Keeping Gauge cluster clean
#1
Keeping Gauge cluster clean
We all know how easily the gauge cluster plastic window is to scratch. I use a tissue or paper towel with water and rub very gently. However sometimes it gets grime that requires more rubbing.
Even though the microscratches I have on the windows are subtle, they render the legibility of the gauges useless in direct sunlight.
Does anyone know of a safer better way to clean the window?
Even though the microscratches I have on the windows are subtle, they render the legibility of the gauges useless in direct sunlight.
Does anyone know of a safer better way to clean the window?
#2
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#4
I had the same issue a bit back. I ended up using a product called plexus that I used on my motorcycle helmet shields. It hid almost all the fine scratches and has an anti-static property that repels dust build up.
You should be able to get plexus anywhere they sell automotive/motorcycle helmets.
You should be able to get plexus anywhere they sell automotive/motorcycle helmets.
#6
I had the same issue a bit back. I ended up using a product called plexus that I used on my motorcycle helmet shields. It hid almost all the fine scratches and has an anti-static property that repels dust build up.
You should be able to get plexus anywhere they sell automotive/motorcycle helmets.
You should be able to get plexus anywhere they sell automotive/motorcycle helmets.
word. i used plexus as well...it cleans windows and dash pretty well. i hear thats what they used for the big jet liners' windows
#11
+1 for microfiber and a gentle spray (water?)
I stole my wife's eye-glasses cleaning kit (spray (water with with a touch of alcohol I think) and small microfiber cloth). Well, "borrowed" anyway. Paper towels or even tissue might scratch the thing.
I stole my wife's eye-glasses cleaning kit (spray (water with with a touch of alcohol I think) and small microfiber cloth). Well, "borrowed" anyway. Paper towels or even tissue might scratch the thing.
#12
It' pretty frustrating.
I read how difficult it is to keep from scratching the lens plastic before I even purchased my Fit.
So I actually went to the trouble of buying a eyeglass lens cloth. It's super soft and lint free.
I've only used slight squirts of water and very light wiping.
Still I have some scratches I see with certain light.
Not bad enough that I think I need to replace, but considering how carefully I've dealt with the gauge lenses, I don't know how to recommend keeping them scratch free.
Maybe if you NEVER touched them at all and just tried compressed air?
I read how difficult it is to keep from scratching the lens plastic before I even purchased my Fit.
So I actually went to the trouble of buying a eyeglass lens cloth. It's super soft and lint free.
I've only used slight squirts of water and very light wiping.
Still I have some scratches I see with certain light.
Not bad enough that I think I need to replace, but considering how carefully I've dealt with the gauge lenses, I don't know how to recommend keeping them scratch free.
Maybe if you NEVER touched them at all and just tried compressed air?
#13
It' pretty frustrating.
I read how difficult it is to keep from scratching the lens plastic before I even purchased my Fit.
So I actually went to the trouble of buying a eyeglass lens cloth. It's super soft and lint free.
I've only used slight squirts of water and very light wiping.
Still I have some scratches I see with certain light.
Not bad enough that I think I need to replace, but considering how carefully I've dealt with the gauge lenses, I don't know how to recommend keeping them scratch free.
Maybe if you NEVER touched them at all and just tried compressed air?
I read how difficult it is to keep from scratching the lens plastic before I even purchased my Fit.
So I actually went to the trouble of buying a eyeglass lens cloth. It's super soft and lint free.
I've only used slight squirts of water and very light wiping.
Still I have some scratches I see with certain light.
Not bad enough that I think I need to replace, but considering how carefully I've dealt with the gauge lenses, I don't know how to recommend keeping them scratch free.
Maybe if you NEVER touched them at all and just tried compressed air?
#14
I use a wooly "feather duster" or whatever you call them. Works well for occasional touchup, and rest of hard surfaces as well. Lot'sa water on a paper towel works for bugs on my motorcycle windshield. Rub GENTLY, then dry GENTLY.
#15
Trust in the microfiber cloths.
I've found them ideal for interior cleaning. Just about the only thing I've found to clean the seats and door panels as well. A dry wipe will clean a seat. Vacuuming just can't compare.
Dash and all interior plastic as well - no spray anything, just a wipe with the cloth. AVOID sillycone products at all cost is a simple rule to live by. If it's been a while a simple soap solution gets the 'grime' off.
I've found them ideal for interior cleaning. Just about the only thing I've found to clean the seats and door panels as well. A dry wipe will clean a seat. Vacuuming just can't compare.
Dash and all interior plastic as well - no spray anything, just a wipe with the cloth. AVOID sillycone products at all cost is a simple rule to live by. If it's been a while a simple soap solution gets the 'grime' off.
#16
Trust in the microfiber cloths.
I've found them ideal for interior cleaning. Just about the only thing I've found to clean the seats and door panels as well. A dry wipe will clean a seat. Vacuuming just can't compare.
Dash and all interior plastic as well - no spray anything, just a wipe with the cloth. AVOID sillycone products at all cost is a simple rule to live by. If it's been a while a simple soap solution gets the 'grime' off.
I've found them ideal for interior cleaning. Just about the only thing I've found to clean the seats and door panels as well. A dry wipe will clean a seat. Vacuuming just can't compare.
Dash and all interior plastic as well - no spray anything, just a wipe with the cloth. AVOID sillycone products at all cost is a simple rule to live by. If it's been a while a simple soap solution gets the 'grime' off.
I do have some, and I use them. Infact I have two micro-fiber wash mitts.
But being old enough to remember when nobody used micro-fiber, micro-fiber makes me nervous. It's designed to trap dirt. Which is great...until that trapped dirt scratches a surface.
Seems like everything is Micro-Fiber this, and Micro-Fiber that, but the quality of Micro-Fiber itself seems to vary so widely.
Some of the cheap Micro-Fiber is nothing more than an advertising slogan, and I wouldn't approach any part of my vehicle with it.
So anyway, in some applications...maybe a lot of applications Micro-fiber is great..but I'd say keep them clean...and buy quality and even with that? It isn't what I'd use to clean the clear plastic lenses.
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Last edited by Ein; 09-18-2010 at 04:00 AM.