Removing glue from tinting off window

Fred Swanson

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vinnie13

thinners and a rag dampen the rag and wipe then wipe with warm soapy water

ian87

I know this sounds like a smart arsed answer but having been in your shoes sometimes it's just easier pay someone to do the job. It's a pain in the hole to remove it, in my experience. 50 euro a window tinter charged me to remove mine and the poor young lad doing it earned every cent.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Get 'sticky stuff remover'I it's usually used for taking the glue/gum left behind from price labels etc but works on all types of glue/residue and is very good at its job.

Fred Swanson

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randy hickey

Autosmart Tardis will do this as well.

It's available in a lot of motor factors now.

Stoolbend

Petrol will do the job too. An hour would go a long way in cleaning them. €50 for that would be absolutely crazy.

maceocc2

Use nail polish remover or some other type of acetone for glue/sticky stuff. Rub it on let it soak and small amount of elbow grease.

Tail Docker

Stoolbend wrote: »

Petrol will do the job too. An hour would go a long way in cleaning them. €50 for that would be absolutely crazy.

Why? Between time and materials, as you say yourself, an hour will go a long way, but I highly doubt any customer would be happy with a cheery "well we got a long way.." - they'd want it finished and looking perfect. So, two hours...plus materials...€50 starts sounding like a bargain. And if the person doing the cleaning gets sticky glue residue all over the door-card...then the whinging would make that €50 look like a give-away price.

ian87

Tail Docker wrote: »

Why? Between time and materials, as you say yourself, an hour will go a long way, but I highly doubt any customer would be happy with a cheery "well we got a long way.." - they'd want it finished and looking perfect. So, two hours...plus materials...€50 starts sounding like a bargain. And if the person doing the cleaning gets sticky glue residue all over the door-card...then the whinging would make that €50 look like a give-away price.

This. It took at least 2 hours for it to be done. The young lad literally was bent backwards trying to get it off the rear screen. 20 odd euro an hour for his work was cheap considering the intensity of the labour.

Fred, is the tint still on our just the glue? A hair dryer may loosen it enough to clean the glue but you are talking about a lot of time..

Fred Swanson

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Stoolbend

Tail Docker wrote: »

Why? Between time and materials, as you say yourself, an hour will go a long way, but I highly doubt any customer would be happy with a cheery "well we got a long way.." - they'd want it finished and looking perfect. So, two hours...plus materials...€50 starts sounding like a bargain. And if the person doing the cleaning gets sticky glue residue all over the door-card...then the whinging would make that €50 look like a give-away price.

I'll never understand how someone could pay €50 to get someone to do an unskilled job that they could do themselves. Unless they genuinely didn't have the time.

Fred Swanson

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Tail Docker

Stoolbend wrote: »

I'll never understand how someone could pay €50 to get someone to do an unskilled job that they could do themselves. Unless they genuinely didn't have the time.

You get dirty a lot, right?

ian87

Stoolbend wrote: »

I'll never understand how someone could pay €50 to get someone to do an unskilled job that they could do themselves. Unless they genuinely didn't have the time.

My car was in the garage this week. New tyres which I supplied and oil and filters changed. Again which I supplied. I am more than capable of doing an oil service but unfortunately I don't have a lift and the my axle stands have mysteriously disappeared. So I paid somebody else to do the job. Sometimes people don't have the right equipment to do a job so pay others. There was a bulb gone on my speedo but I had the tools and expertise to this and this I did yesterday so I didn't ask my mechanic to do it thus saving a small few bob.

I did pay a window tinter 50 euro to remove my tints. I tried to do it myself but unfortunately the tools, of which I have a good selection,I had were not up to the job. Sometimes things aren't as simple as you may think so you avail of the services of others.

@Fred. Delighted you got sorted.

micks_address

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Its good stuff alright.. but can take off more than you want sometimes as i sadly have learned in the past