we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:00:04 -0700 (PDT), bob
wrote:

we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

Angle grinder.

--
Frank Erskine

On 9/14/2010 9:00 AM, bob wrote:
we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

I used this to clean off the sticky residue left after removing
self-adhesive Velcro -

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/sticky-stuff-liquid-remover/F/C/cleaning-protecting/C/cleaning-protecting-speciality-cleaning/product/8976

A stiff plastic food scraper (or old credit card?) is useful for
scraping off the softened goo.

S Viemeister wrote:
On 9/14/2010 9:00 AM, bob wrote:
we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

I used this to clean off the sticky residue left after removing
self-adhesive Velcro -

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/sticky-stuff-liquid-remover/F/C/cleaning-protecting/C/cleaning-protecting-speciality-cleaning/product/8976


+1 vote.

On Sep 14, 2:00*pm, bob wrote:
we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

Meths or IPA (not the beer!). I find one or the other removes most
things I come across in a domestic environment.

MBQ

On 14/09/2010 14:00, bob wrote:
we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

Have you tried a scraper like http://tinyurl.com/35nrosx These use a
trimming knife blade and are excellent

"bob" wrote in message
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we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

If the glass is flat and you are talking traces of masking tape and where
labels were stuck on the glass, an old fashioned razor blade or a good sharp
1" or so chisel are usually quickest. Most traces will then either wipe off
with an alcohol, or white spirit.

Some very stubborn label adhesives ( the worst I know is dried sunflower oil
as it happens), you can spot treat with Nitromors with a small brush and
wipe off with kitchen paper, taking care not to get any spots on any
paintwork.

If you are talking squidged out silicone you may have to score round the
glass carefully first (with something softer than the glass) so that it
does not pull out from under the glass when you pull it off.

Hardest of all is the bathroom window glass with a sort of stone chip
effect. This is particularly bad to get anything out from all the facets.
I found a handy set of small cranked head wire brushes from Wilko for just a
couple of quid were easiest for this: still hard work though!

S

In message
, bob
writes
we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

Stanley blade

--
geoff

On Sep 14, 2:00*pm, bob wrote:
we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

A copper scourer removes pretty much anything from glass and wont
scratch it. Do /not/ use a steel scraper or blade, too often the
result is pemanent scratching.
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Scraper


NT

In message
,
Tabby writes
On Sep 14, 2:00*pm, bob wrote:
we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

A copper scourer removes pretty much anything from glass and wont
scratch it. Do /not/ use a steel scraper or blade, too often the
result is pemanent scratching.
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Scraper

It all depends on the angle of dangle


--
geoff

On 14 Sep, 14:00, bob wrote:
we have fitted a pair of french doors,they look great but there are
bits of adhesive on the glass,we have tried thinners,nail polish
remover xylene and it will not budge,any ideas folks?

what's the adhesive? or if you don't know - what was being stuck with
it?

Jim K