How do you remove window tint without scratching the glass?

Answer 1

a razor blade will not scratch your windows use that and a few drops of liq dish soap mix w/in a spray bottle fill w/water .pull up a edge w/razor spray mixture.use razor again .over and over. I've done it its messy and slow but works well

Answer 2

The difficult thing about removing tint is that most film is constructed of two layers of tinted polyester. When you try to peel the film off the glass, the top layer will usually pull right off leaving the second layer behind. This second layer will not peel off, it will just flake and tear like a price tag.

Step 1:


To over come separation between layers you must soften the adhesive so that both layers peel at the same time. This is very important, if you peel the just the top layer, you may as well just use razor blades as there is no way to peel the second layer off without picking at it for a few hours. You MUST try to peel both layers at once.

NOTE: You are more than likely to damage one or more of your defroster lines, when this happens, the cut line will not work anymore. Some cars have radio antennas mounted alongside the defrosters made of the same material. If you damage these, your radio antenna will not work! Be careful! Taking it to a tint shop to be done greatly increases the odds of saving the lines, but even a tint shop can not promise to save your lines, sometimes the film is just to far gone.

Step 2:
First, clear the window of any obstructions, like the brake light, speaker covers etc.

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Answer 3

i found this:
for the most part, blades can be used on all the windows except ones with defrost lines. i tell people to keep the blades fresh, to avoid scratching the glass, and also to keep the glass lubricated with some soapy water or windex, etc. when you try to scrape them dry it just smears the adhesive and it takes forever.

the back glass is the tough one. you can use a steamer, if you have access to one, or my way, which is a little more old school.

first, mix up a solution of rubbing alcohol, dish soap and water. using a normal sized pump spray bottle, i measure approximately 1 inch of rubbing alcohol, 1/2 inch of dawn dish soap and fill the rest with water.

cover the back deck if you'd like, but i've never had any damage to the fabric or speakers, etc.

place a BLACK garbage bag on the outside of the back glass and cut out the shape of back glass. spray the inside of the glass with your solution and place the garbage bag over the spray. don't squeegie it down, you want there to be pockets of solution on the tint. next, put the car out it the sun.....very important!! the heat of the sun hits the black bag, heats up the solution and chews away at the tint, without chewing away at the window.

check the progress after approximately 10 minutes. usually the color layer will peel off pretty easily now, leaving behind the adhesive. spray and cover again, and check often. when you check, use 0000 steel wool and scrub small areas at a time. if you take the bag completely off, most of the softened adhesive will dry by the time you get to it. just pull a small corner (1'x1'), spray with soapy water (a much less soapy mixture, about 1 good squirt of dish soap and then filled to the top with water), and scrub with the steel wool. keep that up until it's finished.

some cars are easier than others.(2) spray mixtures
blades - pack of 100 is usually about $6 at home depot
pack of 0000 steel wool
black garbage bag

SUNNY DAY - not necessarily a hot day, but it helps. as long as the inside of the window gets hot, that's all that matters.

you may want to keep the doors open too, because the smell can be pretty strong.

Answer 4

The window tint in a car is not the same application as that on stores windows, remember that. total different application.
But taking it inside the car is pretty easy if it is not the sprayed on kind,if it is go back to where they sprayed it on at and get them to remove it.

the peel and stick kind is really easy to get off. Put some joy dish washing liquid in to a spray bottle with hot water in it. quite a bit of the soap at least 2 tablespoons full. spray it on while the water is really warm and then take your razor blade and just make little cuts in a section like you were nipping at it. the spray more stuff on it wait for a little while and you should see at every place you opened the film with the nip cuts an air bubble you and go from any of those point now and do the other side the same way, do all four corners that way and then spray stuff on th middle and nip and cup it it will lift off easily now and you won't have so much unmelted glue left on the window.

Answer 5

I usally take a razor blade to the edge of the tint, pull enough with the blade so I can get a grip on the tint, and then peel it by hand. Once you peel all the tint off the window, use a solvent like carb cleaner or adhesive remover. Spray the window, and with the razor blade, go scraping off the adhesive. Ive done it a bunch of times and have yet to scratch glass. Good luck!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

When removing the tinit use a glass cleaner it will help. Use a new straight edge razor and gently scrap the tint off the window while periodically spraying it the glass cleaner. You should not get scratches on the glass if done correctly.

Answer 8

Spray the window with windex, and start at a corner where you might be able to start peeling off the tint, and use a razor blade, or any sharp edged object to scrape the tint from the window. Work in vertical or horizontal lines. It works just fine, it just takes a little while to completely cover the whole window. This works for sticker residue also.

Answer 9

Just get part of it pealed up in a corner than use your razor while a continous spray of windex is applied. The water keeps the razor from scratching plus even if you removed the tint by heating it up glue residueis left on the window most of the time. Have fun.

Answer 10

strait ,single edge razor blade, home depot paint section, single edge scraper and its what the pro use use ,no chemical most will etch the glass , if a liquid is used it must be made for window tint removal, do not use the razor on window that have the or the rear windo with the windo defogger type that is exposed it will cut the wire ribbon, OK, Windex and a singe edge razor scraper real fast ,and you will not scratch the glass OK, there are other techniques but on regular film and regular car windows it works best ,take care

Answer 11

Formula 409 which is available at most grocery stores actually will do the job.

After my son used many products with no results to remove window film from his restaurant's large windows, a professional window cleaner was called. He pulled out a few bottle of Formula 409, lifted a corner of the film and sprayed under it. The film lifted immediately. He had the job completed in 30 minutes. These were floor to ceiling huge windows. No razor blades were used and no scratches were left on the glass.