Window Tint Glue/Residue

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17 years 7 months ago #13729 by Chris CW
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Had front tints on my car when I bought it, and got told by the police to remove them there and then when they checked them. It was a cold night which I think didnt help in leaving so much of the films glue/residue on my window. Its been too cold to try and remove it all since, even a hairdryer and white spirit wont make it budge unless I put ALOT of elbow grease into it - but it would still take me literally 12 hours to remove it.

Anyone know of anything really strong I can use to remove it?

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17 years 7 months ago #13730 by Vlad
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get new windows lol

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17 years 7 months ago #13755 by Andy
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some tips of diffferent sites hope they help

removed with petrol or similar. even wd40 works well.

auto glym tar and adhesive remover soak it into a cloth and the give it a good rub a dub dub and it will fall off

use a mild detergent to dissolve the remaining glue

A hand held steamer does the trick,

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17 years 7 months ago #13765 by richard1987
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Brake cleaner will normally remove it mate

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17 years 7 months ago #13803 by Chris CW
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Cheers all, am going to give the auto glym tar and adhesive remover a go first though since it can come in handy for the damn tar on my car (had the roof done at work! messy bar stewards!). Was only like a fiver at Halfrauds, will try it first thing tomorrow!

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17 years 7 months ago #13809 by retro dan
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Tar and adhesive remover will not touch it....



Use thinners and a stanley blade on its side dont dig in just let it glide slowly, done it to a mates car and it worked well

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17 years 7 months ago #13814 by Chris CW
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Tried a stanley blade scraper and got nowhere, it was soaked in meths aswell, and even tried it heated with a hair dryer and it wouldnt budge - well it would, just not easily, look as if when I was putting enough power in to remove it, it was scratching my window too. Will give the Auto Glym stuff a go anyway theres no harm trying

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17 years 7 months ago #13886 by slacker
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Somewhere like staples or other hardware type places do a specific adhesive remover

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17 years 7 months ago #13909 by Chris CW
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Its OK, the Auto Glym stuff worked :) Seemed to make the glue turn into jelly and would collect to itself when scrubbing it off the windows - so happy days!

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