Removing windows tinting stuff

Quebec88LX · 04-22-2002

Hi, the guy I bought the car from has installed some cheap window tinting. It all bubbled up and its very ungly..... I tried removing it by pealing it, and it comes off in little pieces, leaving the glue a some other stuff....

Any ideas on how to get the windows back to natural? I know about the rasor blade scaping, but it's mostly for my rear windows so I have to be carefull on my defrost...

Thanks guys.....

**ScottHalliday** · 04-23-2002

I am pretty sure 3M makes a product to remove glue from glass without damaging it. Here's a few other places you maybe able to find a similar product:

Griott's Garage

Meguiar's Care Care Products

Mothers Car Care Products

J.C. Whitney

Eastwood Company

View My Profile! · 04-23-2002

Sounds strange but try baby shampoo and water. Use that with a plastic bondo spreader and it works wonders. If that doesn't work, you can use bug and tar remover.

GT50 · 04-24-2002

I had the same problem and what I ended up doing is carefully pulling off the tint and then just using Windex, cleaned up the glue residue that was left. I am sure that a shop that installs tint must have some solution to remove it. You could ask them on their opioion for this.

View My Profile! · 05-24-2002

Use ammonia, dish detergent, and water. It works great.

Eddie

KEITH KIMBERLY · 09-02-2002

The best way I've ever seen to remove the glue was rubbing alcohol and a nylon scubbing pad, you know the read and yellow kindyou've use for dishes.Just spray the window with the alcohol and scrub, glue should come right off!

ryanmetz · 06-23-2003

two words
GOOF OFF

speedball1969 · 08-06-2003

Buy 100% amonia, take a garbage bag and put underneath window so that the amonia doesn't run onto the interior. Spray water on outside of glass, put another garbage bag on outside of window, sorta squeegee it to the window and cut it with a razor blade to outline the window. Take a deep, DEEP breath and soak the back window with the amonia, then get out of the vehicle and get the garbage bag on the window off, and put it on the inside against the window and sorta sguegee into place. park in sun for 30mins to 1 hour. The amonia will soak into the window tint and should allow the adhesive to weaken.

If you try to peel it off, you will probably seperate the 2 layers of tint, and you will play the devil getting the final layer off. I have a friend with a honda accord, rear defrost, and he pulled the first layer of tint off and the second did not come off. The whole back glass, defrost and all is going to have to be scraped to allow the new tint to go on. Good luck. Also, the 2 best things for removing the tint glue is Simple green and baby shampoo w/ water 5% / 95% ratio

VenemoussC · 08-06-2003

If none of that works just take it to a place that does tinting and they can take it off profesionally very cheaply.

CragarShinoda · 10-20-2003

Use an adhesive remover. Auto Zone sells the stuff. Just look for the window tint and the tint remover will be right in that area. Let the remover sit for about 5 minutes to soak in and then simply wipe off with a towell. Total time invested will be about 5 minutes of waiting, 1 minute of elbow grease per window. If that does not work, try rapid remover. www.rapidtac.com This stuff WILL work!