Nicely varnished wooden frames yet the after math all over the windows. Small dots of varnish. In the light you can see it clearly but in shade and not so good lighting, it’s a struggle to see. The only thing I could manage to remove it was with a bronze wool. My arms and shoulders started to ache after a while. It was a pain in the arse as I thought I got rid of most of it and then looking in the light I had to go over it again and not just that but it was like going on one side then the other then doing it three times over again cause I was missing a lot. I tried using a scraper but the residue was left behind.
Any suggestions would be a great help and thanks heaps for any information.
Thanks.
I just did a glass fence all with bronve wool ya its a pain but razors will defintly scratch temperd glass like the pains i did it came oout pretty good i charged about $100 an hour something like 8 panels 4*6 with the stuff on bolth sides i should of charged more but i didnt notice it waqs on the fence until i was done with the jod and asking for $300 extra to take that off seemed high as it was although it was a 10 million dollar newly contrusted home.
My thinking is get paid for this one and work on it each time i return to make it perfect
… A good sharp razor followed up by steel/bronze wool for the residue. Lots of soapy water.
Be careful on tempered glass as there is always the chance of scratching.
I would use a waiver and a blade too. But if I knew the tempered surface was defective what would I do? I would try a green solvent such as DLimonene 95% blended with an optical synthetic silica. It should then come off with a blue cotton huck towel. And I would take as much of their money as I could. I have always thought alternative abrasive strips would be an interesting answer for situations like this if used with various green solvents. I have been a fantastic fan of superabrasives for many years. Most of you are too. You just don’t know it. For example. I know you guys and a few girls love that magic clean white sponge from Mr. Clean. My guess is that it is based on a particle between 10 and 20 microns. Although I don’t have a clue about the chemistry, purity, and morphology of said particle.
[MENTION=1912]Matthew[/MENTION] has it right. It’s a two step process. A good razor will take off the “hat” (as i call it) (the upper layer that you can feel with your fingernail), but a “footprint” (as i call it) will be left behind- a tiny bit of residue that’s probably just a dozen molecules thick. You can just keep scraping, but steel or bronze wool is more effective at erasing the “footprint”.
of course, use blades at your own risk and with extreme prejudice. a 1" blade used gently and in small, short strokes can be used on even defective tempered glass with no discernible damage, but it just takes forever. just don’t tell gary mauer i said that…
