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    Default How do you clean your phantom panels?

    OK fellow Spyderlovers,

    I recently sent HELLON3 to the clinic for a few cosmetic procedures. WHAT a difference!

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    I am looking for a good cleaner that will clean road grime, bugs and the like from the flat black panels without making them shiny.

    What do you use?
    A friend recommended a "Harvey Danielson" product they sell for their denim (matte) finishes, Anyone ever use that?
    Another friend said that he uses Windex!

    THANKS
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    Windex Multi-Surface with Vinegar. Never use regular Windex with ammonia. The Turtle Wax Ice products also do a good job, but the polishes or detailer will deepen the color and luster a bit.
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    The ammonia in windex may lead to aging of the plastic. I use a product called black again for serious cleaning once or twice a season. It goes on shiny but dulls out nicely over night. For general wipe downs I use Pledge sprayed onto a shop towel. Also use the pledge on the shiny parts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by qasamm View Post
    The ammonia in windex may lead to aging of the plastic. I use a product called black again for serious cleaning once or twice a season. It goes on shiny but dulls out nicely over night. For general wipe downs I use Pledge sprayed onto a shop towel. Also use the pledge on the shiny parts.
    That's why I said never to use regular Windex. The Windex Multi-Surface utilizes vinegar, instead, and has not crazed any of my plastic in many years of repeated and frequent use.
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    The alcohol in Windex has also been known to age plastics and paint, albeit slowly after prolonged use over a long period of time. It's ok for occasional use (I still use it) but the safest cleaner product I know of for plastics is Plexus.

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