I just use a bare microfiber cloth to wipe off the dust. No chemicals.

When I first got the car, the whole interior was coated with some shiny stuff. It was all over the door panels, center console, they even put it all over the steering wheel which made it super slippery...and it was also all over the dashboard, which made it impossible to see out the windshield due to glare.

I've tried using P&S "Island Shine" since we have the full line of P&S detailing gear at work...that didn't work very well either. Again, it was just way, way too shiny. I wiped that off and never looked back. I like a matte dashboard :)

Just a damp clean cotton cloth.

If extra cleaning properties are needed just a clean cotton cloth dampened with a very light solution of dish detergent (a few drops per 16 ounces of water).

I have mothers vinyl cleaner. Would that work out? I was wondering if a micro cloth would help wiping it down..

Heads would've rolled if they did that to my car! A matte dashboard is a glare-free dashboard.

Sounds like you are describing a 'vinyl protectant'. I cannot believe that a dealer would apply this on an unsold new car. Did you buy the car from a dealer and as new? If so, who was the dealer?

Well, it was technically used. I got it with ~2400 miles. It was "owned" by one of the dealership managers and then they were using it as the showroom display model at the time I bought it.

I wasn't too surprised about it. A lot of detailers like to make everything in the interior super shiny...although they did go overboard when they slathered the steering wheel with it. It's not a big deal, it didn't hurt the car or anything...I just wiped it off.

FWIW I've been back there a few times and their other showroom cars (new and used) are "au natural" inside. So my car was probably just a weird fluke.

303 isn't high gloss, which is why I like it for the dash, plus it has an spf in it, ie "sunscreen for your stuff".

303 is only a protectant. do they make a cleaner too? That would be 2 steps. I've always used meguire's quick interior detailer which can be used on rubber, vinyl, plastic, leather and is a cleaner + protectant.

I just used a damp terry cloth to wipe the dash down last night. Worked wonderfully:thumbsup:

I use 303 Aerospace, its great stuff. You can buy it at West Marine as well if you have one near you and don't want to order online.

I'm with the damp microfiber crowd. I may, however, try this Aerospace product that I have been hearing so much about. Whatever you use, be careful of products that suck the moisture out of the material leading to fading, cracking, etc.

I just bought the Meguire's protectant and used it for the first time. Way better than armor all or F21. It doesn't seem oily at all. I've never used 303, but I like the Meguire's. It's probably easier to find at auto parts stores also.


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H2O with microfiber. Works just great.

just picked up a bottle of 303 aerospace. thanks for the tip!