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Try using a razor blade. It will slide along the glass under the paint and it will peel right off. It takes a little practice to get started, but you'll quickly get to it. You'll save having to clean off gunk as you would if you use anything else.
One BIG hint. Run your blade down the side of the frames, cutting through the edge of the paint there. Otherwise, when the paint on the glass peels off, it might peel off some of the frame paint too.
Try using a razor blade. It will slide along the glass under the paint and it will peel right off. It takes a little practice to get started, but you'll quickly get to it. You'll save having to clean off gunk as you would if you use anything else.
One BIG hint. Run your blade down the side of the frames, cutting through the edge of the paint there. Otherwise, when the paint on the glass peels off, it might peel off some of the frame paint too.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Whata we have for em Johnny!
Just checked with my brother in law that runs a large paint company. Same answer, razor blade. He did say if it latex there's a producted named "Goof off" that works great as well.
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Thanks all. This is what I have to do this coming week on 2nd story windows. YUK. Now all I have to do is fine razor blades around here. Thanks again...
It's tricky (take it from one who learned the hard way) to soften the paint on the glass without damaging the paint on the adjacent woodwork. You could end up with a big mess.
On latex paint, plain old Windex will soften the paint a bit so you can scrape it.
Spray the Windex on, wait just a moment, and then scrape (razor is best as pointed out above). The Windex makes the latex paint rubbery again, but once it dries the effect is gone, so you have to spray as you go .
My dad told me this trick and I used it on an old house and it totally worked .
Goof Off has never worked for me on anything - it's much too goopy and sticky and I always ended up making a bigger mess than what I started with .
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