Tony's Window Cleaning
714-559-0300
Tony's Window Cleaning
714-559-0300
Home/Adhesive & Vinyl Removal
★★★★★ 5.0 from 25 Google reviewsTook over a space with the last tenant still on the windows?
Old signage, decals, lettering and full coverage graphics off storefront glass. We work a staged chemical process rather than attacking it, and if a pane turns out to be beyond cleaning we tell you in writing instead of billing you to find out.
Fresh vinyl peels off in minutes. Signage that has been baking on a south facing storefront for five years is a completely different job, and it is the reason most people give up and start pricing new glass.
We escalate only where the previous stage failed to release the material. Each agent gets full dwell time, gets worked mechanically, then gets rinsed and assessed before the next one is tried.
If material liquefies under solvent and then redistributes across the pane instead of releasing from it, it is not sitting on top of the glass. It is bonded into the surface. That points to one of three things, and no cleaning process reverses any of them.
When we hit that, we stop. You are not billed for scrubbing that was never going to work, and you get a written condition report covering what was found, every method attempted and the result on each pane. Landlords and glaziers ask for exactly that before approving a replacement, and most cleaning companies cannot produce one.
Full storefront up to ten pane faces from $289 · Full coverage graphics quoted by the square foot
Most of this work is somebody taking over a space that still has the last tenant on the windows. If that is you, it is usually worth pricing the adhesive together with a recurring clean, because we are already on site and the glass only has to be brought back once.
A photo of the glass tells us most of it. We will tell you what it is, what it takes and what it costs, usually the same day.
Up to three panes starts at $129. A full storefront of up to ten pane faces starts at $289. Full coverage window graphics and wraps are quoted by the square foot because the area drives the labour. The price is firm before we start.
Pressure sensitive adhesive cross links under UV. After a few High Desert summers it stops behaving like a residue that lifts and starts behaving like part of the surface. Fresh vinyl peels in minutes. Signage that has been baking for five years is a staged chemical job.
Three stages, least aggressive first. A citrus based solvent with full dwell time clears most storefronts. Where that does not release we escalate to a stronger solvent formulation, applied to the glass only and kept off frames and gaskets. If a haze remains we run a mineral deposit remover with a polishing compound to test whether it is mineral rather than adhesive. Alongside that, fresh blade work on wetted soaped glass, several grades of pad, and a full wash and squeegee finish at the end.
Sometimes it is not adhesive at all. If material liquefies under solvent and redistributes instead of releasing, it is bonded into the glass surface rather than sitting on it, which usually means cross linked adhesive, a failed film or coating, or glass that is etched. In that case we stop, we do not bill for scrubbing that cannot work, and you get a written condition report setting out what was tried and what we found.
Yes. Vinyl lettering, full coverage graphics, perforated window film, decals and price stickers. The printed carrier usually peels away easily. It is the adhesive layer underneath that is the actual job, and that is what the pricing is based on.
Always. Every solvent leaves an oily film, and glass that is de-adhesived but not properly degreased will smear the first time it rains. Affected panes get a full detergent wash and squeegee finish as part of the price.