Tint remover.......we have a winner.....
03-06-2009, 11:01 AM
#21
The Aircraft Paint Stripper doesn't smell hardly at all. It also has no intense toxic problems either like ammonia does.
WARNING:
YES...certainly do it outside, but I was laying on my back inside my back hatch area looking up at my glass while I was peeling off the pieces. Making sure to never look straight up at the tint in case a drop dripped off and into my eye. So just wear safety glasses or just stay off to the side when you're taking it off because its still a little bit wet when you peel it off.
WARNING:
YES...certainly do it outside, but I was laying on my back inside my back hatch area looking up at my glass while I was peeling off the pieces. Making sure to never look straight up at the tint in case a drop dripped off and into my eye. So just wear safety glasses or just stay off to the side when you're taking it off because its still a little bit wet when you peel it off.
03-06-2009, 11:43 AM
#24
Yeah, it will, thats why its best to spray it on a rag, then dab it on. I did get a little on the plastic molding as I was dabbing it on, it maybe stayed there for about 2 minutes till I noticed it. It came off with no problems and it left no marks at all. But if it sits for 10 minutes, you're screwed. I like the way it works slowly and gives you time so you don't mess anything up if you do get some on the plastic.
03-06-2009, 04:17 PM
#28
So, I was just looking for something to spray this **** on. My original 11 year-old WS6 high-polished aluminum rims are HORRIBLE. I'm looking into some nice Boze rims.
I had nothimg to lose really so I sprayed them. I did check one small spot first...and WOW!!!!!!! Let them sit for 15 minutes, then sprayed them down with the hose.
[/b]BEFORE doing this check to see what might happen to the aluminum later on, I HAVE NO IDEA....... I know the clear coat was completely eaten off by this paint stripper, but it was horrible and looked like *** anyway so I didn't care what happened.[/b]
I did eat the black paint off my "WS6" center caps...but I've got more.
BEFORE Those black spots all over wouldn't come off with anything, it was like black corrosion.
AFTER
And again, I do not know what the long-term effects of this stuff will be...I guess I'll report back in a week.
I had nothimg to lose really so I sprayed them. I did check one small spot first...and WOW!!!!!!! Let them sit for 15 minutes, then sprayed them down with the hose.
[/b]BEFORE doing this check to see what might happen to the aluminum later on, I HAVE NO IDEA....... I know the clear coat was completely eaten off by this paint stripper, but it was horrible and looked like *** anyway so I didn't care what happened.[/b]
I did eat the black paint off my "WS6" center caps...but I've got more.
BEFORE Those black spots all over wouldn't come off with anything, it was like black corrosion.
AFTER
And again, I do not know what the long-term effects of this stuff will be...I guess I'll report back in a week.
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03-12-2009, 11:25 AM
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just take the tint off and use it on the glue thats left over. it takes about 10 seconds to rip the film off. i finished mine the other day and it couldnt have been easier
03-12-2009, 11:54 AM
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It'll work. I just retinted my GN who's tin was done by the dealer when it was new in 1987. You couldn't pull more than a dime size piece at a time off. Hit it with the steamer and pulled the entire piece off in one pull, glue and all. Heat gun justs reactivates the glue and makes a mess.
03-12-2009, 02:33 PM
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I'm gonna see if that stripper works on my rims.
03-12-2009, 02:53 PM
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well I've got this crap marinating on my windows right now. We'll see what happens. The driver side was the only side where the tint layer came right off. The other door and hatch it seems like they were tinted over twice. We'll see what happens.
03-12-2009, 02:55 PM
#36
Looks like I have to polish my rims now, but just some basic quick polishing, it left a little haze on them. They're still 10 times better looking then they did though. But my rims were friggin disgustingly bad, like embarrassing bad. When I polish them a little I think they'll look brand new.
03-12-2009, 03:44 PM
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So far this stuff has done jack ****. And it's been on there almost an hour. I even put another "coat" on and sprayed directly on the windows making sure I didn't get it anywhere else. This sucks. Now I've got a huge mess on my hands, and the tint is still on the window. Awesome.
03-12-2009, 03:54 PM
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So far this stuff has done jack ****. And it's been on there almost an hour. I even put another "coat" on and sprayed directly on the windows making sure I didn't get it anywhere else. This sucks. Now I've got a huge mess on my hands, and the tint is still on the window. Awesome.
If you have double layers of tint, thats ridiculous. You'll have to peel the top layers off. If you're "tinted over twice", don't know what to tell ya.
What kind of stripper are you using?
03-12-2009, 03:57 PM
#39
Also, look at my post #2...all the hazy looking **** you see on that piece of tint that is hanging down is the paint stripper, so I didn't even put that much on.
And I didn't spray it on, dabbed it on with a rag in litrle globs then I evened it out.
And I didn't spray it on, dabbed it on with a rag in litrle globs then I evened it out.
03-12-2009, 04:08 PM
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On the driver window I was able to get all the "color" off. Even on that window it hasn't done much of anything except dry up and get kind of gummy. On the other windows the color is coming off but that's about it. I got off as much of it as I could. I have no idea how this car was tinted. The previous owner did it and probably screwed it up just like he screwed up the rest of the car.
I dabbed it on the first time just like you did and when it didn't do anything, I gave it a heaver coat by spraying it.
I called the guy that tinted our Subaru and he's going to get me some of the chemical he used. Now I just have to try and get all this **** off my windows so I can drive it over to him so he can take a look at it.
I dabbed it on the first time just like you did and when it didn't do anything, I gave it a heaver coat by spraying it.
I called the guy that tinted our Subaru and he's going to get me some of the chemical he used. Now I just have to try and get all this **** off my windows so I can drive it over to him so he can take a look at it.