grandicornis

What is everyone using to clean and maintain the wood trim on an Advance? Is anyone using Old English or some other wood conditioner or moisturizer?

I'm concerned that over time the heat of a car interior will dry out the wood and make it brittle.

mrgold35

I have the same wood trim on my 19 MDX Adv hybrid w/ 15,000 miles living in the southwest. I'm experimenting with a ceramic coating for the interior from Ceramic Pro that has a 3 year warranty. All leather, wood, and carpet interior surfaces are covered: but, I have to take the MDX back every-year to re-do the driver's seat for $35 because of it getting the most wear. It has been over a year and I've taken it back for the 1 year seat application. So far, the interior and wood trim looks new and the interior still has that new car smell. I just use the same ceramic booster soap I used to wash the exterior to wipe down the inside 1-2 times a month.

The main reason for trying this out was I get pretty bad interior window haze from oil and water based conditioning products in the hot southwestern sun on my previous vehicles.. Window haze isn't an issue since I applied the interior ceramic coating. Any oil based conditioners not made for vehicles might add more window haze or introduce stronger smells in the car because of summer heat in a smaller space.