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Update: I went over the darkened stitching with the Marvy Uchida fabric marker. There was an improvement on some stitches, but many of them didn't seem to take any of the pigment -- so it looks a little splotchy now. I will try again tomorrow to see if it will take several applications. Here is...

The bottle was a few months old but I have used it numerous times. Who knows. Could have been a defective dash, too.

Is it Marvy Uchida, by chance? I had actually found that on my own and it's already en route.

That was at the back of my mind as well...dashboard reassembly could trade one problem for another.

That's the plan: start with the fabric marker, then move up to the paint if no improvement. Fortunately these can be quickly wiped away before they dry if anything weird happens. Will report back once the products show up later this week and I give it a try.

Thanks Mike, the interior repair guy tried a few of his cleaners just to be certain -- he uses them to prep surfaces prior to painting (degreasing). I also tried P&S's Xpress Interior Cleaner, diluted dish soap, and Sonax's foaming fabric cleaner. We even tried a heat gun to see if it was...

Hi all, new member but long time clean car-obsessive. I recently bought a 2021 Nissan Titan PRO-4X, my first ever new car...and first ever truck. Unfortunately, my trusty Einszett/1Z Cockpit Premium seriously messed up the [vinyl?] dashboard. I felt absolutely sick. The dealer, my local...