I wipe down my interior almost daily with a microfiber but it seems that this has created small swirl marks on the clear plastic of the instrument cluster. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to remove the swirls and also how to maintain the plastic (remove dust) without creating future swirls?

 

Use air? also does it get that dusty? (I didn't notice any dust and i've owned my car for about 6 months now.

 

It gets dusty in the car because i leave the windows open a crack while i'm at work now that it's getting hot. There's a green belt right next to our parking lot. So between the spring pollen and the dust that's kicked up by the people walking along the dirt walking trail quite a bit of dust settles on the dash. I'll probably end up just blowing off the cluster once in a while with air but I was hoping someone knew of a product that is made specifically to polish interior plastics.

 

I'm not sure if you eventually found a solution to this, but I noticed your question.

I was having the same problem of constantly having to dust the instrument cluster, etc, because of pollen and even though it was with a clean microfiber every time, it was getting scratched/hazed somehow.

I used 3M Plastic Restorer (which it was said was specifically for restoring optical clarity to clear plastic) followed by Plexus plastic polish/cleaner. Apply the cream polish sparingly, rub VERY lightly as directed then buff off. Follow with coat of Plexus.

All in all it is expensive stuff, but it worked and the Plexus works extremely well. It seems to repel static and lint, too. The 3M stuff is great for hazy headlights, basically anything plastic that you want to polish up. There is enough in the bottle for 200 cars...ha...but I figure should I ever need to polish a bunch of convertible windows I'm all set.

Both products were purchased at West Marine. I'm not sure if this is a chain you have in your area, but it sells ( duh! ) boat products. I'm sure both would be online as well.

 

Hey thanks for the reply. I didn't go as far as getting a product to actually remove the swirls but I did use Plexus because I use it on my helmet face shield. While it didn't completely remove all the fine scratches it did a good job of masking them and it seems that there's some sort of anti-static property to it as well because there hasn't been as much dust/pollen collecting on the gauges.

 

It sounds funny, but I used to use armor-all protectant on the plastic window flaps on my Wrangler. As long as it didn't get wet, it would make them transparent and unnoticable.

(I made sure to do that the morning before going to a dealership to trade it in... Oh sad day!)

 

Plexus is very highly regarded by many motorcyclists for faceshield cleaning and polishing. Even pledge works pretty well!