RE: Save my Dash!

[16V Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

At 08:47 AM 10/19/2001, Aaron Ness wrote:

>- silicone, I'm told, will
>actually amplify the sun's rays, so if you put Armor All on your dash,
>you're probably making the situation worse.


I can second this with some first-hand experience.

Take a look at the dash on any 1993 Camry.  It will be perfect.  Toyota 
dashes generally don't crack.

My Mom has a '93 Camry that has spent its life with her in Sunny South 
Florida and now Aruba.  Both places have very intense sunlight.  When the 
car left for Aruba (1996), the dash was perfect.

Within a year, the dash was *destroyed*.  I mean completely dried out, 
discolored, and cracked -- like a windshield does -- thousands of spider 
cracks.  In short, it looks as if there was a fire on the dashboard?

The reason why?  She owns a car rental business, and every day someone 
washes the Camry.  Against my advice, every day, they used Armor-All to 
treat the dash.  (It's very dusty in Aruba, so yes, it does need to be 
cleaned very often).  Within a few months, the dash started to discolor and 
crack.

If you want to use Armor All, go ahead.  (I do.)  Just use it judiciously!

Jason




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