Hello everyone

 

So I was a little silly and decided to cover the orange warning ⚠️ with a peace of paper and did not realise it was sprayed with my wife's perfume... So when I actually decided to take it off it left this smudge on the plastic. It feels a little different when touched. 

 

Is this now permanent or I am able to fix it somehow please ? 

Try a spray of furniture polish or wd40 ,but the perfume may have etched into the plastic .

Yeah that's what I'm thinking will give a go tomorrow

I would use a Q-tip/cotton bud on a small part of the mark to test if any solvent/fluid you use won't make it worse.

The plastic there is the weakest softest stuff known to man. Why they don't make it harder wearing I don't know. Glass I can understand would be bad in an accident but you have a massive slab of it in front of you anyway!

Have to ask, why were you covering the sign?  Not obliged to answer🤐

Ha. Annoying.   Maybe worth trying a light abrasive and Polish  like what you get in kits fir headlight lens renovation. Go lightly and I don't guarantee it won't make it worse. Other than that, you could remove and possibly disassemble another set of clocks with good acrylic cover... 

Was it ordinary plain paper, or is that some kind of adhesive?

48 minutes ago, BT_11vRS said:

Was it ordinary plain paper, or is that some kind of adhesive?

 

On 29/10/2024 at 17:54, Taniv said:

paper and did not realise it was sprayed with my wife's perfume.

I'm guessing the perfume had some sort of solvent in it. I'm not the OP by the way. 

2 minutes ago, TheClient said:

 

I'm guessing the perfume had some sort of solvent in it. I'm not the OP by the way. 

Yeah thats how I read it too, but thought I'd ask the question, as I'm surprised perfume would mark like that, but I've also seen sticker adhesive looking similar when it's debonded from the paper

Methylated spirit has always worked for me. 

Baby wipes, remove anything

There's a product called polywatch designed for polishing plastic watch crystals on vintage watches. It would be perfect for this use case - apply and rub in with a cotton swab or pad until dry. Less than a tenner if I recall correctly.

 

I think you risk melting the plastic cluster lense further with any kind of stronger spirits or solvents - as mentioned, that plastic feels very thin and fragile

Edited 3 November, 20241 yr by i384

Did you try any of the tips given ,or have you not bothered ,if so has any worked?

Well, taking out the dash is not terrible, but taking apart the cluster is slightly tricky.  Anyhow, Best not to cover up the warning light.  Its the car trying to tell you something!

Best find a friend with ODB11 or VCDS to find out what the actual problem is.