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After cleaning with vinegar and one with a mold killer, both did not work. After 4 weeks the white "growth" was returning.
I disassembled them and painted them with some plastic bumper paint, inside and out. Fingers crossed this is a permanent solution. Before painting.  After painting. 
Posted on: 5/19 2:27
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Follow up....
It's been 2 months since I painted the plastic portion of my armrests and no white growth has appeared..............yet! I have my fingers crossed that this will be a permanent fix. Attach file:  20240722_083351.jpg (3,702.50 KB)
Posted on: 7/22 9:45
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They look great but the mold is still a concern as it has to have come from somewhere. It’s either in the padding inside the armrest and somehow getting through the old vinyl or it’s inside the car but doesn’t like the paint. Either way, it wouldn’t hurt to get a mold test kit to be sire you’re not breathing it.
Posted on: 7/22 13:29
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I rebuilt these last winter and the white growth only grows on the plastic base, not the padding or vinyl. I'm pretty sure it's the Tenite they added to plastic to make it soft. There are plenty of stories online talking about plastics that have Tenite breaking down and creating a bad smell. I'll see what happens over the next year or so.
Posted on: 7/22 14:14
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I rebuilt these last winter and the white growth only grows on the plastic base, not the padding or vinyl. I'm pretty sure it's the Tenite they added to plastic to make it soft. There are plenty of stories online talking about plastics that have Tenite breaking down and creating a bad smell. I'll see what happens over the next year or so.[/quote Reread my earlier post to you instead of saying ´adding Tenite to plastic to make it soft’. It looks like it was bloom and you have a good chance of it not reappearing now
Posted on: 7/22 16:22
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