerate the process of the oils in
upholstery wicking/evaporating if you applied it and then stopped using it.
Supposedly if you kept using it you would be ok. I have no way to know if
any of this is true, but I've heard several anecdotes like yours so who
knows? I agree that a thick layer of grime is probably the best dash
protection. : )
I read in Consumer Reports or someplace like that many years ago that STP
made the most effective upholstery treatment at that time.

On another note, I was also told by a DCman while I was in the Navy that
they were no longer allowed to use WD-40 in their preventive maintenance, in
that the Navy had done extensive tests and determined that the WD-40 was the
cause for a number of repeated instances of premature failure of various
kinds of machinery. Again, I don't have any way of knowing if it's true that
it is harmful in that way but ever since then I've always thought of that
whenever I see a can.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: Speaking of dashes...is "Armor All" destructive to vinyl?

> 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