DIY film removable from front of MH.

PastorCharlie wrote:
I faced my MH into the sun on a warm day and allowed the front to warm....pulled the film off in large sections. Only used hands and no tools. Washed the remaining glue off with mild solvent.

Like so many other items and components on RVs, there's a few thousand variables. Age, how long the coating has been on there, how much sun has it seen in its lifetime, how well was it put on in the first place, and, there's more than one kind of clear vinyl coating. There are some that will peel right off without issue. Then there are some that will upwards of a week or more due to the fact that it's basically almost welded itself to the paint. Just because one person paid only $150 to have it removed, that surely doesn't guaranty that, that will be the going rate for all coaches.

Our coach is an '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the C-7 330HP CAT and, it's hovering at 12 years old and the 3M coating is still flawless. The coach has spent about 99.99% of its idle time, INSIDE an RV garage since new. I, and based on all the readings in research I've done, don't think anyone else, can say for sure that, keeping our coach out of the sun when not in use, is a guaranty that, that's the reason our 3M coating is still flawless. I'd bet it helps but, maybe not the 100% reason.

So, if one has to take it off for any number of reasons, it may or, may not be an easy project. Good luck.
Scott