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Sticky goo from insurance holders

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  • 08-06-2008 5:32pm
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    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭


    Anybody got any tips for removing the goo from the windscreen. I replaced the traditional holder with some specially crafted school book clear cover film to make the windscreen look neater and have a good bit of residue.


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Let the sun shine on it and then rub it down with a cloth dowsed in white spirits. (In case there is no sunshine, a bit of heat from a hairdryer will do also)


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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Try some petrol and after clean it down after with windowlean or a similar cleaner.


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    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Hair dryer should do the job:D


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    HJL
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭HJL


    Nail polish/varnish remover.
    Dab it on a cloth.
    Rub away the stickness.
    Job done!


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    luder
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭luder


    Autoglym Tar and glue remover, this is very good stuff.

    Worth buyin a bottle for about €8, you can de-tar the whole paint work espcially around the doors and wheel arches


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    ocj
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭ocj


    Try windolene and newspaper usually works for me.


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    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    luder wrote: »
    Worth buyin a bottle for about €8, you can de-tar the whole paint work espcially around the doors and wheel arches

    Spent about 7 hours(i know) doing that, very good stuff.


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    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    None of the above will work, you'll have to replace the windscreen :pac:


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    Lord Nikon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭Lord Nikon


    Warm water and elbow grease.


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    #11
    ZygOte
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭ZygOte


    cant give any advise but all i know is i misread the title and thought for some reason people with insurance were leaving some form of goo on your car. weird :pac:


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    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    Nail polish remover is brilliant for this (contains acetone)


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    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    ZygOte wrote: »
    cant give any advise but all i know is i misread the title and thought for some reason people with insurance were leaving some form of goo on your car. weird :pac:

    Ditto :D. Defiantly a hair dryer and lots of elbow grease. Set the dryer on low though so you don't heat any interior plastics too much by accident.


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    B00MSTICK
    Registered Users Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭B00MSTICK


    Spit. I'm serious.


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    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    Cheers for all the suggestions guys.


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    WD40 worked for me, but if you get it on any of the interior around it you just end up with a different "sticky goo" problem...


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    digitaldr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    ceramic hob scrapper might work - power city do a good one.


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