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Tech Area => General Buick Tech => Topic started by: $1987 GN$ on August 21 2011, 09:12:06 PM
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OK so what is the best way to remove bad tint on the rear window without destroying the heater element.
Looks like it has been there for a long time and has bubbled etc.
AJ___
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The gentleman that removed mine had a full blown gas mask on...so whatever the crap is...ain't good for your lungs.
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Ammonia softens it IRCC. Heat gun helps too
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I was going to say a carefully used heat gun. As for the removal of any residue, I'm not sure. Interested though..
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I think I used lacquer thinner for the glue residue after I warmed the film with a hairdryer and got the glue to release. Door glass.
NO idea what thinner would do to the glue holding the foil.
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A big fukkin hammer always gets the tint off properly. :add_wegbrech:
It is a bit expensive, but it is worth it in the end. I am relatively serious with this post as well. Either use a BFH or take it somewhere and pay to have it removed. I am cheap and it is worth paying someone to remove it.
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remove as much as you can physically use a good automotive adhesive remover for residue...it takes time but you will not damage rear defogger
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I have left one of mine sitting out while I have been working on the Challenger. I see the tint is removing itself-rolling up from the edges
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Thanks for the tips - I need to remove the old tint from the 87 T and the wife's Integra.
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Sean Ryder posted this link somewhere else. He said this was the stuff to get for the tint glue removal.
http://www.autotechmfg.com/tipsTricks.html (http://www.autotechmfg.com/tipsTricks.html)
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holy crap....forgot about that
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holy crap....forgot about that
Heck Sean your not even old yet.
Thanks Wendy
Will be giving it a try next weekend.
AJ___
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I think I used lacquer thinner for the glue residue after I warmed the film with a hairdryer and got the glue to release. Door glass.
NO idea what thinner would do to the glue holding the foil.
X2, I used a hairdryer to heat the tint up good, nice sharp new blades, and start peeling in a corner, followed by more heat! I also used lacquer thinner to clean up the glue residue left behind. I chose not to retint it myself, I took it to a tint shop.
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I think I used lacquer thinner for the glue residue after I warmed the film with a hairdryer and got the glue to release. Door glass.
NO idea what thinner would do to the glue holding the foil.
X2, I used a hairdryer to heat the tint up good, nice sharp new blades, and start peeling in a corner, followed by more heat! I also used lacquer thinner to clean up the glue residue left behind. I chose not to retint it myself, I took it to a tint shop.
Do you have rear defrost?
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I think I used lacquer thinner for the glue residue after I warmed the film with a hairdryer and got the glue to release. Door glass.
NO idea what thinner would do to the glue holding the foil.
X2, I used a hairdryer to heat the tint up good, nice sharp new blades, and start peeling in a corner, followed by more heat! I also used lacquer thinner to clean up the glue residue left behind. I chose not to retint it myself, I took it to a tint shop.
Do you have rear defrost?
Yes I do, I get the tint good and hot at one side, start at a corner and peel as a continue heating the tint. If your lucky like I was, it'll mostly peel off in a nice big chunk. What ever was left behind I use a razor very carefully around the defroster lines.Then I clean it up with lacquer thinner or rubbing alcohol.