Cleaning Dashboard

[reepers]

Gonna really clean my car inside and out tommorow and just wondering what people use/recomend to clean the dashboard! Don't wanna stry putting stuff on it jut cause it feels like leather rather than the conventional plastic crap

Its a A3 S-line

Thanks!

 

[willowsdad]

I use a damp microfiber cloth to take any dust off, then I use chemical guys extreme shine oil dressing. Which all though sounds like it doesn't leave a horrible oily sheen when buffed off.

 

[JamesS4cab]

All purpose cleaner wipe down and then Zymol vinyl. Perfect finish every time!!

 

[Boydie]

Warm damp cloth then poor boys natural look dressing

 

[jb0o]

Soap and water :icon_thumright:

 

[cloughy]

Megs quik interior detailer, leaves a nice Matt finish to the dash and leather

 

[Sandra]

Soap and water or flashdash.

 

[jb0o]

Flashdash

 

[Sandra]

Flashdash

Sorry Jonny, lol.

 

[HIGGINS]

I'm gonna try this at the weekend:

Dumb woman washing her car ... inside - YouTube

 

[Jameze]

She obviously took this video a bit too seriously...

 

[S3RYE]

Warm damp cloth then poor boys natural look dressing

I use this and let me just tell you, its almost edible it smells so good! perfect matt finish!!

 

[reepers]

hmm, sooo many choices haha!! - Think im gonan go down the route of the Poorboys, read about this being quite good a while back so gonna get some ordered! Cheers for the mass amount of responses haha!

Will deffo post pics of the final cleaned up car

 

[ColganRaz]

Iuse the autoglym apple spray, finish is excellent. can use it on all plastics,rubber,metal etc. I also use it on the outer wallof the tyres which gives a deep black finish. Use witha mictofibre u wont go wrong. bout a fiver a can

 

[paddy]

The worrying thing is it looks like she is using the petrol pump to jet wash that car

 

[S3RYE]

hmm, sooo many choices haha!! - Think im gonan go down the route of the Poorboys, read about this being quite good a while back so gonna get some ordered! Cheers for the mass amount of responses haha!

Will deffo post pics of the final cleaned up car

Bit of advice, use an empty spray bottle and water down this stuff. It's gets a better more even spread! Oh and lasts forever! I normally do a 1:3 poorboys/water ratio roughly! And a nice clean microfibre!

 

[apoc_reg]

I tried the stuff tesco sell, a dash sponge called 'dash bright'. AVOID makes the surface horrible and shiny, had to get a microfiber cloth out with some water to get it off.

Yet to find a cloth/cleaner that does the top dash well, it's like sandpaper that surface.... eats through cloths!!!

 

[c_w]

I would avoid using any special chemicals or solutions inside the car if you want to maintain the factory finish, which is clean and matt. I have always done this buy used a soft sponge and warm soapy water, sometimes dried with paper towel, then a light hoover with a soft bristle attachment to collect any dust from the towel. Nothing worse than a shiny dash! I had a demo A5 61-plate and it had had some idiot using some dash shine product on it and it looked terrible.

Just remember shiny = ****. Some of the fancy detailer branded stuff people are mentioning are probably good and don't leave it shiny but I don't spend any money on stuff like that.

 

[apoc_reg]

Problem for me seems to be the lint cloths lose, brought some supposed lint free ones but the second it hit my dash I realised they should be done for false advertising, it was everywhere!!

anyone know a good source for a few decent cloths?!

 

[discostu49]

i used the poor boys stuff on my old car and found it a nightmare when i opened the door in the rain it left a total streaky white patch mess on the door smelled like battemburg cake tho mmmmmmmm