What do you use to remove marker from glass?

[wyvrn]

Recently, someone ran into and smashed my driver's side mirror. I bought and installed one from the local pick-a-part. They used some sort of permanent marker on the glass part of the mirror. I thought about scraping it off, but don't want to scratch the glass. Are there any good solvents that will take marker off the glass?

 

[glen]

try ammonia first then acetone

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Scrape it off with aluminum or something.

 

[Savij]

go over it with a dry erase marker then wipe away

 

[Dhawk]

Don't do either of the above suggestions. Ammonia won't cut it. Acetone will smear it. Aluminum will scratch it.

Just spray the mirror with any glass cleaner, then use a fresh, new, single edge razor blade to scrape it off. The important things here are to keep it wet with glass cleaner for lubrication, and to only use a new single edge razor blade. Using an old razor blade will not be as effective and will scratch the glass.

 

[wyvrn]

Acetone didn't work at all

Originally posted by: Dhawk
Don't do either of the above suggestions. Ammonia won't cut it. Acetone will smear it. Aluminum will scratch it.

Just spray the mirror with any glass cleaner, then use a fresh, new, single edge razor blade to scrape it off. The important things here are to keep it wet with glass cleaner for lubrication, and to only use a new single edge razor blade. Using an old razor blade will not be as effective and will scratch the glass.

Ok I will give that a shot.

 

[Dhawk]

Originally posted by: Savij
go over it with a dry erase marker then wipe away

That may work if they used a permament ink maker, but most salvage yards use either a thick grease marker or a paint marker.

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Dhawk
Don't do either of the above suggestions. Ammonia won't cut it. Acetone will smear it. Aluminum will scratch it.

Just spray the mirror with any glass cleaner, then use a fresh, new, single edge razor blade to scrape it off. The important things here are to keep it wet with glass cleaner for lubrication, and to only use a new single edge razor blade. Using an old razor blade will not be as effective and will scratch the glass.

Glass cleaner is diluted ammonia.

 

[Johnnie]

Dykem will remove anything

 

[wyvrn]

I think it's a paint marker. Yellow and thick.

Originally posted by: Dhawk

Originally posted by: Savij
go over it with a dry erase marker then wipe away

That may work if they used a permament ink maker, but most salvage yards use either a thick grease marker or a paint marker.

 

[Dhawk]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: Dhawk
Don't do either of the above suggestions. Ammonia won't cut it. Acetone will smear it. Aluminum will scratch it.

Just spray the mirror with any glass cleaner, then use a fresh, new, single edge razor blade to scrape it off. The important things here are to keep it wet with glass cleaner for lubrication, and to only use a new single edge razor blade. Using an old razor blade will not be as effective and will scratch the glass.

Glass cleaner is diluted ammonia.

No sir, not all. The purpose of my suggesting glass cleaner was not to cut or clean the marker, but to provide a neutral lubricator with the razor blade.

Most commercial glass cleaners used by the auto and flat glass industry do not contain ammonia.

• All the autoglass sealant manufacturers say not to use glass cleaner with ammonia.

• Ammonia will turn the backing on mirror black with prolonged usage