<div dir="ltr">I recently had the same situation on both our '98 F-150 and an '02 Suburban. Fortunately just the front windows on both had the aftermarket tint. We ended up buying a steamer (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C44DM6D?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_asin_title">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C44DM6D?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_asin_title</a>) because we knew we had additional uses, plus we had an Amazon credit that covered the cost. I was going to take the trucks to a local but then we got the steamer. The steamer cost about what a shop quoted me just to remove the old tint on one of the trucks. I decided to use only distilled water in it to minimize mineral deposits in the tank. It was a bit messy, but it worked well.<div><br></div><div>I'd been dealing with the film on the F-150 going bad for some time. A heat gun didn't do well at all, even with a spray bottle. The heat was too difficult to control, while the combination of the gentle heat and the steam from the steamer allowed me to pull the old film off in sheets instead of melted pieces. I did need to use lacquer thinner to clean up some spots where the adhesive stuck to the glass. I used the blue heavy duty paper towels to clean up the residual adhesive.</div><div><br></div><div>FWIW,<br></div><div>RD</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 5:47 PM David Scheidt <<a href="mailto:dmscheidt@gmail.com">dmscheidt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 8, 2023, at 04:10, Tim . <<a href="mailto:tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com" target="_blank">tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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The tint on the DS of my daily started to fail last fall. During this ongoing failure there was adhesive getting on the inner squeegie as well as the tint that wasn't peeling. Today I finally had to pull it all off as it was starting to bunch up and peel considerably
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Now I have all the adhesive to try to remove. </div>
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Steam and scraping was suggested by the tint place but I don't have access to a steamer. Do you all think a cautiously used heat gun with a stainless scraper would work as well? </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Plastic scraper. A small steam cleaner is pretty cheap. You can also rent them <div><br></div><div>Or just punt and take the care to a detail shop. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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