Use baby shampoo. It's mostly just glycerine and is what the film
manufacturers recommend.
One teaspoon to about a quart of tap water.

Stan Wilder

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:27:32 -0500 "Coyne, Annie" <ACoyne@GLHEC.ORG>
writes:
> The windows of the 88 Westy I inherited from my Arizona-resident
> father have
> deeply tinted windows.  Great for privacy and heat reduction, though
> backing
> up is a real pain.  I recall seeing a recent thread which discussed
> film
> tinting - if memory serves, the author has a son in the business,
> and he
> provided some good pointers.  Try as I might, though, I cannot pull
> the post
> up in the archives.
>
> In any event, the author mentioned something about cleaning
> film-tinted
> windows - not to use an ammonia-based product, as I recall.  But -
> what to
> use?  My van is in great shape, but the windows are NASTY - it sat
> idle for
> a few years, and they are really grimy.  No matter what I use to try
> to
> clean them, though, they just get grimier, almost gummy. It seems as
> if I
> might be breaking down a layer of the film itself - I can't believe
> all that
> gunk is just dirt.  I've tried three different commercial glass
> cleaners,
> and even old-fashioned vinegar and newspapers (which worked great on
> the
> plain glass, but was no help on the tinted side).
>
> Anybody have any suggestions? I'm almost ready to pull the tint off
> entirely, reasoning that it's not so sunny here in Wisconsin - but
> it seems
> to be in relatively good shape, except for the gunk.
>
> Thanks in advance - Annie
>
>

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