[dazmond]

my girlfriend is opening a shop in the new year and shes asked me to clean the inside windows upstairs.shes took the the mirror film off the glass and its the adhesive thats left behind thats shes struggling to clean off.shes used hot soapy water with scourers(im sure shes used the wrong ones and scratched the glass!!)so what do you think i should use to get it off?

i was thinking of white spirit or meths?im very busy at the moment so it wont be getting done until weekend.havent time to order stuff online.

ill take my 4 in scraper with a new blade in it as well.

any ideas lads?


regards


dazmond


ps i have some virosol?maybe i should try that?

[Ian101]

I had one like this few weeks back ... nightmare !!!

I used 5 litres of an acertone based cleaner

will stick a picture / link up later before I go out for the day

takes a few passes though

[dazmond]

cheers ian!so it was a nightmare then?

[Ian101]

http://www.astralcsl.com/product.do?product=38313

sorry not acertone based ... its used for prepping cars before painting in bodyshops.

thetre based in Manchester M45 8XQ ... handy for yer !!

[Ian101]

cheers ian!so it was a nightmare then?

yup it was but this stuff had been on for 5 years ... best to scrape as much off as you can before putting the stuff in the tin on a rag and basically elbow grease .... I think the fumes helped the time pass a lot quicker 

[dazmond]

hahaha!thanks a lot ian!!

[Rob Knapman]

Dont use turps/white spirit, it will end up worse and only spread it round the glass, scrape, scrape and scrape again, take plenty of blades too, and keep wetting the glass when scraping, if there is any residue left I find cellulose thinners does the trick...

[concept]

Nail varnish remover.

[Steve Sed]

I would have said white spirit?

[Window Washers]

I would have said white spirit?

so would I 

[wfp master]

turps and a scrapper. or strong paint thinners.