Worked great for me! I used Dawn dishwashing liquid, soaked well and covered with garbage bags that I slit to be one ply. Left on for 2 hours and removal was a snap. Came off easily in one piece and no residue (and it was a big window- I didn't even need to score it). Thanks so much for posting this:)
We did this on our front entry window (the skinny one beside our door). We used blue Dawn liquid dish detergent with water lathering it generously and applied cut garbage bags that we pre-cut to size. We left it on for 2 hours and it was SO easy to remove! It was so satisfying to peel it off. Would HIGHLY recommend this! Thank you so much for sharing.
Absolutely excellent ! So glad I came across this video. If anyone had told me water could travel through plastic film in order to loosen the adhesive I'd have laughed at them, but it worked a treat. I used a bin liner and left it on for 3 hours, the film came straight off and left no trace on the window. Thank you very much. Relieved I didn't buy a hair drier..........
We just moved into a house that had this shit all over the back door, and we were staring and going 'how the hell are we going to do this.' We tried peeling it ourselves (which did nothing), and then my mom stumbled onto this video and it worked like a charm! Came off in big sheets and very easily! Thank you!
Was working with 10yr old frosted film, first try after soaking for 3 hours didn't work and it would instantly break when trying to peal instead of coming off. Then I soaked it for 24 hours and used a glass scrapper and it came off perfectly. Thank you!
Used this method to remove frosting film from the glass top of a coffee table today and it worked perfectly. Thank you for the info, despite it being posted almost a decade ago!
Thank you!!! This video save me so much work! My signage installers didn't even know this trick so now they have another tool in their arsenal. They started to use a heat gun but I was too afraid the glass would shatter. I had eight door-sized glass sections with frosting that had to be removed. I thought it would just peel right off. I sure was wrong. After letting the sections marinate for a couple of hours I was able to get the job done. It still wasn't easy but oh so much easier than peeling tiny little pieces at a time. Some things I learned. Make sure every inch is wet. Even just a tiny dry spot will be a problem when it's time to peel. It dries super fast so just keep applying the soapy water as you put the plastic up. You definitely need to score into sections and remove one at a time. I did like 6" strips. I found it easier to start from the top and peel a strip down about half way and then pull up from the bottom. Place your entire hand sideways against the strip you're peeling so the pressure is distributed across the section. You'll experience less breakage this way. If you do get a section that separates from the strip take a moment to use a razor blade to get it started again. It'll be far easier then going back and peeling multiple pieces that broke off.
FANTASTIC, GREAT & TIME SAVING METHOD 👍👍👍👍!! Please take a bow 👏👏👏👏!! I have floor to ceiling windows, and EXACTLY as you said & showed, the frosted privacy film came off with NO EFFORT 😁😁😁 Thanks for saving me the 6 hours it probably would've taken with a razor blade
Brilliant! Worked a treat, I left for 2 hours and super easy. Thank you for this great tip, last time I removed film I didn't look for expert advice first - it was a struggle and a half, never again.
WOW just used this technique today and it totally works! THANK YOU for sharing! No residue either! We left bubble wrap in place for 2hours and then peeled off super easy 🙂
I liked this video. However, I kid you not. I'd intended on trying this simple method bc I had dawn dish detergent and bubble wrap in the crib. Then, I noticed something on the first window that I was going to treat. Next, to wipe whatever it was that I saw on the window, I used one square of a Clorox disinfecting wipe. Before I knew it, the Clorox disinfecting wipe began to break down the window frosting. With a little more elbow grease and pressure, the window frosting was pretty easy to remove. So far, I've removed window frosting from five windows in my apartment. Remember, you have to keep the window wet with the solution that is in the Clorox disinfecting wipes.
I am SO glad I found this video! I purchased a huge mirror at a sale that has frosted letters on it, thinking I could remove it easily. However, I then started watching videos that said it couldn't be removed because frosted is the same as etched, and that the glass is actually 'cut'. You have made my day! I'm sure I can take it off now!
Just tried this and it worked great in conjunction with a flat razor. I was working on decade(s?)-old textured film some of which I tried to muscle off. To my dismay, removing them dry left most of the adhesive, which mostly just smeared when I tried to scrape it off.
I tried this and it worked well to take off the frosting however the adhesive was left on the window. If this happens to you then put more dish soap/water onto the adhesive and put the plastic back up for a few hours, then use a window scraper and it comes right off. Thank you!
Works 100% I had 3 pain in the arse windows that were causing me a bit of grief. Came off pretty easily after that. Just make sure you follow the instructions and soak the window well. I owe you a beer.........
This is a great tip for those conference rooms that have film installed on the "Fabrication Debris" side of the glass where Triumph Scraping isn't an option!
Fantastic...the water and washing-up liquid was exactly what I thought was the route but the 'cover with plastic' bit is the tip that I would never have considered.
I was so impressed with the efficacy of Cookie's film removal technique. In search of a rare kind of pleasure I adorned all my windows with a coat of frosting - seeking the satisfaction derived from its removal. Alas I have been living in a twilight daze for the past 10 years. Lacking the opposable thumb strength needed to relieve the window of its coating, I have been starved of the sun's yolk. I have grown very weary in this dwindling light... we live as we dream -- alone.
We just did this and the film came off great after 3 hours of soaking, but the adhesive is still on the window strong. Should we repeat this again or try something else?
I love his explanation. I just got new film for my bathroom door's window and started to try to remove the film with a window scraper. Couldn't be done. I'll be trying this method because it looks so easy!
Great tip hope it works for me I bought a french door home depot and it had plastic on window pains & never could take it off so hoping this works. Will post if it does
if you have smaller windows, Say half frosted windows just use fairy liquid straight on . leave to soak for a bit then use a blade or a yellow window scraper and it just comes straight off.
The chance of glass cracking doesn't start until it gets to 150c or 350F cutting the vinyl into smaller more manageable strips and heating it up to 80c-100c works just fine In the hour you left it to soak in water it would have finished.
Travis In Canada Exactly. Cut 6-8” wide strips and use a propane hand torch and keep it moving not stopping the flame in one spot. I would have had that piece removed in 10-15min.
Should have utubed this before I started my removal. A bloke who installs window films told me to use a heat gun, but that didn't work very well, as it leaves the adhesive behind in some areas. Absolute pain the ass to remove now. But I'll have to saturate it with soapy water for 2hrs to scrape that off now.
I took a similar film off of my mirrored closet doors, but the glue is still adhered to the mirror and it is tacky feeling and looking. How do I get the glue off the mirror? It seems that it will be more of a job than the getting film off was. I did something wrong obviously.
Can this Window frosting be used on outdoor windows? I'd like to frost a deck of mine that has four large glass panels.I live in Canada. Will the rain and cold weather destroy the vinyl frosting?
I have interior film on my home windows and have a light calking material around the seem between the film and the edge of the window - this film was installed by a previous owner and is for heat reduction - my question is how do you remove the vynal caulk so I can remove the film.l
This method didn't work for IKEA frosting film on my windows. :( I had to scrape them off with a putty knife and then remove the adhesive with acetone. Too bad it didn't work...
Check this out - some work involved, but no waisting of 2 hours - instagram.com/p/CBBlR8sDsNn/ We also removed 6 year old printed vinyl from windows - instagram.com/p/B_-Pij8DOOu/
I bet like me, you though vinyl was water resistant and this def wouldn't work!.. Trust a crafty Aussie to think of a trick like that...(that tip alone was worth the sub) Cheers cobber!
