hey
anyone got any tricks to removing window tint?
cheers
rhys
kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects
124 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
it aint just cool its aircool'd
removing window tint?????
dak dak ute Seriously Crusin Dubber
119 posts · joined May 2004 ·
razor blade
helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body
7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
You could try a heat gun or very hot hair dryer.
Bu99ed Casual Dubber
44 posts · joined May 2004 ·
I used a blade from a retractable knife and scrapped all the tint with the blade flat to the glass (to avoid scratching it) and then I coated the glass with methelated spirits and scrapped the remainder of the glue off
type82e Wolfsburg Wizard
591 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
depending on what it was maybe throw in another window?
ive thrown out many side windows beacuse you cant give them away?
marcel
ive thrown out many side windows beacuse you cant give them away?
marcel
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Scraping with single edged razor blades...
You will need a packet or two... and 2 weeks for Your fingers to recuperate..🙂🙂
then I also use Methylated spirits to clean off the residue - using another single edged razor blade...
Then clean clean clean...
Especially if You are going to re-tint the window ...
Lee ..
You will need a packet or two... and 2 weeks for Your fingers to recuperate..🙂🙂
then I also use Methylated spirits to clean off the residue - using another single edged razor blade...
Then clean clean clean...
Especially if You are going to re-tint the window ...
Lee ..
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects
124 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
might give that hair dryer idea ago!!!! cant hurt!!!
dont know whether to re tint or not!!
cheers
rhys
dont know whether to re tint or not!!
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd
last celtic warrior Wolfsburg Wizard
402 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I'd advise against a hair drier or heat gun as side windows are zone toughened glass and may explode if you heat just a spot. The razor scraper idea is the easiest, especially if you use it at a slight angle instead of pushing it straight through. And best to dull the corners of the blade slightly (by rubbing the corners on concrete or a brick) so there's less chance of scratching the glass.
helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body
7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
A hair drier will not hurt toughened glass. A heat gun would have to be held in one spot for a long time to have any chance of explosion. The tint would bubble & melt long before then. Just dont throw cooler water on it, let it slowly cool.
Only use a very new very sharp single sided blade in a proper holder and push away from you. Do not scrape the blade on a brick or concrete as the irregular edge that it makes will cause scratches.
I have seen window tint guys remove old tint using heat gun & blades and they use very new ones only to make sure they have the straightest sharpest smoothest edge.
Would you shave your face with a blunt or rough blade?
Personally I don't like shaving at all. 🙂
Only use a very new very sharp single sided blade in a proper holder and push away from you. Do not scrape the blade on a brick or concrete as the irregular edge that it makes will cause scratches.
I have seen window tint guys remove old tint using heat gun & blades and they use very new ones only to make sure they have the straightest sharpest smoothest edge.
Would you shave your face with a blunt or rough blade?
Personally I don't like shaving at all. 🙂
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I was told NOT to retint the doors...
But I am going to.. well I've already done one...
I found that with the New outer scrapers have a small rubber lip at the bottom and this was grabbing ont My glass.
so I'm going to burn the edge off with a hot soldering iron...
fairly difficult and both inner & outer scrapers are installed and glued into place...
Lee
But I am going to.. well I've already done one...
I found that with the New outer scrapers have a small rubber lip at the bottom and this was grabbing ont My glass.
so I'm going to burn the edge off with a hot soldering iron...
fairly difficult and both inner & outer scrapers are installed and glued into place...
Lee
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tonyg Seriously Crusin Dubber
174 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·
9 inch angle grinder??
they took me away haha, hope the medication works
helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body
7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Throwing them really hard at the footpath from a vehicle dooing 100kph will definitley remove the tint from the glass, or is that the glass from the tint?
VWSlammer Commited Dubber
53 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·
The hair dryer technique works for external stickers and decals. Then use anything with a solvent base to remove the icky sticky remnants. make sure you do it in a wel ventilated space or you will end up higher than a kite.
Unreconstucted anarchist at heart.
last celtic warrior Wolfsburg Wizard
402 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I suggested dulling only the corners of the blade Helbus, not the actual edge. I have seen scratches caused by the imperfect corner of a blade. And as for shattering, it depends on how cold the rest of the window is...
kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects
124 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
hey
have tried the heat gun and it works well!!! doing small sections aty a time gets it off!!!
thanks heaps guys
cheers
rhys
have tried the heat gun and it works well!!! doing small sections aty a time gets it off!!!
thanks heaps guys
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd
lobus Wolfsburg Wizard
618 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·
you don't need all that much heat. just enought to make the glue melt...no scratches from blades that way
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5PL1TDCS10N Insano Dub Head
845 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
The 'ol steam kettle works very well too.
The other option is throw a brick through the glass which will cause the tint to 'separate' then just glue pieces of glass together and stick back on car.
Any spare pieces of glass can be polished up and saved for that engagement ring! hehe
The other option is throw a brick through the glass which will cause the tint to 'separate' then just glue pieces of glass together and stick back on car.
Any spare pieces of glass can be polished up and saved for that engagement ring! hehe
1303Steve Scirocco Rare
8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Hi
Further to removing window tint, I just removed some from some windows I have, the heat gun softened the glue really well and allowed me to remove the film in one sheet. I bought some De-Solv-it from a hardware store, it really attacked the glue residue and made it really easy to scrape it up with single bladed razor blade. I did 2 side windows and a back window (out of the car) in about 20 minutes.
1302Steve
Further to removing window tint, I just removed some from some windows I have, the heat gun softened the glue really well and allowed me to remove the film in one sheet. I bought some De-Solv-it from a hardware store, it really attacked the glue residue and made it really easy to scrape it up with single bladed razor blade. I did 2 side windows and a back window (out of the car) in about 20 minutes.
1302Steve
empi man Casual Dubber
46 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·
Sandblasting works fine!
There's aguy up the road from you!
Do you need to see through the glass?
If not.safety edge razor blade with window cleaner and patience/time.
There's aguy up the road from you!
Do you need to see through the glass?
If not.safety edge razor blade with window cleaner and patience/time.
Peter Leonard Moderator Volatile
1,456 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
what steve said. 'de-solv-it'. citrus based cleaner, and very handy stuff. little goes a long way, just let it soak for a while and it does the work for you, but you need to get to the sticky stuff first.
let sleeping dubs lie
kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects
124 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
ok stuck to it today with gem blades and got it off was pretty painless except the sore index finger and thumb!!!
know to go and get extremely dark tint done!
cheers
rhys
know to go and get extremely dark tint done!
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd
barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem
9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·
just make sure its still legal cause there is too dark i cannot remember a figure but again its a rta tech question. so ring them
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