Window Tinting Over Defrost Lines??
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Tried a few things:
1) WD 40 - X
2) Acetone - X (This scared me...my glass got a milky color inside, but it soon cleared up...whew) Put that back on the shelf immediately.
3) Goof Off - X
4) Citrus Cleaner - X
5) Steam by itself - X
6) Steam with a plastic razor blade - Worked a little but only to remove little bits of remaining film. Would not touch the glue
7) Alcohol by itself - X
8) Steam first, then directly followed with alcohol soaked paper towel and a little plastic scraping as needed. This seems to be the best result so far. Still takes effort and time, but am getting some positive result.
There is probably a magic solution that would just wipe on and remove, but don't know what that is yet.
1) WD 40 - X
2) Acetone - X (This scared me...my glass got a milky color inside, but it soon cleared up...whew) Put that back on the shelf immediately.
3) Goof Off - X
4) Citrus Cleaner - X
5) Steam by itself - X
6) Steam with a plastic razor blade - Worked a little but only to remove little bits of remaining film. Would not touch the glue
7) Alcohol by itself - X
8) Steam first, then directly followed with alcohol soaked paper towel and a little plastic scraping as needed. This seems to be the best result so far. Still takes effort and time, but am getting some positive result.
There is probably a magic solution that would just wipe on and remove, but don't know what that is yet.
Lol, there's not. Or at least nothing you'd want to be spraying around inside the car.
Tint glue is some seriously nasty stuff to get off. Worse the older/harder it gets. Either you remove it with the plastic, or once the plastic is off you immediately get the glue off. Otherwise you're in for some trials getting it off.
I had no idea! I learned my one thing today. Now, I wonder what I forgot to make room?
Yeah, I also noticed while removing the film with steam, which is easy, and you let it touch back to the glass anywhere, the glue transfers back to the glass and new mess to deal with, that steam alone will not remove. Steam followed immediately by alcohol worked though.
AMMONIA! I forgot to try that.
Windex, I think has ammonia and non-ammonia formulations. I gotta go get some. May be the magic ingredient I am looking for. I will post after I try it.
I use ammonia for cleaning shellac based products like BIN primer from brushes. Nothing else I know of will touch shellac.
Yep, that's why I say old fasioned blue windex. The ammonia does help.
Glass without defrosters are easy. Yank the film and spray/scrape with a single edged blade. That's the fastest way to get it done. Just try not to drop a bunch of the slime down in the door, and yea you're going to go through a decent number of papertowels and windex.
Definitely try ammonia, with a lot of detergent in it, that should be more effective than just windex, but not from a spray bottle, so you're minimizing the amount of fumes floating around to breathe. More ammonia more effective but worse to breathe. It may need applied multiple times and a soak, not a few minutes job.
Did you have the original tint put on and have information on it that may help to determine what the adhesive is? If ammonia won't soften it up, acetone probably will. I realize you mentioned that you tried acetone and the hazy film worried you but if you don't get it anywhere it shouldn't be (use sparingly), it didn't do any damage, right?
