85 Mustang GT with "Sticky" Interior

[Classic Muscle]

Hey guys, I have a 56K mile 85 Mustang GT and the interior in the car is MINT. However, after being in storage for the past 2-3 years, and not driving the car too much, I have noticed a couple interior parts are starting to get that "sticky" feeling like the driver's arm rest, under the lip edge of the dash, etc. It's not the entire interior, just here and there. I'm super meticulous about my cars, and this is concerning me. What is causing it to occur? Can this stickiness be removed? How? Anyone else experience this? Since I bought it, I have never cleaned the interior at all, so it doesn't have ArmourAll or some heavy product on it (unless a prior owner applied it). The car is always stored indoors. I do live in FL, so the car is stored in a warmer client that is probably more humid, etc.

[wraithracing]

I have experienced the "sticky" interior parts a few times myself. I believe the heat and humidity do have something to do with it. I am not 100% but from what I have heard it has to do with the type of plastic the parts are and essentially they are 'oozing' some of the petroleum product inside of them. The arm rest and center console pad seem to be the worst in my experience.

As for how to deal with it, that I don't have a great answer for. In the past I have used a good mild plastic/rubber/vinyl cleaner to clean the parts and dry thoroughly. Then I have used some plastic/rubber/vinyl dressing (NOT ARMOUR ALL) to try and seal the part. Depending on the severity some times it works pretty well, other times not so much. Good Luck!

[swearint]

I don't know if this stuff will directly address your issue in terms of removing the residue, but I suspect it will. Otherwise, it is a great protectant/sealant:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/303-Aeros...16-oz/45626471

No afffiliation, yada, yada.

[86-TC/SVO]

I have the same issue with the map pockets in my Tbird. I never found anything yet, myself to take care of it. I'll look into the above.

[webestang]

I have yet to try it but I've been told to try a 50/50 mix of baking soda and water will work.

Only thing that gets sticky on my 3 Mustang interiors is my aftermarket vinyl wrapped steering wheel on the 85.

[eric]

I've used diluted vinegar on vinyl or rubber coated things like the steering wheel itself and middle portion of steering wheel, door and center armrests, e-brake handle. Anything vinyl. I also dusted it with some corn starch and let that just sit over night and then dusted it off clean in the morning. Together, those two things really worked and it never came back and that was about 4 years ago.

Eric

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[noac]

Clean the inside with Spray 9...