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help please removing old frosted material?
Hi all
I have a job comming up to remove some existing frosted vinyl..
all 610 wide 4 windows..approx 3 mtrs long..
any tips for REMOVING old vinyl. or pitfalls to watch out for!thanks
Jon
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17 Replies
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You may be able to peel it off, especially if the window is in a warm area. If not, buy one of them wide glass scrapers (about 5 inches wide) from Homebase and give it some welly. The metal ones, not the crappy plastic variety. Also, only use the blades when they are nice and sharp so you don’t scratch anything. It’ll probably leave a small amount of adhesive behind which should come off with white spirit or meths.
I recently stripped 2 off 10′ x 2′ windows like this and it took about an hour total. Most of the time being spent cleaning the traces of glue off.
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Thanks Andy
I have a look at homebase ( im always cautious about scratching stuff)
an these are big windows..cheers
Jon -
off subject 🙄 Andy only been gone for two weeks how do you look so differeant are you ill 😮
Lynn
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P.s. agree with you scrape or peel as much as you can with no heat ,
heat leaves more glue. it’s not much of a prob on a windowLynn 😎
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He looks a lot younger too Lynn
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does he (?)
Lynn
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looks like he just came back from Ibiza and in full party swing! or it could be a cricket match
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why the puffy cheeks? mossies or Guinea pig 🙄
Lynn
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I was p1ssed. 😎 Also, I haven’t had a haircut since SignUK.
Ibiza? Actually, that was taken on Cromer pier at the weekend.
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haircut ? can’t tell with your hat 😛 have you been to ibeza
Lynn -
Back on subject, if its on glass nitromors works great, dont use it on a van though, and dont forget to wear the saftey kit!
peter -
Whatever you do, do NOT be tempted to heat up the frosting with a steam stripper as some have done in the past. We have done this very successfully in the past, until we came to one 10′ x12′ plate glass window,
the steam not only heated the glass it heated a glazing brad (nail) and the expansion rate of the steel (and or glass) just caused a split from top to bottom,this we found was what they call the expensive end of the learning curve.
i would agree with peter, try nitromors or 3M vinyl remover and a scraper.best luck
Phil -
Whatever you do, do NOT be tempted to heat up the frosting with a steam stripper as some have done in the past. We have done this very successfully in the past, until we came to one 10′ x12′ plate glass window,
the steam not only heated the glass it heated a glazing brad (nail) and the expansion rate of the steel (and or glass) just caused a split from top to bottom,this we found was what they call the expensive end of the learning curve.
i would agree with peter, try nitromors or 3M vinyl remover and a scraper.best luck
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I’ve got to disagree with most of the posts here
In my experience using a scraper on any vinyl on a window leaves a lot of residue to clean up after
Heating the vinyl with a hairdryer & pulling the it off has always worked successfully for me without any messy clear up job
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Well, some vinyls leave residue when heated & pulled, some when cold & scraped. You’ll have to try it out. I have removed it virtually clean with a scraper, except for a few bits of glue here and there. Just make sure you use one of the metal scrapers with the long handle, as you can put a bit of weight behind it.
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back again on this subject..does ametal scraper..scratch the glass though?
Jon
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No. Not if you use the correct one. ie One that uses a replaceable blade (not a wallpaper scraper) and throw the blade away when it gets nicks out of it, otherwise you could scratch the glass. I’ve never had a problem.
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