Okay so when I bought my car it had a BAD tint job on it.

Now how can I remove this film off safely??

Thanks.

 

One of my friends a while back stripped the tint off his CRX, he did something with a trash bag and a lot of water but im not exactly sure. His name is Made In Japan on here so if you IM he could help you out cause hes done it. If not im sure a tint shop could remove it for cheap.

 

Steam it off. Just get it nice and hot and peel it away and the glue should come right off with the tint.

 

Its not worth it. Have someone take it off.

 

I did mine myself. All it took were about $15 worth of materials from the hardware store, a hot sunny day and about 4-5 hours.

Here's what you do:

Materials: single edge razor blades, 000 or 0000 steel wool (torn in pieces), bottle of ammonia, clean black plastic trash bags, plastic wrap, 2 spray bottles, and paper towels

Items to consider having on-hand: face mask (the ones used like when you're painting to avoid inhaling fumes), safety glasses (keep the ammonia out of your eyes when you're spraying), heat gun (helps soften the glue)

Instructions:

1. Pull your car out onto your driveway on a hot sunny day
2. Fill one spray bottle with water
3. Take a garbage bag and open it up so it's one large sheet of plastic
4. Spray the water onto the outside of your windows with the tint on them, then place the garbage bags flat on the surface (the water will make them stick to the glass)
5. Repeat for all the windows with tint
6. Go inside the car now and fill your other spray bottle with ammonia (also a good time to put on your face mask and googles -- ammonia is strong stuff!)
7. Cover your rear deck with a towel to avoid ammonia overspray (it does evaporate quickly though)
8. Spray the windows with ammonia and then cover what you have sprayed with clear plastic wrap -- this will prevent the ammonia from evaporating and will let it eat into the tint
9. When finished doing that, close up your car and let it bake out in the sun for about an hour or so (depending on how hot/cool the day is)
10. Start with a side window (good practice) and take off the garbage bag on the outside and the plastic wrap on the inside
11. Using a razor blade (or if it's already peeling) try peeling the tint. It should come off very easily now and most likely in one piece (use a heat gun if it doesn't or put the garbage bag back on and let it sit a while longer)
12. After you peel off the tint successfully, the window will look a bit cloudy/hazy -- this is the leftover glue.
13. Using a razor blade and your spray bottle of ammonia, spray the window and scrape with the razor blade (good idea to have a scraper handle for the razor blade). The glue will come off without any effort at all.
14. For corners and parts where using a razor blade is risky, pull out your steel wool and use the spray bottle of ammonia again
15. When you come to the rear window, you must take care around the defroster lines. Peel slowly and in the same direction as the defroster lines (horizontally) and watch for anything else peeling. If the ammonia has done its job, you should have no problem.
16. To avoid ruining your defroster lines when scraping off the glue residue, use steel wool for the entire back window. It takes a lot more effort than the razor blade, but you will be saving your defroster lines. Use the steel wool along with the spray bottle of ammonia.
17. When done, spray your windows with ammonia and wipe with paper towels for a crystal clear window.
18. Grab yourself a brew and stand back and look at a job well done!


[Modified by ryanhook, 9:07 PM 6/1/2002]

 

good stuff! just what i've been looking for! thanx yo

 

Its not a fun job

 

really? i guess its just one of thoose things then "easier said then done"

 

i have used windex, garbage bags and a hot day. the **** literally fell off.