dannygjatt

What do you guys use on the wood grain? I have armor all wipes i am going to use on the dash and doors. It says it is safe on all materials.

cheappc

be careful not to use any chemicals on or around the radio, the paint comes off if you use any hard chemicals.

You should use water on a cloth, trust me, see my other posts..

tuan92129

Stop using the armor all wipes on the interior.
It contains silicones, which will ruin the leather and the plasticiser in the vinyl.
Try something like aerospace 303 which leaves a matte finish, and contains no silicones.

mikez

I have armorall....

and it states on the bottle its water base, not silicon lol.

Armorall uses silicon back then like in the 90's and the reputation stays all the way till now lol

philES300

Nice, I've heard similar horror stories about armor all, and then I saw them using it at unique autosports(the tv show), so I knew it couldn't be all that bad if they are using it on custom cars/exotics.

ArmyofOne

On the woodgran and woodgrain ONLY, i use Meguiars Genuine Carnuba Wax.

radicalrev

iTrader: (2)

I use Meg's Quik Interior Wipes...

philES300

Interesting. My friend used to always tell me I should zymol the wood

ExTrEmE99

iTrader: (6)

plexus for the wood finish.

It polishes some micro scratches off and adds a thin layer of a clear coat. Makes the wood look brand new

ArmyofOne

i suppose you could, but i dont use synthetics on the wood because i do so many cars, i never know if the wood is real or not, and how the synthetic chemicals might damage it, otherwise i would use NXT 2.0. Instead i use just regular old All natural carnuba. same stuff you would use on hardwood floors in a home.

PaPaHoFF

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Meg's Plastx on the wood = ridiculously nice shine and depth. I have CF overlays and works just the same as my wood.

philES300

Good point, I just created a thread asking if all Lexus models have real wood grain. I should have asked, is there any way to tell for any car makes. Any online resource?

lexusondubs

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there is actually some sort of additave in armor all that over time WILL make the dash crack !!

philES300

It's not really that I 100% thought that was all BS. I just hear a lot of conflicting stories and each side seems pretty confident in their theories.

ArmyofOne

I can confidently tell you that since 1989 EVERY LEXUS that has come off of the assembly line with wood inside, has had REAL wood. the only lexus i can recall that didnt have wood at all was the IS300.

even my ES250 (leather seats absent) had real wood.