Re: Apology and explanation. Sorry!

Posted by Bobby Crumpley on September 02, 1998 at 07:40:47

In Reply to: Re: Apology and explanation. Sorry!
posted by Bill U on September 01, 1998 at 20:26:07

Bill,
Sorry, but I gotta disagree with you here.Armor-All is bad for your car.Instead of me trying to explain it though, I would suggest that anyone with any interest in keeping their cars in top shape should visit Car Care Specialties web site at www.carcareline.com.Larry Reynolds, the owner, has tons of good info there as well as a very diverse product line.This is all top quality name brand stuff (not the junk sold on infomercials).Those of us in the BMW club swear by him.
And no, I have no commercial interest in this business, I'm just an extremely satisfied customer.Even if you have no plans of buying anything, do yourself a favor and visit the site.You should learn plenty, I do every time I go there!

: : I didn't mean to jump on anyone, (Well, except maybe Armor-All) so please accept my apologies. I admit my experience & knowledge is based on the product from years ago. As a piano Tuner, I have experienced it ruining keytops and as a car owner, vinyl dashes. The silicone acts as a stress release agent, so the molding stresses in the parts become concentrated and voila, a crack! Maybe this doesn't happen to molded rubber, so I should have been more explanatory in my posting. If it does still contain silicone, though, I'd avoid it because of the paint touch-up problem. Hmm, the rubber parts probably have silicone mold release agent on them anyway--the whole question may be mute!
: :Back to having fun w/ our cars!
: : A's always,
: : David Dewey
: Don't beat on yourself 'cause your not that far off!! Armorall is a good product for what its designed for but used in excess and not wiped down its like anything in excess!!!! I've found its best to use a mild liquid soap, DILUTED!!, and remove the excesses when working with small rubber parts. One way to refresh rubber parts is to rub them with Go-Jo and wipe them down well, makes'em look like new!!I've never experienced paint problems around rubber parts using the above procedures.
: I WOULDN'T TRY USING GO-JO TO INSTALL RUBBER PART THOUGH!!!!!

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