HELP!!Flash dash shine pad disaster

[jackadee]

Hi everyone,
Just joined and need some helpasap!!
I stupidly wiped the dashboard of our new Toyota Auris with CarPlan Flash dash dashboard shine pad!! (i thought it was just a anti-static wipe cloth)its not looking good! i didn't do the whole of it thankgoodness! BUT i think i may have ruined the finish!! is there anything i can do to remove it asap?
Help!
Jackadee

 

[pgarner]

dont think you will have damaged the finish as if its a shine pad chances are it will be silicone based to give it a shine.
have you tried washing it with a damp cloth ?

 

[jackadee]

Hi
Thanks for replying
have washed with soapy water and its not as shiney but its darkened the dashboard!! and you can see its different. My husband is not happy!perhaps i need something that will remove silicone finish?
jackadee

 

[wolfmankurd]

Have you checked the packet in detail it might say what's really in it.

Alcohol (the kind you get in hand sanitisers like isopropanol ) can take some stuff off while being relatively mild. Anything harsher( e.g. acetone - nail varnish remover) could damage the dash it's self!

 

[HDi fun]

Glass cleaner, Autoglym, Astonish or 151 will remove the shiny stuff. Don't worry - there will be no damage at all.

 

[obi_waynne]

Cd cleaner and a micro fibre cloth or felt pad is all you need. Once I polished my brake pedals with flash dash! I really REALLY REALLY regretted this!)

 

[bigbadjoe]

Cd cleaner and a micro fibre cloth or felt pad is all you need. Once I polished my brake pedals with flash dash! I really REALLY REALLY regretted this!)

Slightly off subject but a few years back, I was off to a bike show and decided to polish up my break disks on my Hornet using WD40!!! What an idiot!!!!! You only make a mistake like that once in a lifetime! Luckily it wasn't my time to make the last mistake of my lifetime! lol

 

[pgarner]

i know of someone else who did that. granted he was told to grease the brakes

 

[HDi fun]

They're brake discs btw

 

[WLBjork]

i know of someone else who did that. granted he was told to grease the brakes

I've had someone try and pull that on me.

Him:"Mate, your brakes are squeeky. You should oil them."

Me:"If I didn't know you were winding me up, I'd say you were winding me up."

The scary one was an old guy who came into Kwik-Fit whilst I was waiting for my work vehicle to be re-shod. Daft bugger wanted the wheel nuts removing and grease applying. Obviously the Kwik-Fit guy refused.