Shiny dashboard reflecting off windscreen

brendansmith

Hi guys,

Is there any cheap way to remedy this?

I hear windowlene and a rag does it. Is this true? Any other suggestions?

CR 7

Just leave the dust build up on it. That's what I do.

dclifford

I use polarized sunglasses. Works perfect for me. I see Lidl or Aldi are selling some for about €5 sometime this week with their fishing gear.

Andrew33

brendansmith wrote: »

Hi guys,

Is there any cheap way to remedy this?

I hear windowlene and a rag does it. Is this true? Any other suggestions?

Just clean your dash with a damp cloth and avoid using "dash cleaners"
Car makers deliberately make the top of the dash dull so it DOESN'T reflect in the windscreen and then people go buy stuff to make the dash shiny:D
It was never a problem in the late 70's/early 80's when you could grow spuds on an Irish dashboard, in fact, I think it may have been enshrined in law with sect 31,sub sect B of the road traffic act, "a vehicle should NEVER be cleaned inside or out as this may prohibit the growing of spuds inside and may actually help with the identificaton of said vehicle outside".

Berty

Get yourself a Matt Cleaner like Dashboard wipes but make sure they say "Matt".

If you get gloss then you will only make it worse.

SV

get it flocked!

brendansmith

dclifford wrote: »

I use polarized sunglasses. Works perfect for me. I see Lidl or Aldi are selling some for about €5 sometime this week with their fishing gear.

Nah, it reflect street lights at night too so I dont think this will work.

Andrew33 wrote: »

Just clean your dash with a damp cloth and avoid using "dash cleaners"
Car makers deliberately make the top of the dash dull so it DOESN'T reflect in the windscreen and then people go buy stuff to make the dash shiny:D

Yeah the guy who had it before me seems to have shined it up good, i tried using washing up liquid to clean some of it off but to no avail.

drakshug

try leopardskin.

biko

This is your chance to suede your car!

vectra

Mix some APC ( You might find some in the kitchen cupboard) Also known as Flash All purpose cleaner , You know, The yellow colored stuff that smells like lemon.. Mix a couple of capfulls of that with some warm water and wash/dry the dash. Finish it off with some Mr.Muscle window cleaner. ( the green stuff in the spray bottle)
You will get it back to matt and it will loook a lot better.. Saves a few bob over professional stuff as well :cool:

brendansmith

biko wrote: »

This is your chance to suede your car!

Yeah, its not a very nice car, im not looking to spend much tbh

Atlantic Dawn

brendansmith wrote: »

Yeah, its not a very nice car, im not looking to spend much tbh

A trip to Des Kelly's and he would probably do it much cheaper with some carpet tiles

CJhaughey

Put a dark towel on the dash.

brendansmith

CJhaughey wrote: »

Put a dark towel on the dash.

Nah, it would be falling off all the time and get in the way of the wind screen blowers, not to mention looking abit crap.

Cheers though

ShiresV2

dclifford wrote: »

I use polarized sunglasses. Works perfect for me. I see Lidl or Aldi are selling some for about €5 sometime this week with their fishing gear.

What he said - don a pair of polarized sunglasses and the reflections in the windscreen will disappear. They are excellent for driving/cycling.

h3000

SV wrote: »

get it flocked!

I'd love to get that done

reiger

when done right its tidy looking

heres an example from an S9