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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lovewindows on December 13, 2008, 10:23:19 am

Title: Removing coloured Film internal
Post by: lovewindows on December 13, 2008, 10:23:19 am
Anyone got suggestions for removing residue left on window from that coloured film stuff people put on windows to black them out ? stuffs been on for years custys got the film off wants me to get residue off , its really ingrained and there's about 50 panes.
Title: Re: Removing coloured Film internal
Post by: East coast window cleaning Services on December 13, 2008, 10:36:31 am
Is it like smoked glass? We used wd40 once on some stuff which was a real pain in the backside. Also going to need 100's of blades best in the 15cm unger ones
Title: Re: Removing coloured Film internal
Post by: lovewindows on December 13, 2008, 11:09:36 am
Did the wd40 work ?
Title: Re: Removing coloured Film internal
Post by: East coast window cleaning Services on December 13, 2008, 11:33:06 am
Yes i found it did but like i said you will go through a few blades. you got any pics?
Title: Re: Removing coloured Film internal
Post by: johnny_h on December 13, 2008, 11:35:42 am
clover chemicals do a tar and gum remover that works you'll have to look on their web site i have used it to remove the sticky residue left by cellotape and masking tape
Title: Re: Removing coloured Film internal
Post by: lovewindows on December 13, 2008, 01:05:17 pm
tried it on one it does work , not brilliant but works, i'm sure i read somewhere it's the cfc's that do it [ the propellent] just looking for something else under the sink/in shed thats got cfc's that i've got loads of.
Title: Re: Removing coloured Film internal
Post by: williamx on December 13, 2008, 05:18:15 pm
Use a hair dryer then scrap off with scraper, works fine.
Title: Re: Removing coloured Film internal
Post by: lovewindows on December 13, 2008, 08:56:17 pm
you know what ? farted about with wd40 and other stuff, in the end WET window, unger scraper [ which wasn't that good] and BEST of all ELBOW grease. :)