Dear Andrew,

There are several Armorall products. The preservative is just that and
will not destroy vinyl or other plastics even when applied to automobile
dashboards etc (subjected to heat, sun and cold). The Armorall cleaner
will mess up certain plastics. I have shells that have had the preservative
applied for 12 years and they are just fine.

Emilio Jorge Power

Andrew Grebneff wrote:

>> Hello Cindy
>> You Can use ArmorAll to preserve the luster of the shell,
>> and the periostracum if present, and not for animal presivation.
>> Leslie
>>
>> I hate to bring this up, but remember reading that someone said to use
>> Armorall to clean shells, but to either use the cleaner and NOT the
>> preservative or vice versa.  Can you tell me which it was?  Thank
>> you.  Cindy
>>
>> The opinions, comments, and advice offered by me here are mine alone.
>> As such, they carry as much weight as a feather in a snow storm.
>
>
> Beware using ArmorAll on ANYTHING. It destroys car vinyl (yes, it
> does! It should be illegal to sell it... likewise Motor Up, which
> destroys mechanical any components it comes into contact with).
>
> I'm not sure what ArmorAll contains which damages plastics, but
> whatever, it does attack organics (got this info from a member of the
> Vanagon.com list). Perhaps it breaks up polymers.
>
> To preserve the organics (especially opercs & periostracum) use
> paraffin oil, a light colorless odorless oil which will not
> deteriorate or absorb water (glycerine/glycerol will absorb moisture
> from the atmosphere, apparently).
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
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