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Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 2:05 am
by lozz
Anyideas on this?

The Dashboard and steering wheel in my car is Sticky, dont know why, its been like that scince the day ibought it
ive tried dash wipes, glass cleaner and alsorts, this fecking sticky stuff wont go idont know what it is its like its somesort of silicone based shite,
its not to bad when its a cold day but when its warm your hands feely tacky if you touch the steering wheel,

car is clean and everything its not Ming, its just this sticky stuff does my head in, im abit ocd about touching stuff that feels grubby or sticky
dont know why tho,
but most days idont want to drive it, itsone of the reasons idont keep cars if they dont feel clean iget rid, weird eh, my head is phucked perhaps :oops:

Well anywayz anyone got anyideas on how to totaly wipe off what evers on there other than burning it, already thought of that but insurance will shaft me, was thinking of Meths but that shite will stink the car out :(

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 3:30 am
by scotty73
Try elbow grease, it comes in a yellow liquid in a squirty container i get it from my local £ shop.

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:16 am
by puggy
The Dashboard and steering wheel in my car is Sticky, dont know why
WE KNOW WHY,DIRTY BOY !!!

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:59 am
by grasmere59
When my van steering wheel etc get manky i use those heavy duty hand wipes you get in those big plastic tubes.It takes all the crap off and then i wipe over with a dash wipe. :)

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 2:47 pm
by lozz
Lmfao @ puggy.

it was already like that when igot car its nowt do with me :lol:

ive tried the wipes, dosent seem to get this stuff off, local valeting place even tried abit of T.f.r on it but its still the same,

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:53 pm
by Bailes1992
Go to tesco and buy a bottle of tesco's cheap all purpose cleaner (In the house cleaning isle, think it's called Daisy) Buy a cheap spray bottle and also get some cheap microfibre cloths and a nailbrush.

Dilute the APC 10:1 to 5:1.
Spray abit of the dash, scrub it with the nail brush and wipe it off with the microfibre.

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 8:51 pm
by D9406
Sugar soap. Make up a solution in a bowl and use a sponge, squeezed out, and scrub it. Once dash and wheel is dry then it's time to get the wet wipes out.

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:46 pm
by lozz
cheers Bailes and D9406 iwill give them a try,

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 10:49 pm
by omega
sell it :D :D :D

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 10:55 pm
by lozz
nah, im going to keep it mate, :lol:
it runs on fumes its very cheap to run, its like running a datsun, 39-40 mpg round town, 8)

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 11:00 pm
by scotty73
lozz wrote:nah, im going to keep it mate, :lol:
it runs on fumes its very cheap to run, its like running a datsun, 39-40 mpg round town, 8)
That might be due to the weather i'm sure i'm 8 to 10mpg better off this month... gotta fill up tomorrow so will let you know.

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:07 am
by FarmerPug
Is it on all of the interior or just the steering wheel, the clio had a leather effect steering wheel which had a sticky sort of feeling to it, i used jif cream and scrubbed it but it still felt sticky, talcum powder worked for a while but still no luck, so i just put a steering wheel cover over it. I think renault use a strange type of leather that feels sticky in the hand.

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:35 am
by scotty73
FarmerPug wrote: that feels sticky in the hand.
:supafrisk:
Think it's time for him to wear his rubber gloves. :lol:

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:39 am
by lozz
FarmerPug wrote:Is it on all of the interior or just the steering wheel, the clio had a leather effect steering wheel which had a sticky sort of feeling to it, i used jif cream and scrubbed it but it still felt sticky, talcum powder worked for a while but still no luck, so i just put a steering wheel cover over it. I think renault use a strange type of leather that feels sticky in the hand.
ithink youve hit the nail on the head there,

iwill look for steering wheel cover,

Re: Dashboard cleaning,

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:55 am
by FarmerPug
The rest of the dash is it sticky? does it have a suede or leather trim on it?