How to carefully and quickly remove the film from plastic windows?

After installing plastic windows, a protective film remains on the frame, which needs to be removed quickly.

Why hurry up?

The film with plastic windows glued during installation is designed to protect the surface of window frames from scratches and minor damage during transportation and installation. You must admit that everything happens, and excessive precautionary measures will not hurt. But the catch is that the glue on which the film is held does not have the most successful physicochemical properties and under the influence of direct sunlight for a long period (more than two to three months of inactivity of the hosts) becomes viscous, it is difficult to remove. To our great regret, many happy owners of plastic windows do not know this property and as a result receive a problem in the form of difficulties with the film. Today we will analyze the options for helping those who find themselves in such an unpleasant situation.

Let's try to remove the film with a building hair dryer

It would seem that the building hair dryer is not so common, but with its help you can easily remove the old protective film, so annoying the weary gaze of the owners. The only caveat: you must be able to control the hairdryer, and the air stream should be directed to the film, and not to the double-glazed window. There is a risk that the windows will become deformed due to a sharp temperature drop, and the glass will burst. So, a stream of warm air is directed to the film, it begins to dissolve and is easily removed along with a layer of glue.

We use a specialized scraper

The next item to try as a cleaning tool is a professional scraper for cleaning glass-ceramic and plastic surfaces. It can be purchased at a hardware store or in large chain hypermarkets; it costs a little. When using such a scraper, no special means are required, unless you can try to additionally melt the glue with an ordinary hairdryer, which almost everyone in the house has. But this will certainly be superfluous: the scraper itself will cope with everything, unless its task is to remove the very, very old film on equally old windows.

Common eraser

If the film turned out to be torn off with your own hands, but it left adhesive traces, you can try to get rid of them using the simplest eraser. Yes, this may seem strange, but the eraser very often easily turns glue stains into small spools that are easily removed from the surface. By the way, this applies not only to the protective film, but to everything else, the basis of which is glue: electrical tape, adhesive tape, decorative films and other items. So, the eraser is another hero who helps clear glue.

If safe means do not help ...

Unfortunately, it is not always possible to clean the film and glue from it using simple and safe means. In such cases, alas, you have to resort to solvents (White Spirit and the like, you can even weaker).

Tip

It is very important to observe precautions: removing the protective film, of course, is a good thing, but your health is more important. Therefore, do not forget to ensure the flow of fresh air when working with chemicals, as well as protect the respiratory tract with a respirator.In addition, the solvent may well spoil the appearance of the window, and the situation can be corrected only by coloring, but it is not always possible.

In order for the tool to work, you do not need to apply it to the film itself. It is required to pick up a protective coating a bit, find a free place and start the solvent there in an accessible way. Then wait a bit, and then check the result, trying to tear off the protective film.

Call a clinician if you are afraid of damaging windows

If the owners are afraid that after cleaning the windows will lose their beauty and charm, you can safely contact a cleaning company that will send specially trained people, and they, in turn, will do the work carefully ... and if not, they will be forced to pay compensation . Alas, this method is not affordable for everyone, but it is worth considering, especially since washing one window is not as expensive as it might seem.

We really hope that our article was useful for you and you learned something new for yourself about how to remove the film from plastic windows. Let homeliness always bring only positive emotions, and the situation at home sets thoughts in a positive way. Good luck