Using Sun Block On Your Dash????

Beemerboy

Just One More Coat
I am a member of the Leatherique email web forum. You can post questions and the owner will email back to you where everyone signed up gets copied.

George the owner was asked the following and I was taken back by his answer...Maybe this is a old school thing that I've not heard of but seems a little suspect to me..especially with all the great water based dressing available on the market today.

I was under the impression that oil based products, vinyl and hot sun where a deadly combo

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Hello,
>>
>> Can I use prestine clean on surface like, interior plastics,
>dashboards,
>> doors, vinyls, etc...?
>>
>> Right now I use it on the seats of a 2002 Mercedes Benz, but would
>be great
>> to use it on all the interior.
>>
>> For the other parts I'm using Mothers Protectant which has a good
>UV guard.
>> Will prestine clean protect dashboard form UV?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Ruben.
>>
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>Hi Ruben;
>Yes, the Prestine was formulated specifically for the MB Tex in MB,
>and is amazing on all the interior surfaces you mentioned to clean
>and lightly condition. It is also great on convertible tops. The
>Ferrari guys even buy it by the gallon to safely clean and preserve
>their tires, as it does not leave that hard, fake glazed donut
>look.
>
>The best thing to protect your dash is a good generic sun block, and
>buy a new fresh bottle each year as the chemical that creates the sun
>block expires after about a year. Did you ever go to the beach and
>use last years sun block and get blotchy protection? It's because
>the chemical is fading. The carrier in the sun block, generally a
>petroleum product is very compatible with the vinyl as they're both a
>petroleum base. So the generic sun block will help prevent the dash
>from cracking due to dryness as it will restore the correct
>lubricant, and protect it from fading with the sun block.
>
>Regards,
>George
>
 
Yeah, it sounds like an old school type of thing to me too. I think I'll stick to the products that were formulated for vehicles.
 
audiboy said:
Yeah, it sounds like an old school type of thing to me too. I think I'll stick to the products that were formulated for vehicles.

I remember my Dad using my mothers Pledge on the dash and tires back in the 60's but I would have had to guess that not allot of stuff was available for this over the counter, where we lived.


Smelled nice on the way to Church:D
 
Interesting, I'm guessing that based on his business background, he knows what he is talking about. Like most folks here, I'm pretty sure I'll also stick with those products specifically marketed for automotive care.

But what prompted me to post...
Beemerboy said:
...Smelled nice on the way to Church:D
That just evoked some nice memories.
 
Mr. Clean said:
Interesting, I'm guessing that based on his business background, he knows what he is talking about. Like most folks here, I'm pretty sure I'll also stick with those products specifically marketed for automotive care.

But what prompted me to post...

That just evoked some nice memories.

Yea I can't smell lemon pledge to this day without thinking of my father;)

Anywho I just really felt it strange that someone would suggest sun tan oil for this application, especially with the knowledge that oils and heat would have some adverse reaction on vinyls

Coupled with the fact that there are tons of products on the market that are UV rated and water based that are designed for this
 
Go figure:notme: and there we go spending all that money on UV A&B absorbers:huh::wow::inspector:
 
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