Nasty old Paint Protection Film on your car? Here's a safe way to remove it!

This car would have maybe 10 micro stone chips. But instead needed several people. A days work. A cut and polish, and possibly a re-spray. Thank god we wrapped it in the first place and put up with ugly wavy, cracked PPF for years, so that now someone else can enjoy the fresh hood of an old car.

Boy I wish I would of had that chem when I did the daughters 2001 Lexus what a pain. Thanks for the info. Happy New Year.

This is the best ppf removal video I’ve found! It gives me a clear idea of what I will be facing, thank you!!

I was faced with the same problem. I used 3M Auto Adhesive remover. Works great.

For a super easy way to heat up the section easily, lay a drying towel across the ppf and pour hot water over it. It will hold in the majority of the water and make removal easier. Heat guns work great but the hot towel is even safer. Also, just a tip, but inspect the paint prior to removal. Often with repaints, if the paint was not cured properly or even if the paint job was not the best, pulling clear can be an unfortunate side effect. Obviously in this case you guys know the vehicle, but if it’s a customer vehicle get a little background info first. Always better safe than sorry

I made the mistake of buying a truck with PPF on it and will NEVER do that again. It was peeling off and the detail shop charged me $800 to remove it than called me up wanting more money to make the paint look good again. Removing it is about the same as getting tint off of windows.

Do you toss the towels that are full of adhesive? If not do you wash with your other towels?

All your ik sprayers are with meguaiars atomizers or what brand it is? Im looking for something durable.

I have it on my 13 year old SRX . It’s not lifting , but looks like black mold under the sheets . Is there a way to clean that out without removing the plastic sheets ?

I've used Goo off that works very well and it's oil-based and it will pick up all this stickiness especially if you're working outside got let it beat up and then it removes it nice and clean

What’s an equivalent to eulex ? Where I am I cannot readily get it , it will take weeks and I need it in days.

Is paint peeling a possibility? And how can you avoid it, will microfiber towel work or scratch ? Thanks for any help

Should I just remove it before it gets old and brittle on my truck? How many years until it's much harder to pull off?

SO GLAD I watched this video before removing the PPF off of my car! THIS STUFF IS AMAZING! *I bought a 2012 Civic that is in great mechanical shape but needed some maintenance and aesthetic love, ie; PPF on the bumper, headlights, 1/2 hood, 1/2 fenders and various other frontward facing components - this clear bra has been on the car since it was new and it is old and beat up and discolored etc, I bought a heat gun and thought that’s all I needed bcuz I couldn’t find any videos indicating what may actually be beneath the surface but now I know this would have been a disgusting mess that wouldve sent my ocd into overdrive lol (I know it’s not good to use a lot of pure alcohol on paint but that’s all I could discover in other videos, people would just act like it was no big deal and tear off the bra and there’d be a small bit of residue that they’d rub alcohol on an the video is over lol) THANK YOU GUYS FOR POSTING THIS AND CLEARING THIS UP! ordering a bottle of Eulex tonight!

How does KCX Eulex compare to Optimum's T.A.R. remover?

I own a cleaning company I need some rags also need to remove some of this off my f type mirror

Wow - almost makes me want to re-think having Pf installed and just ceramic coat instead?

So you have to repaint the areas that were not protected to match the area that was??? So why even use a clear protector? Doesn't make any sense

Can you follow the same guidelines on a satin Mercedes paint?

Pls I don’t know if you can answer this. My car has the protection film but I didn’t know when I bought it.. it’s peeling around the boot area and that’s how I noticed. Could I just trim around it because I don’t really want to rip it all off or can it be repaired ? Thanks