My wife decided to do a good deed last fall and cleaned up her 81 300D. In the process, she cleaned the dashboard. She used leather cleaner on the seats, and went ahead and used it on the dash, too. She used Justin brand leather balm. She figured if it was good enough for my work boots, it was good enough for the car. I've always warned her to not use Windex or Armorall, so she was thinking in the right direction, anyway.
A few weeks ago, I noticed a few spots starting to form splits in the dash. We went somewhere today, and I counted about 5 small 1/2" splits where the lip of the dash curves down toward the windshield, about 8" from the glass! After looking at the bottle of leather cleaner that she used, I see it contains mineral spirits. The question is, what is the best thing to use on the dash, which I assume is vinyl, and is there any way to stop or repair these cracks from getting any larger? Anybody had any experience with this kind of thing? Thanks for any input on this problem! Lee

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