There's tinting (really dark) on the side windows of my latest project. You can tell it is not original to the window. How do I remove this crap? I hate tinted windows.
Heat gun helps for sure. Then use some brake cleaner or solvent if needed. Here Ontario makes us measure front window tint for safety. We've had to remove tint often, where we used to not have to. It's not that hard. Doesn't take too long with heat gun
I once bought an old Bronco for $500. I had my three boys go at it with razor blades and a heat gun, and it took them three days. Pain in the ass, but it worked. My oldest boy drives it to this day.
Not sure what good a heat gun does. Seems like it would make it gooey-er and harder to deal with . Razor blade in a holder, then surface or glass cleaner, as stated earlier. The stuff goes on with water. the glue will come off the same way....in MY experience.
Its been a few years and my first information was slightly off. Speedys Garage right after me has it exactly right.
I use ammonia in a spray bottle , spray it on, wait a few minutes and the tint will peel off with little effort, spray again and use a razor blade to remove glue, then a good window cleaner
I removed tint off of my friends beetle once. Used a razor and a heat gun. It took forever, but it got the job done
I bought a T/A to restore that had that crap on every window. I removed the glass (as part of the restoration) and used spray on vinyl remover, the stuff you use to remove "wood" paneling from a station wagon. It leaves a glue residue behind that cleaned right up with solvent. This worked even on the back glass with those defroster lines on the inside of the glass without ruining the elements (where razor blades and scrapers would not have been as effective).
Old thread but I'd have to think that how hard it is to get off depends a lot on who put it on and the quality of the film they used. It took me a lot of work to get it off the windows of my OT daily driver. The car had all the other side of the tracks nonsense on it when I bought it, Tinted windows, cheapie smoked taillights and horrid headlights that I still haven't changed.
I tried to remove a low portion of the rear window plastic tint on my OT Prius and it’s been a real bitch. I can’t see out of that frigging window with that heavy tint on there. thank goodness my 41 Cadillac doesn’t have a bit of added tint on it.
man, there sure are a rash of 5 and 10 year old threads being bumped back to the top lately, I am quite sure that Chaz got his tint off many years ago, and he has passed away so he really doesn't care now....
I'll play zombie post too for the benefit of others. You need some drop cloth plastic sheet or a trash bag and some soapy water in a spritzer bottle. I go about 1/2 tsp to a qt. Spray the tint and press the plastic on to the wet surface, then spray the plastic too. Give it 7-10 min, start a spot and patiently peel off the film. Glue comes with it. Don't ask me why it works, I don't know why but it does.
Exactly. Nothing wrong with good info being added to an old thread. People still search and read this stuff if it is relevant to things they are doing now. How old is too old? What is the statute of limitations for posting on previous threads? Can someone please clarify this for all of us??? I have some tint to remove, and will be trying the "highlander method"............
I've heard the easiest way to remove window tint is go to like Sam's club, dollar store etc and buy 1 of those cheapy cloths steamer. Use the steamer to heat the tint and pull it off. From what I've read it works great, the trick is the steam. I guess the steam actually helps lift the glue. .
Incidentally, if you have access to a steamer, it takes it right off. I did a pickup I bought in about an hour.
A steamer works great, most of the glue stays on the tint when you peel it off. There are You Tube videos on this.
For daily drivers, I only buy rust free southern cars. They all come with shitty tinted windows it seems. Its a bitch to get off, Google it up and you will see most of the same info posted here. I use a heat gun, and razor blades, lots of them. The last one was a compact fast back job, so you were laying in the car and working over your head. The glue was so hard, and impeded with dirt I would only get about a 6" square chunk done and a new blade was needed. I'd like to beat the fuck out of people who put that shit on
With the steamer method, all you need are plastic razor blades. Once you start getting it moist and hot the film peels off in one big piece. By far the best, easiest way!
I removed old tint film by spraying it really wet with ammonia, then taping black plastic up against it to sort of seal in the ammonia. Put the car window in direct bright sunlight for an hour, keeping the tint wet with the ammonia. removed the black plastic and then the tint peeled right off. Super easy.
Just dis OT car , heat gun , peel it , window cleaned plastic single edge blade , looked new in 30 minutes
Ok, how about removing tint film from a plexiglass window? I have a Corvette hardtop with stick on window tint on the back window. Would a steamer work there or possibly damage the plexiglass ?