Mike Phillips
12-31-2015, 11:44 AM
Dealer applied shiny protectant looks hideous!
I get e-mails, PM's and FB messages all the time with questions that are better asked and then answered on this forum for a host of reason. One reason is more eyeballs see the questions and answers so more people are helped versus one set of eyeballs in an e-mail, PM or FB message.
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Hello Mike,
I have recently purchased a BMW 750i with leather dash and door cards. Unfortunately the dealer applied some kind of shiny protectant that looks hideous. I tried several products to remove it (Simple Green, Lexol cleaner) without much success. I don't want to use something too caustic like Acetone that would damage the leather. I searched on line but most of the post I read, addressed vinyl dashes, not leather.
Any advice you may offer will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
J
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I'm going to recommend something KNOWN to be very safe.
This is a BMW 750i - Not the least expressive car on the road today and I don't want to be responsible for any damage you do to your own car. Used correctly this all purpose cleaner is very safe and thus a a safe option to try.
Here's my recommendation.... it's what I posted in another thread for a similar issue and I like to stay consistent.
What you don't want to do is make things worse by using too harsh or too strong of a cleaner or something out from under the kitchen sink because you could end up causing even more damage to whatever this material is made out of.
There are lots of APC's on the AG store but one that has a very strong reputation as being a very safe APC is
Optimum Power Clean All Purpose Cleaner (http://www.autogeek.net/optimum-power-clean-apc.html)
If in doubt, perhaps give this product some consideration considering the risks of using something else.
Now here's the thread I posted the above recommendation in.
Please Help! Re: 303 Aerospace (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-mike-phillips-your-detailing-questions/96795-please-help-re-303-aerospace.html)
The guy that started the above thread had a similar problem with 303 Aerospace Protectant and there's a LOT of tips and advice throughout the thread to help him remove the 303 Aerospace off the dash of his car.
So be sure to read through the entire thread. It's going on 5 pages long.
If you don't know how to navigate from one page to another on a discussion forum, I have an article on that.
How to navigate to other pages in a thread (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/tips-techniques-how-articles-interacting-discussion-forums/44227-how-navigate-other-pages-thread.html)
Good luck and feel encouraged to join our forum and join in the discussion. Owning a BMW 750i I think you will find this forum a great resource for helping you to maintain your all the the BMW, inside and outside, moving into the future.
Click here to join the AutogeekOnline Detailing Discussion Forum (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/register.php)
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I get e-mails, PM's and FB messages all the time with questions that are better asked and then answered on this forum for a host of reason. One reason is more eyeballs see the questions and answers so more people are helped versus one set of eyeballs in an e-mail, PM or FB message.
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Hello Mike,
I have recently purchased a BMW 750i with leather dash and door cards. Unfortunately the dealer applied some kind of shiny protectant that looks hideous. I tried several products to remove it (Simple Green, Lexol cleaner) without much success. I don't want to use something too caustic like Acetone that would damage the leather. I searched on line but most of the post I read, addressed vinyl dashes, not leather.
Any advice you may offer will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
J
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm going to recommend something KNOWN to be very safe.
This is a BMW 750i - Not the least expressive car on the road today and I don't want to be responsible for any damage you do to your own car. Used correctly this all purpose cleaner is very safe and thus a a safe option to try.
Here's my recommendation.... it's what I posted in another thread for a similar issue and I like to stay consistent.
What you don't want to do is make things worse by using too harsh or too strong of a cleaner or something out from under the kitchen sink because you could end up causing even more damage to whatever this material is made out of.
There are lots of APC's on the AG store but one that has a very strong reputation as being a very safe APC is
Optimum Power Clean All Purpose Cleaner (http://www.autogeek.net/optimum-power-clean-apc.html)
If in doubt, perhaps give this product some consideration considering the risks of using something else.
Now here's the thread I posted the above recommendation in.
Please Help! Re: 303 Aerospace (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-mike-phillips-your-detailing-questions/96795-please-help-re-303-aerospace.html)
The guy that started the above thread had a similar problem with 303 Aerospace Protectant and there's a LOT of tips and advice throughout the thread to help him remove the 303 Aerospace off the dash of his car.
So be sure to read through the entire thread. It's going on 5 pages long.
If you don't know how to navigate from one page to another on a discussion forum, I have an article on that.
How to navigate to other pages in a thread (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/tips-techniques-how-articles-interacting-discussion-forums/44227-how-navigate-other-pages-thread.html)
Good luck and feel encouraged to join our forum and join in the discussion. Owning a BMW 750i I think you will find this forum a great resource for helping you to maintain your all the the BMW, inside and outside, moving into the future.
Click here to join the AutogeekOnline Detailing Discussion Forum (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/register.php)
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