Window tinting

Cliff R · Post by **Cliff R** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:30 am

On tuesday I bought a 92 model L series sports wagon.
I spent all day Wednesday peeling off the side windows tinting as it was all crazed.

I then spent all day Thursday peeling the tint off the rear window.

Going through Google I checked out how to get tint off as easily as possible.
Using heat seemed the best way so I tried a hair drier, steam cleaning machine (small one) Metho, window cleaner which clearly states "dont use on tinted windows" and soaking each window in water or metho or cleaner.
The tinting ended up coming off in 2 parts, being the coloured part, and leaving a 2nd layer with the glue. Everything was definately hot enough it just would not budge.

The only way this stuff moved was a soaking pad head fitting to the steam cleaner and a heap of sharp safety razors to scrap it off.
The rear window was the worst due to the demister and I am not sure what state it is in at the moment. All looks good but you never know.
All I do know is I tried all the recommended options except using amonia but drew the line on soaking the windows with this one. Pretty dangerous.
My thought on window tinting is now "if you think one day you may be pulling window tinting back off that you are about to install, think carefully" either that or get a professional to take it all off but make sure they know what they are doing.
Just glad I decided not to put tinting onto the MY wagon.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:44 am

I used to find it could peel off in sections that would then tear to nothing and start again, finish off with stanley blades and windex. A mate who loves the smell of petrol uses this as his tint fix , melting some of his brains fats along the way.....

Post by **Alex** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:48 am

ive found that trying to peel it off older cars is a bitch (if its been on there for 20+years)

newer cars and maybe a different modern type of adhesive it just peels off in one piece.

alex

Post by **Alex** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:49 am

oh and by the way, go to your supermarket and get the orange branded goo remover, it owns gluey residues. let it soak in for afew minutes.

alex

Cliff R · Post by **Cliff R** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:50 pm

OK I didnt try the orange goo remover and I think that was one of the suggestions when I researched how to get the stuff off.
Thought about petrol (and contact cleaner and brake cleaner) but was worried how that might effect the demister.
Anyway, the job is finished now hopefully never to be done again.

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:39 pm

Yeah be careful of the rear demister, I don't have one anymore because of window tint

The tint on my sig pic, eventually started peeling off and breaking up. It was so long ago I barely remember, but I remember dad peeling it all off. Not sure if he used any chemical, it just came off cleanly but still stuck enough to neatly peel the heater element off the rear window...all of it

I'm still finding fragments of the tinting film whenever I pull up a section of the floor vinyl in any given area

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:59 pm

I used the ammonia a couple of years ago and it works great.

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:58 pm

I had to remove my beloved extra dark tint from my front windows for a RWC...yep you guessed it...too dark lol

All i did was just carefully peel off the tint which came off in one piece, then used a scraper (safety blade) to take off the layer of glue, then a quick clean with Windex & it was all done

This was on a 2000 Falcon so it may be as Alex said, a different type of glue, which seems to be water soluble.

I would love to get tinting done on my Foz but if i am ever able to afford it i will only get a quality tint, seen too many crappy purple tints...