How do you remove tinting on windows easily?

Question

My window tint is getting bubbly and it is hard to see out of.

Answer 1

Here is an easy, lazy way to remove tinting.
Wait until the sun goes down and the glass has a chance to cool. You will need the following:
1 gallon pail, old newspapers, baking soda.
Fill pail with cool water. Add 1 cup of baking soda for every gallon of water. Wet 2 sheets of
newspaper in the water solution and apply to the
side of glass that the tint is on. Repeat until all
of the tint is covered. Dump remaining water down
drain and then go to bed. In the morning get up and peel the newspaper off of the glass. Tint
will come off with the newspaper. Use a razor blade on any stubborn spots.

Answer 2

With the exception of removing tint from a back window with defroster, it's all easy... but it can be messy.

You'll need several razor blades, paper towels, and a good quality glass cleaner (I use an amoniated formula).

Use the a razor blade to get behind the film, and start pulling it off. The film will probably rip into several pieces as you do this, just keep at it until all the film is off. A lot of adhesive will probably remain on the glass.

Here is where you get out the paper towels, more razor blades, and the glass cleaner.

Spray the window with the cleaner, let it sit for maybe a minute, and then start scraping with the blades. The glass cleaner can make the adhesive a sticky, slimey mess, just keep scraping it off & then wipe the goo off onto the paper towels.

Keep at this until you got the adhesive off. Then just give the glass one final spray and wipe with paper towels.

You'll want to swap out blades on a regular basis. Do edges & over any printing on the glass last. These areas can kind of chew up the edge of the blade & a rough blade can scratch glass. It doesn't take much pressure, just a bit of time.

If you have to remove film from a back window with defroster, you'll have to really limit the use of razor blades. Better not to use them at all if you can help it. Use your fingernails or a credit card to get under the film. To remove the adhesive, DON'T use razor blades at all... instead get a bug sponge (or two) and do a lot of sprayin' and wiping. Once you've got most of it, switch out the bug sponge for paper towels. Spray and wipe until it's off. You're arm will get tired.

Not a real technical explanation, but it's understandable & this does work. Easy & doesn't cost much.

There are products designed to remove window film, but they cost more than glass cleaner and can damage plastics and cloth.

Answer 3

Be careful with baking soda as it will eat aluminum< steel, and galvanize, And all your compoints in the door assembly are these> Call a window tint installer and ask them as your don't want any problems with solventsThen you will know there safe way>>

Answer 4

I think a razor scraper thingie majig you buy from a hardware store might be the best. It would let you get a corner up and then you can just peel the film off the window by hand.