Halp!@&€ Paint on glass

[slaterd]

I work at a window and door manufacturing company and we use razor blades to get anything off of glass...not really anything that can do better other than probably acetone or alcohol.

[SubDad]

Probably too late now, it's evening here and the middle of the night over there.

If I couldn't get a razor blade I'd be tempted to get an assortment of any flat blade I can find, perhaps a carpenter's plane blade or a butcher's cleaver, anything. Round off the corners so you don't scratch the glass.

The stuff we used to use for stripping airplanes was known as "Turco", and I think this http://www.skygeek.com/henkel-turco-...-stripper.html
was it.

Horrible, horrible nasty stuff like vicious snot. Water makes the pain stop, so keep a big pail of water around to plunge your arms into. Get the stuff in your eyes - plunge your head in. After a while you have to change the water.

How bad? The boss used to pay us for an 8 hour day after 6 hours of using it, and he wasn't renowned for his generousity. Your food will taste like Turco for a day or so, and the world smells like Turco for a while, too.

Respirator, natural rubber gloves, just miserable.
Put it on thickly, wait until the paint bubbles and scrape it off. Works best on old paint, new poly paint needs to be scratched up to let the horror in.
Then a few days with the MEK...
Ah, the good old days.

[mrsleeve]

OHHHHH MEK I forgot all about that horrible shit.................. Will clean or ruin just about anything it comes in contact with. Gpa and dad used to have it around to mop the shop floor up after a nasty oily job. It ate the soles of my shoes and mom got pissed when I tracked gooey softening rubber all over the kitchen. Can you even buy that with out some kind of special paper work anymore

[Fusion]

2:30am and still making sign parts to make the deadline ;)
I tried a palette-knife and even sharpened the edge, no go. It has to be a razor sharp blade to work. We tried the blades from snap-off knives and those worked pretty good, but impossible to hold in your hand. Then I bought plastic versions of the Stanley posted earlier, but the plastic wouldn't hold up, although I could tell this was the best way to do it, just find a quality tool. No store I've visited carries them, just the cheap shit plastic ones. I also found out they're sold for cleaning glass-ceramic stove tops. Borrowed one from bro's gf, the blade pushes itself closed, prolly cuz its made for burned food.

[ColdAccord]

We use an inspection-sticker scraper at work, and use windex or spray water to prevent the paint from flaking into a mess, also lubricates the blade

[Fusion]

I'm going to try a combo of all these tips, depending on what I find. I'll get back with results.
Thanks guys

[Xat1cZ]

[Fusion]

Done! Only took a half hour to do.
The trick was buying a wallpaper scraper with a 4in wide thin sharp blade and good long handle. 5 bucks. No chemicals or heat gun needed. Win!