[DML] Re: Brown Stains on A Grey Dash

[KayoOng@xxxx]

I would like to share a process in the removal of the brown spots stains with 
GRAY INTERIORS, not black interiors. The brown stains will come off!

My DeLorean had spots on the door panels, on the windshield's post and the 
dash board. 

It is most likely from the factory. It is from dripped adhesive glue or 
sloppy handling during the gluing process. The stains are the adhesive glue 
that have aged and turned brown. It can be very removed if you have the 
patience, a good hand and understanding the working characteristics of the 
acetone solvent. Do not work on a humid or cold day. White streaks may 
appear.

Wear glove to protect your hands and do this in a well ventilated area, 
unless you what to get "high." Work in the shade with no sun shinning on the 
area. The sun's heat will cause the acetone to dry too quickly and making it 
difficult to control.

The old glue is dried out and hard. If the stain a glue spot is thick, you 
will need patience and a good hand. If the stain is thin, just go to the 
next step below, using the acetone. The first step is to thin out the glue 
spot with a razor or an Exacto knife by scraping it slowly with care. Do not 
press the cutting edge in the surface. Just scrap the brown glue spots. The 
old glue will flake off. When you see and feel that the glue is thinned out 
and smaller in size -- STOP. 

The next step requires a some care. Take a very clean rag (white) or Q-tip 
and dampen with the acetone solvent. Make sure it is NOT DRIPPING WET -- 
JUST DAMP enough to work with. Dap and wipe the brown spot area only! The 
acetone will "MELT" the surface of the finish too -- take care. You must get 
the feel of this process. With patience and some care, you will get the 
results. Don't rush. Work with the acetone not against it. Do this by 
quickly wiping the area of the glue spots only and no other area! You must 
rotate the rag or Q-tips between every two to three or four quick wipes -- 
Then stop and let dry! Also, do not reintroduce the melted old glue onto 
nearby surrounding area which will be soften by the acetone. The wiping of 
the acetone will melt the glue and the surface underneath the glue too. 
Don't fret. It will dry and harden up again. 

YOU MUST LET THE AREA THE ACETONE CONTACT TO DRY BETWEEN EACH TIME. Repeat 
the process until the brown spots are remove! 

Afterwards, you can give it a final swipe in ONE DIRECTION ONLY. Do the 
whole entire running length of the surface with a damp rag to blend in the 
spot with the rest of the panel or the area. This surface will feel 
"soften," it will dry and harden up again. 

You can also clean all the other surface if you take great care with the 
acetone. I have clean and blended my WHOLE GRAY interior of my DeLorean. It 
gives it a new surface looked by cutting off the old dirty grimy surface 
where other cleaners can't. Then finish with a good interior car finish.

I have also used acetone to clean the surface and to fill the minor crack 
hair line cracks by "controlling the melting" of the gray dye. I have filled 
the minor cracks with the melted dye in the leather sections. Again, with 
one good final finish wipe with a damped acetone rag, the leather surface 
will look cleaner, much better then before. Do this with caution in not 
wiping too much other wise you may see the "tan" leather surface -- Do it 
just once or twice, enough to clean off the grimy layer.

Before you begin, get some experience first. Remove a panel and try this 
process on the underside of the panel or an area that is not noticeable. 
Once you are confident with the process, then got for it. 

Once again. You must exercise care and experience helps. 

Kayo Ong
#5508
Lic 9D NY


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