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Subject:Re: TINTED WINDOWS
From:Bill
Date:Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:36:57 -0700

Most window tints come off with ammonia, which is why you shouldn't clean
them with Windex.  Just use a good spray cleaner with ammonia.

At 10:14 AM 8/23/99 -0700, Thomas D. Hanlon wrote:
>First, see if the tint is water-based in adherence material.Some window tints
>are. If it is, use water and clean the windows.
>
>If it is a "glue," as was mine, and I used "Lift Off," from Loctite.  The
prime
>ingredient is "Xylol,:" readily availabe in paint stores at considerably less
>cost than branded, spray-can " Lift-Off."
>
>"Removes bumper stickers, contact paper, pinstriping," and, among other
items,
>not specificalluy mentioned is widow tinting, though Lift-Off worked for me.
>
>Usual disclaimers.
>
>Tom Hanlon
>Palm Springs, CA
>84 Westfalia
>
>
>David Marshall wrote:
>
>> To remove, peel it off then use WD-40 and newspaper to remove the stickey
>> stuff.  Then switch to glass cleaner and news paper to get the WD-40 off.
>>
>> At 11:21 20/08/1999 -0700, Debi Webi wrote:
>> >Hello everybody...
>> >
>> >Does anyone know what kind of headache it would be to clear the TINT
off my
>> >windows and re-tint them so they can look new/nice again?  I think I'd
like
>> >to go to a darker tint...
>> >
>> >    Or should I leave them alone?    Mtngal
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --   David Marshall -                    - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
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>> --       87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab      --
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>
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