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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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NO ARMOR ALL!!!! pledge lemon..trust me!
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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armor-all

that crap is awful i dont think i have ever put on the interior of my car. Its like dumping veg. oil on your dash.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:07 PM
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haha me and ed think alike
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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i think im going to be dropping my car off at the detail shop. it needs to get cut, compounded, and waxed.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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lemon pledge works well. I use teh "fresh scent" pledge.

armorall is crap for porous plastics.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:20 PM
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ive never had a prob with armor-all. i use the wipes (not the spray) and then go over it with a terry cloth towel.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by CricketC
...and armor-all the dash...
Good God no.

Wipe it down with a slightly damp microfiber.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:32 PM
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wtf is so bad about armorall? isnt it MADE for car detailing? sheesh
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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if you read the bottle, it says to use on "non porous materials"
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Big_Jim
if you read the bottle, it says to use on "non porous materials"
yeah, cuz i obviously assume that my dash is a sponge
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:52 PM
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armor-all sucks period lol

i have been detailing for 7 years and not once have i seen a detail shop with it
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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well, when you put a product on the dash, what happens to it. It doesn't magically disappear, it gets absorbed into the material.

*unless its alcohol/amonia based, then it will magically disappear, or evaporate. But that would cause major drying of the plastics, and even more cracking.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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ardex products FTW
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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pledge grab-it! takes all the dust right off. then go over it with a damp microfiber towel. good as new. did just that this weekend.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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ive used armorall because its free (from work). it was there...so i used it. didnt know it was such a baaaad thing to use, apparently. *shrugs*
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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haha heck yeah jim thats all i use is ardex!!!

And the cracking thing is absolutely correct especially with the sun beating on the dash board, it dries up the plastic real bad
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by CricketC
ive used armorall because its free (from work). it was there...so i used it. didnt know it was such a baaaad thing to use, apparently. *shrugs*
now ya know
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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my sis bought me a car detailing kit for xmas and it has a mini swiffer thingy for detailing. i'll prolly just use that for now....or a wet/dry terry cloth towel.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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terry cloths leave lint.
microfiber is the way to go.
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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Microfiber FTW!



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