Another Sticky Dash Issue

nis350

any update?

Tractionless

I applied it this week during some downtime due to the hurricane.

I suggest only using the filler inside the actual crack as it smooths out the dash's OE grain pattern. You'll need to carefully mask along the crack then fill in just the crack without running over onto the dash surface. Because I didn't, you can see the limits of where I used the filler which are finger-wide widths on the dash surface. Additionally, the crack wasn't "erased". I didn't have the sticky dash issue in these areas as it's the vertical end of the dash where the door cards meet up. I'll gladly respond to emails with pics. of my cracking repairs. Tractionless@comcast.net

I did some of the coating under my dash mat and it did seem to calm down the sticky look and feel issue; however, I didn't remove the entire dash mat as I prefer the micro-suede look over the OE dash anyway.

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gr8-wrx

Thanks everyone for posting all their updates!

I've been watching this thread for a while now. My 2010's dash started getting a little sticky in certain areas. I have less than 18K miles and the car has always been garaged. For those of you who ended up getting a dash mat, I'm curious if your dash started to stick onto to the underside of your dash mat?

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Tractionless

Wow hard to believe sun, heat, and UV are the cause then. My 2010 in florida was fine until about 2018 when I started using 303 protectant on it, then it quickly spider webbed, it's atrocious. As a result, I feel it's certain protectants reacting with the dash causing the cracking or it at least accelerates the UV and heat theory.

My dash mat does not stick the the dashboard underneath.

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Inflaymes

Hard to believe 303 would cause any damage. It has to be used sparingly and completely buffed off when using it. Plus, 8 years of doing nothing and then trying to put something on it? I use it , so I hope that's not the case.

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cv129

I agree, it’s not the 303. Also, Rusty had used 303 on his dash for god knows how long now.

I own 3 samples that developed to various degrees of “melt” all on their own. Two of which I had used nothing but swifter duster for the few yrs prior to the “melt”. One was a took-off I purchased, that one sat in the original owner’s attic, because race car.

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gr8-wrx

Thanks for letting me know about the dash mat not sticking.

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Tractionless

I use it on many other substrates without issue. I bought the car in 2016 so how the dash was treated prior to my ownership is beyond my knowledge; however, I only used 303 and they the cracking started. FWIW, sits in the garage all week as well, that's why I have a hard time believe the damage is solely a heat/UV issue.

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