Removing laquer from windscreen

[dylan0451]

i've noticed after having some body spraying done that there appears to be some overspray on the screen. it's completely invisible in the dry, but as soon as it it rains and you're using the wipers the screen becomes opaque with every wipe, accompanied with a sound reminicent of rubbing sandpaper over a tiled floor. it's bad enough that the wipers only partially touch the screen, so they'll need replacing.
someone said use a razor blade/scraper but i'm not sure if this would be the best solution? i was thinking along the lines of some kind of solvent, maybe brake fluid?! although i'd have to be pretty damn careful with the stuff...

thoughts?

[jonesy000]

Sellotape, stone and a hammer. Then call insurers, no point faffing with it when you could have a nice new 'un.

[Sline]

Will take you 5 minutes tops!

[new_bloke]

jonesy000 said:

Sellotape, stone and a hammer. Then call insurers, no point faffing with it when you could have a nice new 'un.

Hahaha! (assuming this is a joke, because otherwise you're an arse for suggesting that the OP resorts to fraud)

[stuttgartmetal]

Nothing more than meths, and a stanley blade.
Don't put anything corrosive on it, if that gets on the paint its goonight vienna.
Just a stanley blade will do it.
I use alcohol [ims] industrial methylated spirit.

[Deluded]

Polish.

[Weso]

Clay bar will get it off as well.
This is the sort of thing they were originally used for in bodyshops before the 'detailing' crowd got hold of them.
Or as already mentioned, as stanley blade or a bit of compound.
HTH
Wes

[dylan0451]

jonesy000 said:

Sellotape, stone and a hammer. Then call insurers, no point faffing with it when you could have a nice new 'un.

that's rather tempting, although seeing as it's the original screen, and looks in rather good nik along with the seal, i'd be a bit hessitant getting it changed for a pattern part.

so the consensus seems to be meths and a razor blade then...

i'm assuming i'm gonna buff the windscreen with the meths first to soften the lacquer before scraping?!

[Stu R]

Deluded said:

Polish.

This, or Kosovan.

[craig7584]

maybe paint thinners will losen it up, not sure if that has side effects on the glass..

a blade will also help, this is what they use to clean the glass before applying tinting film.

[dylan0451]

upon asking a body shop, apparently once the laquer is set they use wire wool and don't bother with any solvent whatsoever.

what could possibly go wrong...

[Glassman]

dylan0451 said:

wire wool

A single edge blade is all you need.



(safer in a holder)

Or take it to a car wash (or get one of the mobile guys to give it the once over) they'll have the blades and it'll take seconds to remove.

[TallPaul]

Without a doubt, use a razor blade, or wire wool. I've used both hundreds of times and never scratched a screen yet. I wouldnt use any solvents or waxes, you'll leave the screen very smeary in the wet.

[Viper]

had a similar thing happen to me, clay bar does the job, glass or paint doesnt matter

real simple to do as well

[Glassman]

TallPaul said:

Without a doubt, use a razor blade, or wire wool.

Wire wool will scratch the glass. Without a doubt.

[dylan0451]

cheers for the responses, i was about to go to homebase to go find some wire woll, but i might shy away from that idea now...

so, am i scraping with the blade at right angles to the screen, or shallow as if i was scraping wall paper from a wall?

[Deva Link]

As you don't seem keen to buy a clay bar, have you got some Blu-Tack kicking around? That works almost as good - lubricate it with soapy water.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

[dylan0451]

Deva Link said:

As you don't seem keen to buy a clay bar, have you got some Blu-Tack kicking around? That works almost as good - lubricate it with soapy water.

it's not that i'm not keen, well it is i suppose, but, clay bar? as in, a lump of pressed clay? i just can't see how it will do anything other than fall to bits over the windscreen and make it impossible to wipe off?! how much are they anyway?

[Stu R]

dylan0451 said:

it's not that i'm not keen, well it is i suppose, but, clay bar? as in, a lump of pressed clay? i just can't see how it will do anything other than fall to bits over the windscreen and make it impossible to wipe off?! how much are they anyway?

They work, regardless of how much you struggle to get your head around it. There's a reason they're so popular, and what I can't be bothered to explain is only a google and 5 minutes of reading away. Bilt Hamber ones are about a tenner. Meguiars ones a bit less, but they're rubbish.

They take a bit of effort.