Velux windows always seem to come with printed material in an envelope, stuck to the windows with four blobs of sticky stuff, which is left stuck to the glass after you've pulled the envolopes off. Does anyone have a quick and effective method for moving the bloody stuff? I have four windows and only so many fingernails.
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:05:25 -0800, geraldthehamster wibbled:
Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) works for me[1]. Not instant - wipe on all the patches on one pane, then go over again and the sticky will come off fairly easily. Kitchen tissue seems to work well. If no IPA, try surgical spirit. Acetone (traditional nail polish remover) would probably work but is likely quite risky on any plastics nearby so be careful. Meths might work to some degree too, but I find it a relatively useless solvent.
Or use a credit card to do the scraping - won't damage the surface.
[1] In fact, I find it a really good about the home cleaner. Marks come of switch plates, shifts difficult grease spots from kitchen surfaces and takes the final dirt layer off white goods. Seems reasonably safe at not melting plastics you care about IME. Cleans the microwave, especially the glass, much better than any detergent I've found.
Thanks Tim. I'll see if the chemist has any, unless you know where else one can get it. I remember it used to be sold to clean the heads on cassette decks, so hifi places used to sell it, though I expect those days have passed. Someone I knew also used to use it to dissolve crushed hashish, to extract the oil, but that's another story ;-)
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:28:14 -0800, geraldthehamster wibbled:
A proper old time chemist shop (at least a non chain - eg Boots are useless) is a reasonably good bet. Otherwise, most of them are happy to order it. Otherwise, Rapid, CPC, Farnell, RS etc.
Tell the chemist, when she asks why you want it (and she will) that you want it to clean the glass on your private aircraft's instruments. That is the same situation that we used it for at BAe systems.
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