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On 23 Feb 2001, at 10:18, Steven Ayres wrote: > Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but it seems like there ought to be a > way, maybe through a regular maintenance routine, to keep the vinyl > soft enough that it can stretch and contract without damage. Has > anyone tried, say, regular applications of vegetable oil? I really don't think there is anything we can do that will help other than keeping the temp down. High temps accelerate the rate at which the plasticizers are driven off, but they evaporate slowly even at room temps. Applying stuff to the surface is probably less likely to be of help to our dashes than cosmetics are to our skin. The result in either case is strictly superficial and fleeting. > Just for the list's info, there are people out there who rebuild and > recover molded vinyl dashes for a living (do you do this too, Bob?). It's certainly possible that there are better materials available than what VW chose 35 years ago, but the work, materials, and time will not likely come cheap. It DOES seem likely that someone out there can do a better than OE job of this today. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org