Have you tried claying or polishing the glass?

 

Not on the outside but am reluctant to do it on the inside due to the heater elements.
I guess if I'm careful it would be ok.

 

This is one that has got me in a pickle in the past as I have yet to find the answer. I had an audi a4 that had obviously at some point in its life spent tiime on a forecourt.

In the winter when it got steamy it would 'ghost' all the sticker outlines on the windscreen!! Never got rid of it no matter what I tried. Mind I did stop shy of compounding it.....

 

This is one that has got me in a pickle in the past as I have yet to find the answer. I had an audi a4 that had obviously at some point in its life spent tiime on a forecourt.

In the winter when it got steamy it would 'ghost' all the sticker outlines on the windscreen!! Never got rid of it no matter what I tried. Mind I did stop shy of compounding it.....

same with mine and its less than 6 month old. You could see the price clearly on the windscreen, until I gave it a couple of hits with megs 80 polish and my DA and then cleaned the glass off. Hey presto, no more price sticker outline.

 

Cerium oxide

 

What would you suggest for the body. On my evo the previous owner had a "shopping list" on the side and I've tried tardies and scrubbing it but can't seem to shift it?

Anything else I could try?

 

Polish is the answer, don't be afraid to polish the inside of the glass, it won't do any damage to your heater element.
Shopping list is the same, remove them, remove the residue then polish the area.

 

I was thinking of trying some W&D 2500 grit but will try a cutting compound first and see how I get in with it. Thanks for the advice :thumb:

 

Maxolen Sticky Stuff Remover!

 

Have you tried Brasso or WD40? They're both good for cleaning.

Good luck!

 

I've tried WD40 which didn't do anything. I have a bottle of AG glass polish and I also have the GTech stuff for removing G1 on a foam pad on a machine.

Can I use something like cerium oxide on the abrasive pads over the heater element?

 

You shouldn't need cerium tbh unless the sticker was held on with something ridiculous, a bit of ag glass polish and the firm side of a german app should sort it.

 

Hasn't worked sadly.
Might try something else a bit more abrasive, but there is zero residue on the screen and the 'shadowing' is invisible until the screen gets moisture or condensation on it.

 

easy and cheap......autoglym tar and adhesive remover

 

Try one of these never fails to remove all traces of EVERYTHING

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:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

How about some IPA? I would have thought whatever you use will require quite a bit of persistence. I find for removing that gunk, blue garage towels are very helpful, if you keep turning over to remove chunks of stuff once it has been rucked up, if this makes any sense!?

 

when TNT were getting rid of their fleet of vans we used AG tar &adesive remover and then srp can't see why it won't work on glass :thumb:

 

metholated spirits cleaned mine off without a problem and didnt harm the heated window

 

Tried that too!

 

I had a couple of stickers on the outside of my windows when I got my car, I used the sticky stuff remover from halfords it's in a small yellow spray tin, spray it on, leave it a minuet then I picked the stickers off, gave it a wipe and it took all the glue with it, then used normal house hold glass/window cleaner mr muscle if I remember rightly and wiped off with kitchen roll.


You'd never know there was a sticker there.

Sticky stuff remover is great, I haven't had to use it in a while though.

 

I've tried machine polishing them off but without a PDG it has improved it but not fully removed it and didn't want to keep going over it without a PDG....

Anything else I could try?