We were working on the hummer, actually Brain was cleaing it up. Ran out of pink stuff interior cleaner, so used some APC 10 parts water , one part cleaner. It actually took of some plastic coating near the kick panel below the radio! I though the dilution for plastic was 10:1 for this stuff!! What is the deal?
meguairs apc 10:1 took of plastic coating in hummer!!
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wannafbody
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blame it on GM :chuckle:
BillyBarou
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Typical GM quality. 
imported_gusbubba
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That's harsh. That's what scares the crap out of me when doing a client's vehicle---those "what if" scenarios.
imported_themightytimmah
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It has more to do with the dye than the APC - it should be safe on any interior at 10:1. I've had similar problems on rubber GM issue floormats, I ended up dying them with trim dye, worked out OK, didn't have to fess up 
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.detailthis
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Meg's Apc is pretty strong stuff. If you don't dilute it at least 10 to 1 you can get white dots on trim. not strong enough remove plastic coating though.
SidiousXXX
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wannafbody said:
I disagree totally. I have had that happen to two vehicles that that has happened to. I complianed to Megs also but ofcourse nothing was done. I have abandoned this product entirely for this reason. Use with caution.
wannafbody
wannafbody
i was kinda joking- why not use Megs interior Quick detailer on trim? I'd think it would be safer than an APC type product.
Actually it was my H2... it was not "gm" quality so those comments do not help. We ran other cleaners over the same panel to check and nothing. The APC was at fault. Trust me these panels and truck have been put thru hell on and offroad.. etc. One pass from the APC and the plastic dye was removed in one spot. So far no god reviews from me. Just lucky it was my truck not a clients since we don't give two Sh*ts about the H2.
Will be letting meg know about this I would like to see them replace this panel those bas..nm :wall
Will be letting meg know about this I would like to see them replace this panel those bas..nm :wall
I found a very similar situation with Stoner interior cleaner (or whatever it was called). Some of these products are "safe" for plastis...but not safe for interior parts that are painted plastic. Lots of makers have the parts molded in a given color and then paint them to match the interiors.
Makes me wonder how "safe" they are for plastic that is molded in color.
Makes me wonder how "safe" they are for plastic that is molded in color.
I haven't had any problems with Meg's APC taking the dye out of plastics, but I have had it do that to leather. It also stains the crap out of glass if allowed to dry, and the only thing I've found so far that'll get it off is steel wool with glass cleaner. Having had great sucess with #39 on a recent detail I may switch over to that full time for vinyl interiors, problem is, to ditch APC I then need a leather cleaner than can actually clean leather. All of the ones so far I have tried just don't cut it like APC does, hence I'm still using it.
Ben
Ben
imported_pugoman
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Ben... when using APC on leather, try diluting it 20:1 and see if you still get dye coming out.
brwill2005
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While I do not use Megs APC, a 10:1 dilution is usually for wheels and tires etc. At least in the case of Hi-Temps Extreme Clean APC. For interior plastic 15:1 or even 20:1 would be safer. I choose to use a milder cleaner for interior plastic, vinyl and leather. Most true APC's are very concentrated so that they can be dilluted to accomplish many tasks.
1 Clean WS6
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I've been using APC diluted 10:1 for quite sometime now and have not had any problems with it...and I use it on everything!!
How hard were you rubbing on those trim pieces??
How hard were you rubbing on those trim pieces??