Aerospace 303 protectant....excellent product.  Expensive.  Worth it.  Not glossy and greasy like Armor All.  Seems to "heal" things sorta, will fix that fade.   http://www.amazon.com/303-Products-30350-Aerospace-Protectant/dp/B000XBCURW  Shop around though.

Just right for dashboard and instrument cluster (too expensive for tires). 

Rich
San Diego

________________________________
 From: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Dash improvement?
 

I don't really have a problem with glare; to the contrary, my dash is
faded and dirty looking no matter how much I try to clean it with
soapy water or Windex. I'm trying to figure out how to make it look
like new again without actually being new.

Marc

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Chris S. <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can use a dash toupé  to hide/protect yours. It's also good at eliminating glare.
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_category.php?id=60
>
> Chris.
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
> Dnia Nov 17, 2014 o godz. 12:29 Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I should be getting my van back from the painter next week and I've
>> been thinking of all those parts that are going to look so drab
>> against the new paint. The dash is, of course, the biggest and most
>> visible. Does anybody know a way to get the dash to look like new
>> again, and to hopefully stay that way for a while? I'm not really
>> interested in that high-gloss Armor-All look . . .
>>
>> The funny thing is, I was thinking about this and wondered if anybody
>> had ever put liquid shoe polish on their dash? Would this work, or be
>> bad for the dash? My gut's telling me that it should go the way of all
>> crazy ideas, but I just don't know what the dash material is and what
>> chemicals could hurt it or not. Oh, I also want to treat the
>> instrument panel cover.
>>
>> Open to ideas . . .
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marc Perdue, in central VA