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Anyone have any tips for tint removal on back glass?
For some reason the Tech Article section isn't working correctly right now (I'm trying to fix it) but I'm able to access the info in it so to help you out I've copied an article from it on how to remove the window tint. The article is by Siberian Firestorm. Hope it helps.
Materials: A large black trash bag Straight Ammonia A bottle of Simple Green (baby shampoo and water in a sprayer is fine) An S.O.S pad (yes, the kind you clean your dishes with it will not scratch glass) A clean, unused razor blade Spray the straight ammonia on the back glass, making sure it is completely covered. Then put the trash bag on against the glass and park the car with the back glass in the sun for at least 1 hour with the windows closed. For the best results, try to let it sit for about 4 hours with more ammonia every hour. You will have less glue to remove. Do not go in the car after you spray the ammonia. After the hour is up, open both doors and the rear hatch. IF YOU GO IN THE CAR BEFORE YOU AIR IT OUT, YOU CAN POTENTIALLY COLLAPSE YOUR LUNGS!! I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!! Peel everything off the rear window. Try to get as much of the film as you can. Pull slowly and evenly across the film. You will be able to get bigger pieces and get more glue at the same time. Carefully use the razor blade to get any small pieces that did not peel off. Do not use it near any of the defroster lines. If you hit them with the blade, you will cut it and that line will no longer work. Wash the SOS pad until you do not see any of the blue cleaning agent. Wet the back window where you see the glue with the Simple Green, or soap, and gently scrub it with the SOS pad. This will not damage the defroster lines or scratch the glass. In fact, it will polish the defroster lines. The glue will sometimes ball up on the S.O.S. pad. Just wash it in running water or get a new pad. It may take about 2 or 3 pads to get all of the glue due to the glue gumming up the pad. Keep doing this until you get all of the glue off of the window. Then use any window cleaner to remove the streaks and you are done.
Materials: A large black trash bag Straight Ammonia A bottle of Simple Green (baby shampoo and water in a sprayer is fine) An S.O.S pad (yes, the kind you clean your dishes with it will not scratch glass) A clean, unused razor blade Spray the straight ammonia on the back glass, making sure it is completely covered. Then put the trash bag on against the glass and park the car with the back glass in the sun for at least 1 hour with the windows closed. For the best results, try to let it sit for about 4 hours with more ammonia every hour. You will have less glue to remove. Do not go in the car after you spray the ammonia. After the hour is up, open both doors and the rear hatch. IF YOU GO IN THE CAR BEFORE YOU AIR IT OUT, YOU CAN POTENTIALLY COLLAPSE YOUR LUNGS!! I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!! Peel everything off the rear window. Try to get as much of the film as you can. Pull slowly and evenly across the film. You will be able to get bigger pieces and get more glue at the same time. Carefully use the razor blade to get any small pieces that did not peel off. Do not use it near any of the defroster lines. If you hit them with the blade, you will cut it and that line will no longer work. Wash the SOS pad until you do not see any of the blue cleaning agent. Wet the back window where you see the glue with the Simple Green, or soap, and gently scrub it with the SOS pad. This will not damage the defroster lines or scratch the glass. In fact, it will polish the defroster lines. The glue will sometimes ball up on the S.O.S. pad. Just wash it in running water or get a new pad. It may take about 2 or 3 pads to get all of the glue due to the glue gumming up the pad. Keep doing this until you get all of the glue off of the window. Then use any window cleaner to remove the streaks and you are done.
ah yes i had to do this a while back (probably about a year ago) when i got pulled over 2 times in a 4 day period for having my tint too dark. It was at 5% which is the darkest it can be done. Anyways, i decided i might as well take it off and put on 35% instead, so i did exactly this.
I was actually pretty lucky and my tint came off as one big sheet and didn't rip at all...i soaked the tint with the ammonia and took a paper towel and rubbed it to make sure every inch was covered. Very good write up Sue! Looks like you got every detail down!
I was actually pretty lucky and my tint came off as one big sheet and didn't rip at all...i soaked the tint with the ammonia and took a paper towel and rubbed it to make sure every inch was covered. Very good write up Sue! Looks like you got every detail down!
I wrote it. Glad it helped out. Just try not to use a paper towel on your windows, especially with defrost lines or wanting to tint it again. They leave little dust balls you can not get off and can cause trouble later in the tint, or just be annoying with out it.
Matt
Matt
Yea I'm not the one who wrote that article up, Siberian did. And I did state that in the post I done. 
haha oops i guess i overglanced that! Sorry to the both of you for the mix up! Excellent write up Siberian! 
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