I'd dreaded removing window tint film from my '95 Honda passport for months. It was showing it's age by coming loose in assorted places and leaving unsightly spots. I reserched a bit and the methods I found seemed to be quite a bit of trouble. So I was just finishing up a wash job the other day when a wild hair struck and I slipped the edge of my pocket knife under a corner of the rear window tint film. My intention was to test the waters and see how difficult it would be to peel the film away. Once I saw how easily it peeled, I just couldn't stop! I got most of it off in one large piece, and the glass underneath looked pretty good. "What's the big deal?" I thought. Then I touched the surface of the glass and was horrified in discovering the only thing I'd peeled away was the plastic layer of the film. All the adhesive was still on the window!
Believing I'd screwed up royaly, I looked for some type of solvent or something that would cut the sticky crap on my rear window. The first thing I tried was the "Goof Off" liquid that I use to remove tar and such from vehicles. Voila! The Goof Off melted the adhesive easily. I then took my razor blade window scraper and started scraping the softened adhesive. It worked like a champ! It only took a few minutes to do the entire window. I then used a bit of citrus cleaner on the window to clean off the Goof Off and softened adhesive remnants. This was followed by cleaning with my denatured alcohol/water mixture. I finished up with Stoner Invisible Glass and newspaper. The glass looks as good as new!
One word of warning, though. Be careful with that razor scraper around the rear-window defogger heating elements. If you cut through one, (not hard to do,) it's hell to repair. I was lucky/careful and kept mine intact.
If anyone out there gives this a shot, get back with me and let me know how it works out.
Good luck!
Believing I'd screwed up royaly, I looked for some type of solvent or something that would cut the sticky crap on my rear window. The first thing I tried was the "Goof Off" liquid that I use to remove tar and such from vehicles. Voila! The Goof Off melted the adhesive easily. I then took my razor blade window scraper and started scraping the softened adhesive. It worked like a champ! It only took a few minutes to do the entire window. I then used a bit of citrus cleaner on the window to clean off the Goof Off and softened adhesive remnants. This was followed by cleaning with my denatured alcohol/water mixture. I finished up with Stoner Invisible Glass and newspaper. The glass looks as good as new!
One word of warning, though. Be careful with that razor scraper around the rear-window defogger heating elements. If you cut through one, (not hard to do,) it's hell to repair. I was lucky/careful and kept mine intact.
If anyone out there gives this a shot, get back with me and let me know how it works out.
Good luck!