What you guys using on your plastic dash boards etc interior /exterior plastic to protect from UV and getting brittle from sun etc ?

 

 

As for the plastics I've been using... Armor-All. Most people use it wrong. I spray it on in the heat of the day with the door open and allow it to bake to clear state on the plastic. DO NOT wipe off. Just spray on and wall away. 

 

I'll admit I've got a few crack but my dash has lasted much longer than most folks. 

 

Exterior is tough being its exposed to weather so any kind of spray on plastic treatment will wash off in the rain or snow.

Armor all when I have done it. Just wiped it on. Replaced the bezel 6 or 7 month's ago and the dash several years back. 

 

I let a laborer wash my truck many years back and gave him a bottle of AA. Went back a bit later and he used almost the whole bottle. It looked very nice but the steering wheel was slicker than snot.

I did just got a small bottle of Amour All at Walfart.... better than nuttin'

 

I was using Black Magic stuff on the black front bumper top and rear view mirror black plastic, etc, works good for outside black stuff, read its pretty nasty for interior

 

I hear 303 protectant is real good

 

https://www.goldeagle.com/product/303-automotive-protectant/

My dash looks pretty good. Usually has a layer of dust on it to block the UV Ray's. AA just seemed to make the dust turn into mud.

 

 

26 minutes ago, Evan said:

My dash looks pretty good. Usually has a layer of dust on it to block the UV Ray's. AA just seemed to make the dust turn into mud.

 

 

That's one of the main reasons I quit using it very often. It is a dust magnet.

Dust ,,,, what dust...... Yeah I live on a dirt road ...... Dust sucks

Every time I see a second with a cracked to **** dash wtf goes through my head. Mines the only one I've been around and didn't realize they crack bad

15 year of KISS I put aa on ounce ohhh my god it was horrible. I didnt know dirty till then

 

Sad but true after 17 year the passenger side of my dash went POP. Long crack had form from the airbag to the 2/3 to the defrost vent. Hit some rough road patch yesterday and just the rough road was enough to pop the plastic. Can't complain got this far with my dash in one piece. 

Since we are talking dash, one idea a buddy tried and seems to work was to do fiberglass mesh and some resin to strengthen it before it crumbles then just run a dash cover, we did a small spot on my dash when he was working on his boat...seems to hold up so far

 

I use armor-all on the inside and 303 on the outside.  My dash is pretty well cracked with some chunks missing.  I was thinking of putting something like this in at some point.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MU3CHSS/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=A3A9TU4M8Z5VHK&psc=1