Ok so I need to remove some window tint. The side glass wasn't too terrible, however the rear window is a PITA. It has rear defrost so I cannot use a razor. I have tried the plastic bag w/ 409 trick, however it is 40* here and that didn't work even with a hair dryer going, heater going and defrost on...
Is there any chemical I can use? I saw a guy used aircraft stripper and a plastic blade....

I have the same dilemma with a used car I bought my wife in FL. a couple of years ago. Sides & rear window on a 300M were all tinted. I peeled the driver's door glass tint & used glass cleaner & razor blade with the door panel still on - THAT was a PITA! I didn't even do the others yet. As far as the back glass, I think I'll get a good used glass from a junkyard & just replace it with that. Peel it & clean it? NO WAY!

Impossible to remove without hurting a few lines on the defroster..i used carb cleaner on a rag to get the glue off..

use a heat gun, "hair drier" when peeling off the old tint.

ammonia is the solvent for window tint. Don't know if I would go %100 ammonia out of the gate, maybe cut it down to %25 and see what happens and move up from there.

My detail shop friend said spray ammonia on the tint and cover with black plastic bag and put in sun. Maybe that wont work at 40 degrees. I've used a clothing steamer with success in the past. Just work slow with the hot steam and it peels off in sheets.

Use a steamer like those designed for getting wrinkles out of your (or your wife's) blouse.

It'll peel right off without hurting the defroster lines.

Yeah I tried the bag thing, no good in the cold, I tried the aircraft stripper, nothing. I'll try the steamer. They are cheap enough. WHY do people need the window so dark?

I wondered the same thing and peeled the tint of this truck, which I could NOT back up at night time. I found 2 layers on top of each other.


As for the defroster lines. I'm also looking for a solution.

Soak it good with windex and work it off with a heat gun or a hot hair dryer, it works. Windex is just diluted ammonia but high concentrate ammonia is too strong to breath the fumes so I wouldn't recommend it without a respirator. It can form hydrochloric acid with the water in your lungs, not worth the risk

If you catch the corner just right just keep spraying the windex to the underside as you pull it off at about a 60 degree angle to the glass.... it should pull off in sheets nice and clean.

Same thing for removing decals

This....

Well I have a solution for backing up at night;
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QTGXYIE

It is by no means a great camera, but it is enough to see what is directly behind you & it uses your license plate screws.
You can wire it as a stand alone & just plug it into your cigarette lighter when you need to use it.

I used the steamer. worked pretty good. I just have to get some glue off. This thing had 3 layers of tint. Anybody have the best way to remove the glue? WD doesn't work, goof-of doesn't work. said car. 03 CV Sport.

I've got an update. Not a good update, just an update.

There is hours into this rear window tint glue removal.
The tint came off in one complete sheet with the help of a heat gun.
The glue is it's own problem. I'd say 75% of the glue stayed with the tint but the %25 left on my rear window with defroster lines is work.
Using a plastic razor blade and Goo Gone I've accepted the fact progress is being made, just not much of it.
Been using the blade to get the big areas scrapped down but close to the defroster lines it's just spray and wipe and repeat 10x's. Even with the glue gone there is a oily film which needs the help of Windex.

I used a clothes steamer. Worked pretty well. The lower corners are still there but I don't have to look out them. I used window cleaner with ammonia let it soak in added some more to get the glue off. Not perfect but I can see thru it now.