How to clean "film" from XLT's orange interior trim / liners?

[TrippMe]

Not sure what it's called but the orange interior insert (see image) has a while waxy/chalky film on it and I don't know what it is or how to clean it. I tried to clean it with soap and water and it doesn't remove anything.

Do you know what it is? How to clean it?

I'm 95% certain it's been there since I got just hadn't really taken notice until today.

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[Meintc]

Image?

 

[Flight Test]

Assuming this part is rubber, the white stuff is called "bloom" and it is actually sometimes engineered into the rubber to protect the rubber from dry rot. Dry rot is really just damage caused by ozone, UV, Cosmic ray and whatnot. Dry rot makes the rubber craze, turn brittle, crack and shrink. It may also just be poor rubber formulation where some component has reached its solubility limit. Many times heating the rubber will make the bloom disappear as heat increases solubility. Heating rubber is not advised though as most rubbers shrink when heated (kind of opposite of what you would think). You can clean it off with any good detergent cleanser, but it will eventually come back. By cleaning it off, you are not degrading the protection (if in fact it was there for that purpose) of the rubber as once it is on the surface, it has already done its job.

 

[Cubsfan24]

Mine looks the same

 

[ndmiller]

Put in a plastic bag with some 303 rubber/plastic cleaner/restorer shake it all around and leave over night. Take it out and wipe down with paper towels, should be good as new. 303 is the bomb.

 

[Jelvismc]

I just use a little Armor-All on it when I wipe down the interior

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