Date:         Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:16:20 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Speaking of dashes...is "Armor All" destructive to vinyl?
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
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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:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>ps, what did the Armor All do to the dash??
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>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.
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>is armor all destructive to vinyl??
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>ps, i have  nice brown or black dashpads if anyone needs them..no cracks..
>chris
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