Hi. I don't think there is much chance of a miracle solution, but here is the problem I am trying to tackle.
Years ago, someone threw a half-brick through one of the panes of our front (uPVC-framed) window. As well as smashing the window unit, it caused damage to furniture also. (I didn't ever find our who did it; we had no enemies and had had no conflict with anyone, so I think it must have just been done out of idiocy.) Because I feared that this could happen again, I stuck some transparent plastic film over all of the sealed units (it's what this film is for — protection from glass shards, if a window is broken).
Recently, one of the units has started to look as if it has failed, since it looks misted up. However, on inspection, it turns out that the cause of the misted look is the layer of film, which has "gone off" in some way. The manufacturer's instructions to remove it were to peel it off, then to clean the glass with white spirit. When I tried picking at a corner of one of these sheets, it just broke off in tiny, tiny pieces. Evidently, it has lost its flexibility. I would be afraid to use a steel scraper, no matter how thin and flexible (I have tried, starting in a corner), because it does not get under the film — the film just breaks off, as described.
Is there any wizard out there that could suggest how to remove these sheets of film, without risking damage to the glass?
Muchas gracias, if there is!
L.L.
Years ago, someone threw a half-brick through one of the panes of our front (uPVC-framed) window. As well as smashing the window unit, it caused damage to furniture also. (I didn't ever find our who did it; we had no enemies and had had no conflict with anyone, so I think it must have just been done out of idiocy.) Because I feared that this could happen again, I stuck some transparent plastic film over all of the sealed units (it's what this film is for — protection from glass shards, if a window is broken).
Recently, one of the units has started to look as if it has failed, since it looks misted up. However, on inspection, it turns out that the cause of the misted look is the layer of film, which has "gone off" in some way. The manufacturer's instructions to remove it were to peel it off, then to clean the glass with white spirit. When I tried picking at a corner of one of these sheets, it just broke off in tiny, tiny pieces. Evidently, it has lost its flexibility. I would be afraid to use a steel scraper, no matter how thin and flexible (I have tried, starting in a corner), because it does not get under the film — the film just breaks off, as described.
Is there any wizard out there that could suggest how to remove these sheets of film, without risking damage to the glass?
Muchas gracias, if there is!
L.L.
