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R56 Interior Cleaning

Old May 17, 2007 | 09:36 AM
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R56 Interior Cleaning

What are people using to clean the Wood trim and Piano Black trim/elipses in the R56? I like to stick with one brand of products (I'm a Prima man!). So what is the best to use on these areas? I wouldn't think Nero, because of it's matte finish property. Hydro? Clarity? Slick? Good old-fashioned H20 (the owners manual says to only use water on the wood trim)?

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Old May 17, 2007 | 10:47 AM
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I can't speak to the wood trim as I don't have any but I use Hydro on my interior CR plastic bits
 
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Old May 17, 2007 | 11:05 AM
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I don't have the wood but I do have piano black and use hydro on it.
 
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Old May 17, 2007 | 11:12 AM
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I actually found, while installing my new gauge faces, that the painted dash pieces come out easily (except for the one on the driver's side). Since I had some swirls I removed them and did Swirl, Amigo and Epic using my PCDA. I will keep them nice and shiny with Hydro and Slick. Heck - they're painted aren't they! As for the wood; no clue, but I know who to ask ... Heather at DP!
 
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Old May 17, 2007 | 11:15 AM
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Where has Heather been lately? She hasn't chimed in in awhile.
 
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Old May 17, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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Don't know. I was planning to stop by DP tomorrow on the way home so I'll ask.
 
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Old May 17, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Stopped by DP tonight - Heather has been out of town. I told Nick that he has to fill-in on NAM when the "Queen of Clean" is unavailable. He just laughed at me.
 
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Old May 21, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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what are you all using to condition/clean the leather?
 
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Old May 21, 2007 | 03:41 PM
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pray- started using Griot's new LeatherCleaner Spray on my G. it's fantastic!
 
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Old May 21, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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as far as just dusting off painted trim pieces, i would use either the
interior calduster, or just some QD.

if it's a matte finish, i would probably not use anything that has a
shine and just use some distilled water in a spray bottle and wipe
away. SpeedShine works great for cleaning interiors as I found
out...but that's not Prima, so not sure wat you would use, PrimaMan. lol

yours truely,
HydroMan. lol
 
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Old May 22, 2007 | 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by pray4dirt
what are you all using to condition/clean the leather?
I've always used lexol's products and find that they do a good job.
 
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