Mysterious Window Haze

[Texas Moe]

Wife has noticed a haze on some of her windows over the last 2 weeks.  It's a new car that she's had for a month.

 

It seems to be only on the front driver and passenger windows.  I've cleaned both interior and exterior windows with Brilliant Glaze twice but it hasn't helped it at all.  At this point, I wonder if it has something to do with the tinting but I'm not sure.

 

[mc2hill]

Probably just the materials off gassing.  Give BG a try to remove it.  I did that on our new car, and after 2 months it needs doing again.

Edited August 17, 2017 by mc2hill

[blcksilv08]

The front windows were tinted? You have to be careful with Brilliant glaze on tint, the solvent in the glaze may act strange with it. How recently were the windows tinted?

[Texas Moe]

The front windows were tinted? You have to be careful with Brilliant glaze on tint, the solvent in the glaze may act strange with it. How recently were the windows tinted?

 

Sorry, I wasn't clear.  I didn't tint the front windows myself, I was wondering if the haze might be part of some factory tint.  I used BG on all the windows and didn't see any kind of adverse reaction.

Edited August 17, 2017 by Texas Moe

[falcaineer]

The front windows were tinted? You have to be careful with Brilliant glaze on tint, the solvent in the glaze may act strange with it. How recently were the windows tinted?

Somehow just noticed the new profile pic, Eric.

 

First I've read about BG maybe not playing nice with tint. What have you seen happen?

[Texas Moe]

Probably just the materials off gassing.  Give BG a try to remove it.  I did that on our new car, and after 2 months it needs doing again.

 

This seems like the best possibility so far.  Especially given that the haze was not there when we bought the car.  If it won't clean off with BG, will it eventually go away?

[Nickfire20]

I am purely guessing, but maybe an alcohol wipe down. Get a clean slate, then maybe BG

[BrianT]

Factory tint should be between the two layers of glass.

[PacificNWBuckeye]

New or "new", if it's brand new car it could just be out gassing of the plastics as mentioned above, give it a good clean, alcohol wipe down (also mentioned above) and reapply the glaze.

Edited August 18, 2017 by PacificNWBuckeye

[falcaineer]

I've also heard warmer temps/humidity can increase the off gassing. Since you're in TX in the summer, that may be a factor right now, too. But BG is an awesome remedy. And it makes the car smell like pina colada for a bit, too!

[ocdrifter]

I concur it's just the gassing of the materials in the car, it's no big deal sometimes it last for years and some a few months.

[pirahnah3]

I still get this with my truck on occasion, mostly on the front window from the dash and HVAC ducting plastics. I can manage it with BG and glass cleaner in most cases, however early on it was a bear and an almost daily occurrence. 

[blcksilv08]

Somehow just noticed the new profile pic, Eric.

 

First I've read about BG maybe not playing nice with tint. What have you seen happen?

Thanks man, that was taken at Barrett Jackson Northeast.

 

I've seen only on older tint or poorly installed tint where the Brilliant Glaze gets under the edge of the tint and releases the glue and it can start peeling. This occured once on a suburban with tint that was almost 10 years old and once again on a Malibu wake boat that someone tinted themselves poorly. I still use it on tint all the time, just use caution around edges.