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Old 10-19-09 | 05:35 AM
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Bikes: 1986 Alan Record Carbonio, 1985 Vitus Plus Carbone 7, 1984 Peugeot PSV, 1972 Line Seeker, 1986(est.) Medici Aerodynamic (Project), 1985(est.) Peugeot PY10FC

Think twice before using Armor All........One thing I learned about Armor All is, with some materials like vinyl/rubber/plastics, you will have to feed the material the stuff constantly once you start, or it will actually start deteriorating quicker than if you didn't use the Armor All on them at all. I noticed this on the cars that I have owned some years ago. Bathed my cars on the stuff and ended up playing a losing game with trim rot on the car and was surprised to find out that the areas I did not use the stuff on ended up lasting longer on the car while the Armor All treated areas just seems to keep deteriorating. I even had the seals fail on the gas filled trunk lid support of one of my cars when a little bit of Armor All got on it when I was putting the stuff on the trunk edge gaskets next to them! Quit using Armor All alltogethe on my later cars and did not have the trim rot/deterioration as the cars I did it on. Many posts around the internet in car sites say the same thing about Armor All too. I dunno, but maybe they might have changed their formulation after all these years after the word got out, but I choose not to ever use the stuff on anything I own these days.
I actually use Pledge furniture polish for cleaning, polishing and preserving the finishes on parts of my car (just too big to Pledge all over), motorcylcle and bicycle. Car collectors have used Pledge for years to prepare their cars for shows and general polishing/preserving of finishes and I have not found anything better and cheaper to use. It cleans, polishes and preserves without buildup.
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