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Best way to remove tints
- Thread starter PBCup
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This sounds crazy but get your lass, get her in the back of the car and the proceed to rive the gusset out of her, the steam will let you scrape it straigh off! spent hours tring to remove mine on my old R5 gt-t, this cured it!
...........failing that, boil a kettle, leave it in the car so it steams up and then scrape off with a old credit card or something similar....
wall paper steamer would also work, it comes off sooooooo much easier than using solvants
...........failing that, boil a kettle, leave it in the car so it steams up and then scrape off with a old credit card or something similar....
wall paper steamer would also work, it comes off sooooooo much easier than using solvants
'Mia' Rover Mini 35
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Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
Peel off film
Clean glass with pure acetone & wire wool (this removes the sticky residue)
Clean again with tardis & wire wool
Polish glass with windolene
Takes approx 20-25 mins per window.
Easy peasy.
Clean glass with pure acetone & wire wool (this removes the sticky residue)
Clean again with tardis & wire wool
Polish glass with windolene
Takes approx 20-25 mins per window.
Easy peasy.
Will wire wool 0000 damage the demister? From what i've read and seen its ok on glass.
Why use both tardis and acetone? Do they work differently?
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
0000 was fine on my M3, will be doing the golf shortly. Acetone/tardis did seem to work differently, i found the acetone better actually, tardis just made everything greasy!!
Be careful with it though, it marks plastic/leather and turns it white - had to get the black marker pen out to colour the m3 door sills back in lol
Be careful with it though, it marks plastic/leather and turns it white - had to get the black marker pen out to colour the m3 door sills back in lol
Depends.... I've removed tints from both inside and outside!
Did it. All 5 off.
Fronts left loads of glue but asdas own window cleaner and a Stanley knife blade sorted it.
Rears both came out very easily leaving no glue at all.
Rear windscreen left some glue but it took all the heating elements with it so looks like I need a new screen. It's slightly damaged from the previous idiot owner not replacing the rear wiper and letting it scratch the glass. It does obscure my view out of the window so maybe I'll get lucky and get it done on insurance for £50. Failing that I'll have to buy a new one.
Fronts left loads of glue but asdas own window cleaner and a Stanley knife blade sorted it.
Rears both came out very easily leaving no glue at all.
Rear windscreen left some glue but it took all the heating elements with it so looks like I need a new screen. It's slightly damaged from the previous idiot owner not replacing the rear wiper and letting it scratch the glass. It does obscure my view out of the window so maybe I'll get lucky and get it done on insurance for £50. Failing that I'll have to buy a new one.
Thought i'd report back, my tints were removed on saturday.
It came of very easily, I had the heat gun, tardis and 0000 wool ready, but when I made the first small scrape with the razor blade the tint just came away without leaving glue behind. I just had to peel it off very very slowly. I spent a good hour removing it. A tiny amount of glue was left behind from when I tried to pull it off too quickly, apart from that it came off cleanly. Guess I was lucky the previous owner chose this tint.
Job done. Thanks for the help.
It came of very easily, I had the heat gun, tardis and 0000 wool ready, but when I made the first small scrape with the razor blade the tint just came away without leaving glue behind. I just had to peel it off very very slowly. I spent a good hour removing it. A tiny amount of glue was left behind from when I tried to pull it off too quickly, apart from that it came off cleanly. Guess I was lucky the previous owner chose this tint.
Job done. Thanks for the help.
LOL at the video's
"Mate, don't call me a glue head. Makes me sound like a drug addict"
"Mate, don't call me a glue head. Makes me sound like a drug addict"
