REVscene Automotive Forum - View Single Post - Tinted my windows and discovered a scratch, need some opinions.

J____ · 02-10-2016, 07:19 PM

i'm 99% sure it's a scratch on the tint. Scratched glass isn't wide and foggy like that, it'll be a thin line that reflects light kinda like a thin scratch in your paint. I know because the tint shop here fucked up the tint on my brand new benz and removed it by using a bent exacto knife blade that put hundreds of little scratches on both my front windows that you can only see if it hits the light at a certain angle....

I developed a similar scratch on my windshield tint though after my friend hit the tint with something, (currently in china so you can tint every window here) and removed it with some fine grade meguires polish. It removed the noticeable scratch but left the area I polished slightly foggy. So if the scratch is on the outside of the tint ie. the side you can touch and not sandwiched inside between the film and the glass, it's up to you if you want a scratch, DIY it and have no scratch but a slightly foggy area, or take it back to the shop and have them redo it (and make sure they remove the tint properly with a flat edge razor blade and not use a bent exacto blade that fuck up your glass).

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J____ I heart Revscene.net very Muchie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Shanghai Posts: 3,586 Thanked 957 Times in 367 Posts Failed 356 Times in 87 Posts	i'm 99% sure it's a scratch on the tint. Scratched glass isn't wide and foggy like that, it'll be a thin line that reflects light kinda like a thin scratch in your paint. I know because the tint shop here fucked up the tint on my brand new benz and removed it by using a bent exacto knife blade that put hundreds of little scratches on both my front windows that you can only see if it hits the light at a certain angle.... I developed a similar scratch on my windshield tint though after my friend hit the tint with something, (currently in china so you can tint every window here) and removed it with some fine grade meguires polish. It removed the noticeable scratch but left the area I polished slightly foggy. So if the scratch is on the outside of the tint ie. the side you can touch and not sandwiched inside between the film and the glass, it's up to you if you want a scratch, DIY it and have no scratch but a slightly foggy area, or take it back to the shop and have them redo it (and make sure they remove the tint properly with a flat edge razor blade and not use a bent exacto blade that fuck up your glass). __________________ yolo Last edited by J____; 02-10-2016 at 07:24 PM.