removal from tinted glass

any suggestions on removing cdf from pitted glass without scatching it? any solution anyones found that softens cdf adhesive? any advise would be great because this rapidly becoming a pita.

bed bath and beyond sells steamers...walmart seel krud kutter i think they even spell it like that

I dont know much about what your referring to since I am new to tinting....But when I try to remove tint from like back windows I use a steamer. have you tried that?????

The OP is talking about flat glass, steamer is a no go.

why not on flat glass? well i understand about ig but sp would be fine right?

Thermal fracture risk on non tempered glass.

Simple Pink Works well....but you need to protect any painted walls/sills when using it.

yea, but risk is lower if done evenly over the entire glass. as a glass man i know that most fractures come from a weekness already..chip on the edge of the galss. normaly found on bad instalation or cheaper manufactor's....i just always hated all the elbow grease you had to use when removing old films. i can remember doing a job that was tinted in the early 80's and we removed it in middle of the 90's, we used ungers (8inch scrapper blade-had a sturdy hanndle. the jobe was over 1500sq ft...had to remove and replace all...it was a nursing home in G.C.S.

so on the note td would be with me on saying "hire a tinter or be realy patient when removing"

soapy water and razors

Bag it.... use your slip, or 409, or whatever... some like simple green/pink, etc... then cover with clear plastic... and let it marinate !

(the longer the better) that's what she said....

I don't think a steamer would touch the cdf adhesive anyway. Usually the only way to get that stuff off is a 6 inch unger and alot of elbow grease or a brick . I would try to strip the film where only the adheive is left of the glass then soak the adhesive in ammonia, strip another window while it's soaking and then soak it and go back with the scraper to the first on and go to town and hope it doesn't scratch the factory tint

When I remove CDF which is my least favorite use more soap. 4” scraper with both hands on the scraper. Scrape as quickly as you can as in speed the film will come of much easier. Scrape slow and the blade will drag and come off harder. Many passes with new blades ( change them often ) in all different directions or best yet soapy water and 0000 steel wool to get that fine haze off then apply film. You may want to do a small area fist to see if you see small scratches to be safe. (That’s farrrr enough) that’s what she said….

CDF is a molecular bonding adhesive and resistant to moisture so the only way to remove it is scraper and or OOOO steel wool. It will leave a chemical foot print that makes it difficult to re-apply film so stretch the new film tight to all four corners before placing it on the glass. Once it's set it's not going to move so don't expect to shift it on the glass. Always warn the custy about scratches during the process so it doesn't come back to bite you!

There's a little somethin somethin that you can apply to glass to prep it for re-installation.

Ok class..all at once now... " What would that be , Mr. V"

I knew you'd be the first to reply.

Thanks for all the input I have some pitted glass in the shop think i'll try it for testing first.