Some months back I posted some pics of my car and one of the flaws that drove me nuts got pointed out. Bubbled window tint.
Here is what the window looked like:
I had been afraid to attack it since I'd done it once before on a work car, and it turned out to be a finger numbing, all day ordeal that I never wanted to do again. Even tried windex and black plastic bag trick- didn't work well at all. Pay someone else to do it you say? Pfft, not when I can do it.. ughh. Catch 22.
Scraping with a razor blade would have destroyed the rear defroster, and paying someone was out of the question, so, what to do?
Steam. Works like a champ!
For $20 bucks you can go to Lowes or Wal-Mart and buy a steam cleaner that with patience, will take that old tint right off. I opted to buy a $39 con-air clothing steamer so when I was done my wife could use it for steaming wrinkles out of clothing:
It never occurred to me to take photos of the window as the tint was coming off, but it only took an hour as opposed to just scraping with a razor which I will NEVER do again. I just used an old credit card to avoid scratches and let the steam loosen the tint a little at a time, peeling it back as I went. Worked great, here's the finished product!
Hope this helps someone!
Here is what the window looked like:
I had been afraid to attack it since I'd done it once before on a work car, and it turned out to be a finger numbing, all day ordeal that I never wanted to do again. Even tried windex and black plastic bag trick- didn't work well at all. Pay someone else to do it you say? Pfft, not when I can do it.. ughh. Catch 22.
Scraping with a razor blade would have destroyed the rear defroster, and paying someone was out of the question, so, what to do?
Steam. Works like a champ!
For $20 bucks you can go to Lowes or Wal-Mart and buy a steam cleaner that with patience, will take that old tint right off. I opted to buy a $39 con-air clothing steamer so when I was done my wife could use it for steaming wrinkles out of clothing:
It never occurred to me to take photos of the window as the tint was coming off, but it only took an hour as opposed to just scraping with a razor which I will NEVER do again. I just used an old credit card to avoid scratches and let the steam loosen the tint a little at a time, peeling it back as I went. Worked great, here's the finished product!
Hope this helps someone!